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A.k.a. antelope horns and green antelope horn. A short, drought tolerant milkweed with unique, early, and showy blooms! Like other milkweeds, it is...

A delicate plant with small, downturned purple flowers. Generally easy to grow as long as it is not outcompeted by more aggressive neighbors. Light...

A.k.a. Jerusalem artichoke. An easily grown native food crop with excellent wildlife support, sunchokes are generally adaptable as long as they hav...

The wildtype of the classic showy rudbeckia! A hardy, fast growing biennial or short lived perennial. Seeds support goldfinches and flowers are use...

A shorter, drought resistant grass valued for its purple-tinted spray of seeds. Shows the best color when planted in dense, single species clumps ...

A tidy shorter sedge named for the pale tips if it’s seed stalks while in bloom. Spreads by rhizome and occasionally by seed in good conditions, bu...

A.k.a. northern bush honeysuckle. Drought tolerant and adaptable to soil type so long as rich soils are well drained. Flowers are smallish and hone...

A taller relative of the better known anise hyssop! Flowers are lavender in color and fairly small, but are valuable to and visited by a variety of...

A.k.a. large flowered trillium. A charismatic trillium, and one of the few propagated in nurseries. Prefers rich, evenly moist soil and dappled to...

A smaller wetland sedge named for the prickly appearance of its seed heads. Very similar in appearance to other “bottlebrush sedges” such that iden...

A tall woodland species of milkweed with unusual flowers. Long lived, but not and aggressive spreader. Perfect for adding a monarch host plants to ...

A large, hardy, multi-stemmed shrub that can be trained into a tree with a single trunk. Prefers part shade and moist soil but is generally adaptab...

A unique plant with striking blue, closed flowers whose shape give this gentian its common name. Because the flowers are closed and difficult to ac...

A.k.a. plantain-leaved pussytoes. An excellent, distinctive dry soil groundcover with fuzzy, semi-evergreen leaves. The bloom stalks make up most o...

A.k.a. Wood’s sedge. A shorter, spreading sedge whose recommendation from the Mt. Cuba Center as a shade groundcover is its claim to fame. Similar ...

A shorter, unassuming sedge that nevertheless feeds many species of birds and insects. Tends to spread by rhizomes and form small colonies. Light: ...

A robust wild hydrangea with large, showy leaves and blooms! Blooms on old wood, prune immediately after flowering if desired. Prefers rich, moist,...

Estimated Height at Pickup: 3-4’, 3 gal A dogwood often planted as an ornamental- even young plants bloom well, and mature plants bloom densely and...

A.k.a. water dragon. Common names come from the distinctive nodding raceme (flower cluster) which resembles a pale lizard tail. Runners to form col...

A.k.a. black snakeroot and black bugbane. A large, showy, summer blooming shade plant! About half of the 3’-7’ height is composed of a leafless blo...

These blueberry lookalikes love part shade and wet mesic to dry acidic soil- perfect for tricky spots next to evergreen trees. Photo shows emerging...

A.k.a. American bellflower. A lovely blooming annual or biennial flower at home on the edge of woodlands or in bright understory. Does not tolerate...

A.k.a. Solidago riddellii. A lovely flat-topped goldenrod with long, narrow leaves. Like other goldenrods, it supports many different species of po...

A.k.a. vanilla grass. A widespread short, unassuming, and easily grown sweetgrass! Spreads quickly (~2ft/year) by rhizomes, and may outcompete oth...