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Virginia spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

4-9

Perennial

1.5-3'

1-1.5'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Shade Garden, Erosion Control, Meadow, Wildlife Garden

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

1.5-2'

1-1.5'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Groundcover, Low-Growing, Shade Garden, Wildlife Garden, Rain Garden

Wild columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

1-3'

1-2'

Light Water Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Naturalize, Shade Garden, Low-Growing, Wildlife Garden

Zig-zag goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

2-3'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Shade Garden, Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden, Slopes, Naturalize, Meadow

White turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

2-4'

2-3'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Shade Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting

Wild bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

4-9

Perennial

2-4'

2-3'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Edible/Herb, Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting, Showy Bloom

Woodland sunflower

Helianthus divaricatus

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

2-6'

1-3'

Light Water Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden, Naturalize, Shade Garden, Showy Bloom, Flower Cutting

White wood aster

Eurybia divaricata

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

1-2.5'

1.5-2.5'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Shade Garden, Water-Wise Planting, Naturalize

Wild blue phlox

Phlox divaricata

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-8

Perennial

0.75-1'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Groundcover, Erosion Control, Shade Garden, Showy Bloom, Wildlife Garden, Low-Growing

Yellow wild indigo

Baptisia tinctoria

Hardiness

Life cycle

Height

Spread

3-9

Perennial

2-3'

Light Water Soil

Loam, Sand

Use for

Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden, Erosion Control, Meadow, Flower Cutting, Water-Wise Planting