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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'

Light Water Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

Use for

Pollinator Garden, Erosion Control, Flower Cutting, Water-Wise Planting, Foliage Texture

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

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'

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

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

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'

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

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