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New York Ironweed
Veronia noveboracensis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
4-6'
3-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Erosion Control, Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Meadow, Rain Garden, Flower Cutting
Obedient Plant
Phtsostegia virginiana
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
3-4'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden
Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
3-6'
2-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Showy Bloom, Flower Cutting, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control, Shade Garden
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
0.5-1'
0.5-1'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Groundcover, Lawn Alternative, Winter Interest, Slopes, Low-Growing
Pink turtlehead
Chelone lyonii
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
2-4'
1.5-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Naturalize, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Showy Bloom
Purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
1-2'
1-2'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Lawn Alternative, Erosion Control, Water-Wise Planting
Royal fern
Osmunda regalis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
-
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Use for
Showy goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
3-5'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Wildlife Garden, Meadow, Naturalize, Pollinator Garden
Northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1.5-2.5'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam
Use for
Shade Garden, Naturalize
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Rain Garden, Naturalize, Meadow, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting
Partridge berry
Mitchella repens
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Evergreen
0-0.25'
0.5-1'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover
Pink coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
0.75-2'
1.5-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Naturalize, Groundcover
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Rain Garden, Erosion Control, Naturalize, Meadow, Lawn Alternative, Seasonal Interest, Winter Interest, Water-Wise Planting, Fall Interest, Wildlife Garden
Red trillium
Trillium erectum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-7
Perennial
0.5-1'
0.5-1'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Shade Garden, Wildlife Garden, Showy Bloom, Low-Growing
Seersucker Sedge
Carex plantaginea
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Semi-evergreen
0.5-1'
0.5-1'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Low-Growing, Winter Interest, Erosion Control, Slopes
Sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
1.5-2.5'
1.5-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Meadow, Erosion Control, Slopes, Water-Wise Planting, Wildlife Garden
Northern seaoats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
2-5'
1-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Shade Garden, Erosion Control, Fall Interest, Winter Interest, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthioptheris
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-7
Perennial
3-6'
5-8'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Shade Garden, Rain Garden
Path rush
Juncus tenuis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
2-9
Perennial
0.5-2'
0.5-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Rain Garden, Erosion Control, Lawn Alternative, Low-Growing, Naturalize, Wildlife Garden, Groundcover
Pink muhly grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Fall Interest, Erosion Control
Purple cone flower
Echinacea purpurea
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
2-5'
1.5-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Naturalize, Flower Cutting, Wildlife Garden
Rough goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
3-5'
1.5-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Naturalize, Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Rain Garden
Sensitive fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
3-4'
3-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Shade Garden, Rain Garden, Wetland Planting
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-4'
2-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Rain Garden, Erosion Control, Wetland Planting, Wildlife Garden, Winter Interest