The use of native and adaptable plants provides solutions for many landscape situations. These resilient plant communities work together and will help lower maintenance costs, attract wildlife, filter stormwater, tolerate dry and wet conditions, and reduce erosion.
Full Sun
RG – Rain Garden E – Edible B – Beneficial to Birds and Insects
Perennials
Anemone patens – Pasque Flower
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed RG, B
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed B
Aster spp. – Aster B
Baptisia australis – False Indigo
Coreopsis lanceolata – Sand Coreopsis B
Dalea purpurea – Purple Prairie Clover RG, B
Echinacea pallida – Pale Purple Coneflower B
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower B
Eryngium yuccifolium – Rattlesnake Master RG, B
Geum triflorum – Prairie Smoke RG
Heliopsis helianthoides – False Sunflower B
Liatris pycnostachya – Rough Blazing Star RG, B
Liatris spicata – Spiked Blazing Star B
Lobelia spicata – Pale Spiked Lobelia RG
Phlox paniculata – Garden Phlox B
Ratibida pinnata – Yellow Coneflower RG
Ruellia humilis – Wild Petunia
Solidago spp. – Goldenrod RG, B
Vernonia fasciculata – Ironweed RG, B
Grasses
Andropogon gerardii – Big Bluestem B
Bouteloua curtipendula – Side Oats Grama B
Calamagrostis canadensis – Blue Joint Grass RG
Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Love Grass
Koeleria cristata – June Grass
Panicum virgatum – Switchgrass
Schizachyrium scoparium – Little Bluestem RG, B
Sorghastrum nutans – Indian Grass B
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Shrubs
Corylus americana – American Filbert E
Ilex verticilata – Winterberry RG, B
Sambucus canadensis – Elderberry E, B
Spiraea alba – Meadowsweet RG, B
Vaccinium corymbosum – Highbush Blueberry E, B
Viburnum dentatum – Arrowwood Viburnum
Trees
Carya illinoinensis – Pecan E
Carya ovata – Shagbark Hickory
Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry
Juglans nigra – Black Walnut
Quercus bicolor – Swamp White Oak
Quercus macrocarpa – Bur Oak
Quercus palustris – Pin Oak
Quercus rubra – Northern Red Oak
Evergreen Trees
Juniperus virginiana – Eastern Red Cedar
Pinus strobus – Eastern White Pine
Part Shade
RG – Rain Garden E – Edible B – Beneficial to Birds and Insects
Perennials
Allium cernuum – Nodding Wild Onion RG, B
Anemone cylindrica – Prairie Thimbleweed
Aster spp. – Aster RG, B
Baptisia alba – White Wild Indigo
Dodecatheon meadia – Shooting Star
Eupatorium spp. – Joe Pye Weed/Boneset RG
Iris virginica var. shrevei – Blue Flag Iris RG
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower RG, B
Monarda fistulosa – Wild Bergamot/Bee Balm RG, B
Penstemon digitalis – Foxglove/Beardtongue
Rudbeckia hirta – Black-Eyed Susan RG, B
Tradescantia ohioensis – Spiderwort RG
Veronicastrum virginicum – Culver’s Root
Zizia spp. – Golden Alexander/Meadow Parsnip
Grasses
Carex spp. – Sedges (RG)
Chasmanthium latifolium – Northern Sea Oats RG
Deschampsia caespitosa – Tufted Hair Grass
Hystrix patula – Bottlebrush Grass
Scirpus spp.- Rush/Bulrush RG, B
Spartina pectinata – Prairie Cord Grass RG, B
Elymus spp. – Wild Rye
Shrubs
Aronia arbutifolia – Red Chokeberry
Hamamelis virginiana – Common Witch Hazel B
Hydrangea arborescens – Smooth Hydrangea
Physocarpus opulifolius – Ninebark
Ribes americanum – Wild Black Currant E, B
Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose RG, B
Trees
Asimina triloba – Pawpaw E
Amelanchier canadensis – Downy Serviceberry E
Carpinus caroliniana – American Hornbeam
Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud
Shade
RG – Rain Garden E – Edible B – Beneficial to Birds and Insects
Perennials
Aquilegia canadensis – Wild Columbine RG, B
Asarum canadense – Wild Ginger
Chelone glabra – White Turtlehead RG
Dicentra cucullaria – Dutchman’s Breeches
Geranium maculatum – Wild Geranium RG
Heuchera ‘Autumn Bride’ – Autumn Bride Coralbells
Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells RG
Podophyllum peltatum – Mayapple
Polemonium reptans – Jacob’s Ladder
Polygonatum canaliculatum – Solomon’s Seal RG, B
Tiarella spp. – Foamflower RG
Trillium spp. – Trillium
Viola canadensis – Canada Violet RG
Ferns
Adiantum pedatum – American Maidenhair Fern
Athyrium felix-femina – Lady Fern
Matteuccia pensylvanica – Ostrich Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea – Cinnamon Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides – Christmas Fern
Grasses
Elymus hystrix – Bottlebrush Grass
Shrubs
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Hydrangea quercifolia – Oak Leaf Hydrangea
