All Spring Plants

The lovely and adaptable native bittersweet vine! Not to be confused with the similar looking invasive Asian bittersweet, our vines are pure Americ...

A.k.a. Western Indian physic. A distinctive, generally adaptable plant with gracile stems and flowers. N does not runner and reseeds sparingly, may...

This fragrant, wild member of the mint family tolerates drought better than most mints and supports a wide variety of bees, wasps, flies, moths, an...

A lovely, short aster with delicate leaves that blooms densely in the fall! Has a sprawling/mounding habit what results in lovely small pillows of ...

A cheery, deer resistant late season bloomer. Petals have distinctive lobed ends. Excellent addition to rain gardens! Despite its common name, it's...

A shorter woodland grass with attractively arched leaves and a spreading (not bunching) habit, perfect for filing out shady understory or as green ...

A.k.a. turkeyfoot. A tall, adaptable prairie grass that hosts a wide variety of insects, including many skippers. Favored by a wide variety of graz...

A.k.a. turkeyfoot. A tall, adaptable prairie grass that hosts a wide variety of insects, including many skippers. Favored by a wide variety of graz...

A showy, blue blooming plant that tolerates dry, rocky soil, and hosts a number of caterpillars! Large, showy seed pods are valuable for winter int...

A deer resistant species with delicate flowers that will readily reseed in rich, moist soils. Excellent late summer/early fall blooms to feed polli...

A wild salvia drought tolerant sage with pale blue/purple flowers and a long bloom time! Prefers dry, well drained soil. Plants grown in rich soil...

A moisture loving vervain that tolerates seasonal flooding. Flowers are small, but bloom in succession for a long period of time and appeal to many...

An elegant goldenrod with an excellent arching form at home on wooded edges. As is typical of goldenrods, it supports a wide variety of pollinators...

A moisture loving plant that flowers with handsome crowns of white. Attracts a variety of pollinators, and tolerates seasonal flooding. Light: Full...

An adaptable woodland grass that grows even in deep shade. Easily recognizable by its seed heads in the later half of the year. Light: Part Sun/Sha...

An evergreen sedge partial to wetlands and woodlands. The spiky seed pod is easy to spot in stands of wetland plants, and the seeds are regularly e...

An evergreen sedge partial to wetlands and woodlands. The spiky seed pod is easy to spot in stands of wetland plants, and the seeds are regularly e...

A star member of the milkweed family with a short stature and lovely orange blooms that attract a variety of pollinators! Does not tolerate wet soi...

A.k.a. side-flowering aster. A somewhat lanky aster with small flowers that bloom down the length of the upper branches. Generally considered bette...

A.k.a. long-sepal penstemon. A lovely penstemon slightly shorter than the better known foxglove penstemon, with similar flowers in varying shades b...

This hardy grass grows quickly and spreads easily from seed, making it an excellent candidate to fill space in new plantings while slower growing s...

  An adaptable legume rarely seen in cultivated plantings! Flowers are large and prominent, discreetly colored off-white. Plants require protection...

A native lobelia with showy red flowers- favored by swallowtail butterflies and hummingbirds! Adaptable to soil type, but requires wetter than aver...

An evergreen fern that tolerates dryer soils with some rock, but prefers rich, well drained soils and medium moisture. Light: Part Sun/Shade, Shade...