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Solomon's seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1-3'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Naturalize, Shade Garden, Slopes, Rain Garden, Low-Growing
Summer phlox
Phlox paniculata
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
2-4'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting, Showy Bloom
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-6
Perennial
4-5'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Meadow
Threadleaved coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Erosion Control, Flower Cutting, Water-Wise Planting, Foliage Texture
Spotted joe pye weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
4-7'
3-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden, Naturalize
Sundial lupine
Lupinus perennis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
1-2'
1-2'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Water-Wise Planting
Swamp sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
5-7'
4-6'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Shade Garden, Wetland Planting, Meadow, Rain Garden
Tussock sedge
Carex stricta
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-8
Evergreen
2-3'
3-5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Rain Garden, Wetland Planting, Naturalize, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control, Restoration
Stokes aster
Stokesia laveis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
1-2'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Flower Cutting, Pollinator Garden
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Water-Wise Planting, Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Meadow
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
3-6'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Naturalize, Meadow, Winter Interest, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control
Virginia blue bells
Mertensia virginica
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1.5-2'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam
Use for
Shade Garden, Naturalize, Showy Bloom, Low-Growing