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Landscaping with Native Plants
Landscaping with Native Plants
A native plant is one which occurred within the state before settlement by Europeans. The species on this list are native plants suggested for landscaping in Pennsylvania. They have been selected because they tend to grow widely throughout the state; they are common and will likely do well if matched to their preferred growing conditions. None of these plants are rare, endangered, threatened or extinct in the state. The Department of Conservation & Natural Resourses advises not to remove native plants from the wild, but instead purchase from a garden center. The following is a list of recommended native plants that are most common in this area. Although we stock a wide variety of native plants, we do no carry everything on this list.
PERENNIALS Agastache-Anise Hyssop
Allium cernuum-Nodding Onion Amsonia hubrichtii-Threadleaf Blue- Star Aquilegia canadenis-Wild Columbine Arisaema-Jack in the Pulpit Aruncus dioicus-Goatsbeard Asarum canadense-Wild Ginger Asclepias tuberosa-Butterflyweed Asclepias incarnata-Swamp Milkweed Aster divaricatus-Wood Aster Aster novaeangliae-N England Aster Aster oblongifolius-Aromatic Aster Baptisia australis-Blue Wild Indigo Botisia australis-False Indigo Boltonia ateroides-Star Flower Chelone-Turtlehead Chrysogonum virginianum-Grn Gold Cimicifuga racemes-Bugbane Coreopsis verticillant-Tickseed Dicentra eximia-Fringe Bleedg Heart Echinacea purpurea-Coneflower Erythronium americanum-Trout Lily Eupatorium maculatum-Joe Pye Weed Ferns:
Adiantum pedatum-Maidenhair Dryopteris marginalis-Evergreen Shield Osmunda claytoniana-Interrupted Polystichum achrostichoides- Christmas Fern
Gaura lindheimeri-Whirling Butterflies Geranium maculatum-Wood Geranium
Helenium autumnale-Sneezewood Helianthus-Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides-False Sunflower
Heuchera americana-Alum Root Heuchera sanquinea-Coral Bells Iris cristata-Dwarf Crested Iris Liatris spicata-Gayfeather Lilium michiganense-Turk’s Cap Lily
Lobelia cardinalis-Cardinal Flower Lobelia syphilitica-Blue Lobelia Mertensia virginica-Virginia Blue Bells
Monarda didyma-Bee Balm Monarda fistulosa-Bee Balm Oenothera fruticosa-Sundrops Oenothera perennis-Sundrops Ornamental Grasses:
Andropogon gerardii-Big Bluestem Carex lurida-Lurid sedge Chamanthium latifolium-Wild Oats Elymus hystrix-Bottlebrush Grass Elymus riparius-Riverbank Wild ye Elymus virginicus-Virginia Wild Rye Eragrosis elliotti-Lovegrass Muhlenbergia capillaries-Hairgrass Panicum virgatum-Switch Grass Schizachyrium scoparium-Little Bluestem
Sorghastrum nutans-Indian Grass Sporobolus heterolepis-Prairie Dropseed
Penstemon digitalis-Beard Tongue Phlox divaricata-Woodland Phlox Phlox maculate- Phlox paniculata-Garden Phlox Phlox stolonifera-Creeping Phlox Physostegia virginiana-Obedient Plt Polemonium reptans-Jacob’s Ladder Polygonatum pubescens-Solomon’s Seal
Pycranthemum muticum-Clustered Mountainmint
Solidago rugosa-Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod Symphyotrichum oblongifolium- Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides-White Heath Aster Thalictrum pubescens-Meadow Rue Tiarella cordifolia-Foam Flower Tradescantia virginiana-Spiderwort Trillium grandiflorum-Wakerobin Trollius-Globeflower
SMALL TREES & SHRUBS Alnus serrulata-Smooth Alder Amelanchier arborea-Serviceberry Aronia melanocarpa-Black Chokeberry Ceanothus americanus-New Jersey Tea Cephalanthus occidentalis- Buttonbush Cercis canadensis-Redbud Cornus alternifolia-Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus amomum-Silky Dogwood Cornus florida-Flowering Dogwood Cornus stolonifera-Dwf Red-Osier Dogwood Hamamelis virginiana-Witch-hazel Hydrangea arborescn- WildHydrangea Itea ‘Little Henry’ Ilex verticillata-Winterberry Kalmia latifolia-Mountain Laurel Lindera benzoin-Spicebush Photina pyrifolia-Red Chokeberry Physocarpus opulifolius-Ninebark Prunus americana-Wild Plum Rhododendron maximium-Rosebay Rhododendron periclymenoides- Pinxter Flower Salix nigra-Black Willow Salix sericea-Silky Willow Sambucus canadensis-Elderberry Vaccinium angustifolium-Lowbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum-Highbush Blueberry
Rudbeckia Rudbeckia Coneflower Rudbeckia Coneflowr Rudbeckia Coneflower Sanquinareia canadensis-Bloodroot Senecio aureus-Golden ragwort Siphilitica-Great Blue Lobelia Sisyrinchium-Blue Eye Grass Stokesia laevis-Stoke’s Aster Solidago speciosa-Showy Goldenrod
hirta-Black Eyed Susan fulgida-Eastern
lacianata-Cutleaf maxima-Great
Viburnum acerifolium-Maple Leaved Viburnum prunifolium-Black-Haw Viburnum recognitum-Arrow Wood