Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
- » Showy flowers in spring
- » Bright yellow fall foliage color
- » Rain Garden
Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia
- » Showy tubular red flowers
- » Glossy, dark green leaves
- » Attracts Hummingbirds
Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
- » Long lasting lavender to purple flowers
- » Pollinator magnet
- » Licorice scented foliage
Giant Purple Hyssop
Agastache scrophularifolia
- » Large purple blooms
- » Easy grower
- » Attracts Pollinators
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
- » Edible and ornamental features
- » The bulb has strong flavor
- » Attracts pollinators
Downy Serviceberry
Amelanchier arborea
- » White showy blooms
- » Edible fruit ripens early summer
- » Beautiful fall color
Leadplant
Amorpha canescens
- » Spiked clusters bluish-purple flowers with golden antlers
- » Beautiful gray-green foliage
- » Legume
Eastern Blue Star
Amsonia tabernaemontana
- » Attractive blue flowers
- » Ideal for woodland garden
- » Golden fall color
Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia
- » Silvery white fuzzy flower heads
- » Spoon shaped leaves forms mats of green and silver
- » Great evergreen groundcover
Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
- » Red, showy, bell-shaped flowers
- » Great for naturalizing
- » Attractive light green foliage all season
Woolly Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia tomentosa
- » Small yellow pipe-shaped flowers
- » Large, heart-shaped leaves
- » Beautiful foliage
Black chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
- » Off-white to pink flowers
- » Great fall color
- » Shiny blackish-purple fruit
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
- » Attractive purplish flowers
- » Native woodland plant
- » Fantastic ground cover
Rose Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
- » Beautiful rose colored blooms
- » Full-part sun
- » Food source for Monarch butterflies
- » Great for naturalizing
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
- » Beautiful orange flowers all summer
- » Attractive seed heads
- » Larval host Monarch butterflies
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
- » Fragrant white flowers
- » High pollinator benefits
Paw Paw Tree
Asimina triloba
- » Purple flowers appear before the leaves
- » Large drooping, tropical-looking leaves
- » Edible fruit
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae
- » Showy rose-purple flowers
- » Full-part sun
- » Nectar source for pollinators
Wild Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
- » Deep blue 12 spikes of lupine-likeflowers
- » Attractive, gray-green foliage
- » Legume
Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata
- » Showy cream-White Blooms
- » Early spring bloomer
- » Attractive seed pods
Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
- » Showy bright yellow flowers
- » Long blooming
- » Legume
Ohio Horsemint
Blephilia ciliata
- » Purple blooms
- » Pollinator favorite
- » Hardy
Hairy Woodmint
Blephilia hirsuta
- » Pollinator favorite
- » White blooms
- » Naturalize
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
- » Full sun
- » Lawn alternative
- » Heat and drought tolerant
- » Great ground cover
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
- » Small white to pink flowers in summer
- » Clusters of glossy purple berries often persist to winter
Carolina Allspice
Calycanthus floridus
- » Showy red fragrant flowers
- » Golden fall color
- » Winter interest
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus americanus
- » Fragrant, white flowers
- » Colorful twigs provide winter interest
- » Compact, dense, rounded shrub
Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
- » Unique white round flowers
- » Fragrant
- » Perfect for moist shady sites and pond edges
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
- » Red-purple, pea-like flowers
- » Full sun-part shade
- » Vibrant fall color
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
- » Spikes of elegant white flowers in summer
- » Shiny green foliage
White Fringe Tree
Chionanthus virginicus
- » Fringe-like, fragrant, white flowers
- » Colorful drupes on female plants
- » Vibrant fall color
Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
- » Mounded, deciduous shrub
- » Produces edible nutlets
- » Leaves resemble fern fronds
Mist Flower
Conoclinium coelestinum
- » Vibrant blue flowers
- » Easy to grow
- » Attracts butterflies
Lance-leaved Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
- » Daisy-like, yellow flowers
- » Long-blooming
- » Tough plant for poor, dry soils
Alternate Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
- » White fragrant flowers in flat-topped clusters
- » Abundant clusters of bluish-black berries in the summer
- » Beautiful fall color
Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
- » Creamy-white flowers, blue berries
- » Dark red branches
- » Winter interest
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
- » White, showy blooms
- » Beautiful sign of spring
- » Red to reddish purple fall color
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
- » White flowers
- » Purple fall color with white berries
- » Grows well in most soils
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea
- » White showy flowers
- » Vibrant fall color with white berries
- » Great winter interest
American Hazelnut
Corylus americana
- » Edible nuts mature summer-fall
- » Attractive foliage
- » Vibrant yellow fall color
Washington Hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum
- » Fragrant white flowers
- » Bright red berries often last into winter
- » Vibrant fall foliage
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
- » Blooms white
- » Drought tolerant
- » Legume
Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea
- » Blooms purple
- » Drought tolerant
- » Legume
Poverty Oat Grass
Danthonia spicata
- » Attracts Butterflies
- » Tufts of curly leaves
- » Cool season
Tall Larkspur
Delphinium exaltatum
- » Tall purple tubular flowers
- » Attracts hummingbirds
- » Long blooming
Showy Tick Trefoil
Desmodium Canadense
- » Pink Tubular Flowers
- » Interesting Foliage
- » Legum
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
- » Edible fruit
- » Dark green leaves and gray-black bark
- » Bell-shaped flowers































