Pussy Toes , Antennaria plantaginifolia LE seed grown grey green ground cover with white flowers rising up 8-10 " in early spring
Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa LE seed grown 2 foot plants with orange flowers July-August-monarch and moth caterpillar magnets
False Blue Indigo Baptisia australis division grows 4 feet with purple flowers in early summer.
Iris , Iris Versicolor division 2 foot plants with purple flowers in spring-prefers damp but adaptable
Blue Cardinal , Lobelia siphilitica seed grown 2 foot plants with purple flowers august and september-beloved by bumbles and hummingbirds
Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata LE seed grown 3-4 foot plants prefer shade and damp with yellow flowers in June and July and pretty round seeds-specialist bee host
Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium LE seed grown Large showy clusters of pink/ purple flowers late summer into early fall-polllinator magnet.
Bergamont Monarda fistulosa LE division 3-4 feet with purple pink flowers July-pollinator magnet
Northern beardstem , Penstamen hirsutus Seed grown 2 foot plants wth white flowers June and July.
Downy mountain mint, Pycnanthemum muticum plug grown 2 foot plant with white flowers July Aug Sept grey foliage, pollinator magnet
American mountain mint Pycnanthemum virginiana LE-division 3 foot plants with white flowers -spreads readily
Downy Skullcap Scuttellaria incana division 2.5-3 feet plants with purple flowers in June and July-great in bouquets.
Seaside goldenrod Solidago sempervirens seed grown
Golden Alexander, Zizia aurea division 2 foot plants with yellow umbel flowers May and June-pollinator magnets.
Sprengelli sedge, Carex sprengelli plug grown fine leaved , loose spreading sedge adaptable
Little blue stem Schizachyrium scoparium LE seed grown 1-2 foot grey blue grass with seed heads rising up- striking in all seasons
SHRUBS/SMALL TREES
Grounsel Bacharris hammelis field grown late white flowers-prefers dry
Winterberry Ilex Verticilata field grown early flowers if female red berries last into winter. Prefers damp but I have it gowing wiild in dry upland areas
Hazelnut Corylus americanus field grown resistant to blight, fast growing, thicket forming shrub in natural habitat can be pruned as small tree
American Plum, Prunus americana field grown thicket forming shrub -sets fruit
Gray Dogwood Cornus racemosa field grown hardy thicket forming grey blue leaves, sets fruit for birds
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius field grown ornamental white arching sprays of color late spring and peedling bark interest
Summer sweet Clethra Alnifolia pot grown July aug white flowers-presfers moist but tolerates dryness once established-deer resistant .
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