Native Illinois Sale 2020 May 30, 2020 -- 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. The City of Wheaton, Wheaton Environmental Improvement Commission, and the Wheaton Park District encourages residents to plant native in future landscape projects. Native plants are adapted to the soils and climate of our area. These plant provide habitat for a wide variety of native wildlife species, and at the same time provide an attractive, low maintenance landscape. Native plants are beneficial because they do not require irrigation or fertilizer, are resistant to drought and insects, will not harm or degrade native ecosystems, and are beautiful and interesting. “Payment must be made by cash or check. We do not have the ability to accept payment by credit card.”

At sale time, are approx. 36 to 48 inches, are approx. 24 to 36 inches, and are potted in containers. Forbs, grasses and ferns are in containers. We are unable to provide any returns or guarantees on these plants. Plants not in this year’s order have been shaded. Plants are subject to nursery availability at the time of sale. “Right to limit quantities before 9:30 a.m."

Trees 5 gallon $25.00 Shrubs 5 Gallon $20.00 Forbs, Grasses & Ferns 1 gallon $8.00 Quarts and pints $3.00

Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Fall Color Special Uses Information Large Trees Native in wet areas or dry, rocky uplands; horizontal branching; spring plant Black Tupelo 30-50’ 20-30’ Glossy orange to red only; pyramidal to Nyssa sylvatica spreading; silvery bark; protect from west wind; slow to moderate growth

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Prefers moist acidic soil; sensitive to high pH soil, Eastern White Pine salt and windy sites; blue- 50-80’ 20-40’ Evergreen Pinus strobus green needles; open airy crown; spreading form; Evergreen Best in rich, moist soils; pH adaptable; tolerant of Hackberry drought, salt, and 40-60’ 40-50’ Yellow Celtis occidentalis temporary wet sites; corky bark; broad oval to vase shaped form First tree to out in the spring. Very shade- tolerant tree. Prefers moist to mesic loamy soils. The is 1” Ohio buckeye 30-50’ 20-30’ Yellow-green Orange-red diameter “buckeye”. Aesculus glabra Pollinated by ruby- throated hummingbirds. Not a good tree for compacted soils or street- side. Relatively rapid growth in moist, well-drained soil; Red Oak 60-75’ 60-75’ Orange/ Red tolerant of some exposure Quercus rubra to road salt and city conditions; rounded form Native along rivers and stream banks; develops River Birch chlorosis in high pH soil 40-70’ 40-60’ Yellow Betula nigra and drought conditions; rounded to spreading form Easy to grow in average moist well-drained soils. Sassafras Moderately fast grower. 30-60’ 25-40’ Yellow Yellow, orange, red Sassafras albidum Early spring bloomer. Excellent fall color. Mitten shaped fragrant .

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Distinctive, shaggy bark, Shagbark Hickory conspicuous on tall 50-75’ 40-50’ Golden yellow Carya ovata straight trees; grows best in well-drained soils Prefers moist conditions but tolerates a wide range of soils. Grows rapidly. Sycamore Sometimes needs to put platanus 60-140’ 50’ Green Yellow to orange-brown out a second crop of occidentalis leaves if spring is very wet and cool. Multi-colored bark and interesting heads. Grows best in light shade in mesic, well-drained soils. Spectacular tulip Tulip tree Whitish-green shaped flowers about 2-3” Liriodendron 70-100’ 20-40’ with yellow Golden-yellow long in May. Tulip shaped tulipifera inside leaves. Pollinated by hummingbirds. Grows rapidly. A beautiful and majestic tree. Small Trees Average or moist soil; drought tolerant once Allegheny White and established; juicy, edible serviceberry 15-30’ 10-15’ Orange, red, yellow showy berries in summer. Plant Amelanchier laevis in lawns, open shrub borders. Best in rich, moist soil; American mulch in full sun; winged Hornbeam Orange/ Orange/Red 25-35’ 20-30’ nuts provide a good food Carpinus Yellow Yellow source for wildlife; caroliniana rounded form

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information White fragrant blooms very early in spring. Has a few thorns. Suckers freely so best used for naturalizing in medium American plum 15-25’ 15-25’ Bright white Maroon-red moisture, loamy soils Prunus Americana away from the house. Tolerates dryness after established. Edible especially nice in preserves.

Prefers moist, well- drained soil; drought Common sensitive; large shrub to Witchhazel 20-30’ 15-20’ Yellow Yellow small tree; flowers in Oct.; Hamamelis good for naturalizing, virginiana massing and borders; rounded spreading habit

Superb understory tree; leaves that persist Ironwood 20-40’ 15-30’ Yellow through winter (wildlife Ostrya virginiana habitat); fruit looks like hops

Blooms May or early June; showy flowers; produces red/purple berries July- Pacific Serviceberry 30’ 15’ White Yellow/Orange/Red Aug & are edible. Amelanchier interior Tolerates clay soils; prefers moist, well- drained soils

Small tree or multi-stem shrub with distinctive horizontal Pagoda Dogwood 15-25’ 15-25’ White Red branching; elliptical to Cornus alternifolia egg-shaped medium green leaves; blooms in spring

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A large shrub or small tree; large tropical-like Paw Paw leaves; fruit in large 15-20’ 15-20’ Purple Bright Yellow Asimina triloba yellow-green edible berry; round canopy shape; 2- inch flowers

Prefers well-drained soil; Redbud Lavender/ pH adaptable; rose-purple 15-20’ 20-25’ Yellow Cercis canadensis Pink/ Purple flowers in spring; rounded habit

Prefers moist, well- drained soil; good for Shadblow woodland Serviceberry Orange/Red edge/naturalizing; white 10-20’ 10-20’ White Amelanchier Yellow flowers in April; red fruit canadensis turns purplish-black; good 4-season plant; an oval suckering tree

Shrubs Well-drained soil; pH adaptable; drought tolerant; long, catkins in American Hazelnut 6-8’ 6-8’ Bright Yellow Orange-yellow early spring; colony Corylus americana forming shrub good for naturalizing; rounded habit

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Very tolerant of wet soils; black fruits; purplish-red Black Chokeberry fall color; best used in Aronia 3-5’ 6-8’ White Red mass; forms large melanocarpa suckering colonies; upright form Blackhaw Flowers in cluster’ small Viburnum purple fruit; avg. to dry 12-15’ 8-12’ Creamy white Pinkish-red to Purple Viburnum soils; good with northern prunifolium exposure Prefers moist conditions in a fertile, loamy soil. Very few problems with disease Bladdernut 6-12’ 8-10’ White Yellow or pests. Attractive trifolia flowers, seed capsules, and leaves. Flowers mid- to-late spring. Beautiful spreading Blue-fruited branches with dark green Dogwood 7-9’ Yellowish-white Red/Purple leaves on top and silky Cornus obliqua underneath Fragrant flowers in June- September; requires moist to wet soil; sensitive to drought and deep shade; Buttonbush late emerging glossy Cephalanthus 6-12’ 12-18’ Globe-like white green leaves; hard, 1” occidentalis ball-like fruit persistent throughout winter; use in naturalized wet areas; upright and arching Masses of flowers in mid- Downy Arrowwood late April, with black fruits Viburnum 8’ 8’ White Red in summer; prefers moist rafinesquianum to dry areas Well-drained, pH adaptable soil; drought Dwarf Bush tolerant; tolerates dry Honeysuckle 3-5’ 3-5’ Yellow Yellow-Orange-Red shade, flowers in July; Diervilla lonicera excellent fall color; mounded and suckering habit

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Does best in moist soils, but tolerant of dry conditions; suckers freely Elderberry forming thickets; white Sambucus 6-12’ 6-12’ White Greenish flower clusters in July; canadensis purple-black fruit is excellent food source for birds; upright and arching form Prefers acidic; well drained soil; tolerant of salt and dry conditions; Fragrant Sumac 2-6’ 6-10’ Inconspicuous Orange/ Red fragrant foliage; small Rhus aromatica persistent wine-red berries attract birds; mounded and suckering Grows in most any soil; Highbush clumps of scarlet berries Cranberry 8-12’ 8-15’ White Purple/Red that remain through Viburnum trilobum spring Does well in poor dry soil; flowers in May-June; Indigo Bush 6-10’ 4’ Deep purple Yellow prefers moist ground; can Amorpha fruticosa get leggy and suckering; fruit is a curved pod Found in dry, rocky soils; Kalm’s St. pH adaptable; flowers in Johnswort July; blue-green foliage; 2-4’ 3-4’ Bright Yellow Yellow-Green Hypericum persistent seed capsules kalmianum valued by birds; rounded habitat Understory shrub of well- Maple-leaf drained to dry soils; Viburnum White flat- Reddish/ maple-like foliage; blue- 3-6’ 4-5’ Viburnum topped in spring Purple black fruit valued by acerifolium wildlife; upright and spreading form

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Tolerant of many soil conditions, drought and heat; found in wet areas; Meadowsweet 3-6' 3-6’ White Golden flower spikes in summer; Spiraea alba dry seed capsules persist into winter; erect and suckering Upright, multi-stem, spreading shrub with Nannyberry 15’ 6-12’ White Orange-Red springtime clusters of flat Viburnum lentago white flowers; blue-black berry-like fruits in fall Dark green leaves; prefers dry to moist, well-drained soil; flowers in July; attracts butterflies and New Jersey Tea Frothy small hummingbirds; slow- Ceanothus 1-3’ 3’ Green white clusters growing shrub; good americanus transition from prairie garden to lawn; while young, protect from rabbits Heart-shaped leaves on Ninebark long branches covered Physocarpus 5-7’ 6-10’ White Brown with loose bark; flowers in opulifolius May-July Tolerates wide range of Pasture Rose 3-6’ 5-10’ Pink Yellow-orange to red soil moisture conditions, Rosa Carolina from wet-mesic to dry Use in dry, open area; Pink fading to wide-spreading, green to Prairie/Illinois Rose Combination of Yellow-orange-red, then 3-4’ 10-15’ White late in red arching stems; solitary Rosa setigera Scarlet the season flowers; mounded and suckering habit Bright red fruits; tolerant Red Chokeberry of most soils; upright, 6-10’ 3-5’ White Wine Red Aronia arbutifolia multi-stemmed; spreading and suckering habit

Roughleaf Does well in drought; Dogwood White, flat- white fruits showy from a 15-25’ 10-15’ Purple-red Cornus topped distance but quickly eaten drummondii by wildlife

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Tolerates wide range of soils under oak trees. Large white berries hand Snowberry Small spikes of on during winter. Flowers Symphoricarpos 3-6’ 3-6’ pink flowers in June and July. Tends to albus sucker. Use in shrub borders, as screen or hedge. Found in the understory in moist woodlands; does Spicebush Orange/ 6-12’ 6-12’ Green/ Yellow best in moist, well-drained Lindera benzoin Yellow loamy soils; fragrant foliage; rounded form Handles poor drainage; blooms from June into Swamp Rose July; numerous, bright 5-6’ 4-5’ Pink Red-orange Rosa palustris scarlet rose hips; found along swamp edges; mounded and suckering Blooms in June; showy scarlet red berries appear Wahoo in fall & attracts wildlife; Euonymus 12-20’ 15-25’ Dark purple Red/Greenish red showy fall color; medium atropurpureus moisture; well-drained soils; adaptable; rain garden plant Attractive, thorny, bushy shrub; fan-shaped leaves Wild Gooseberry Hanging pale turn rich autumn hues; 2-3’ 2-3’ Red- purple Ribes missouriense yellow graceful flowers in spring; pea-sized, sweet black edible berries ripen in July Attracts robins, adapts to moist to dry conditions, Wolfberry and a loamy to rocky soil. Coralberry Pinkish/purplish- 2-5’ 4-8’ Attractive foliage and Symphoricarpos green purplish-red berries in the orbiculatus fall. Good for naturalizing and winter interest.

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Vigorous, low climbing vine or mounded shrub with blue-green leaves; in Yellow shade the plant rarely Honeysuckle Vine 4 - 5’ 8 - 10’ Yellow tubes Yellow flowers; in full sun the Lonicera prolifera twining vine is covered with blooms in May; fruits profusely with scarlet red berries in clusters Prairie Grasses & Grass-like Plants Fine textured, slightly weeping, silvery-blue foliage until fall; purplish Big Bluestem Reddish-copper/ seed heads in Aug.; will Andropogon 4-6’ 1.5-3’ Bronze tolerate hot, dry areas gerardii and heavy clay soils; best suited for background plantings; clump forming Flowers in Aug-Sept; great native alternative to Indian Grass Miscanthus (Maidenhair Feathery gold Sorghastrum 4-9’ 2’ Shades of orange & yellow grass); mound-forming; plumes nutans prefers medium soil moisture (neither wet nor overly dry) Medium textured, highly ornamental clump-forming grass; bluish-green foliage Little Bluestem until fall; fluffy, seed Schizachyrium Fluffy silvery- heads on spikes in July- scoparium 2-4’ 2-2.5’ Bronze to Orange white Aug.; well-drained, (Andropogon medium and dry soils; scoparius) great for naturalizing and mass plantings; clump forming Silky light green color to Prairie Brome foliage; seed heads arch 2’ 1-1.5’ Light brown Bromus kalmii sideways; prefers moist to slightly dry conditions

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Fountain-like tufts of fine- textured, emerald green Prairie Dropseed foliage until fall; flowers Sporobolus 1-2’ 2-3’ Airy white Orange-red are held 2-3' above leaves heterolepsis in August; arching and clump forming Green or purplish tone, Prairie Switchgrass firm long smooth leaves; 3-6’ 2-3’ Golden tan Panicum virgatum prefers dry to moist soils and shores with no shade Graceful and beautiful prairie grass with medium textured foliage; delicate Side Oats Grama Bright Purple/ flower parts cluster along Bouteloua 1-2’ 1-1.5’ Tan/Orange Orange one side of the flower curtipendula stem in June; drought tolerant; warm season grass Relatively unremarkable looking but foliage is highly aromatic when it is Sweet Grass / cut and dried; moist to Vanilla Grass 1-1.5’ 1.5’ GC dry soils preferred; deer Hierochloe odorata resistant; can spread rapidly under the right conditions Prairie Forbs Biennial (short-lived) plant Biennial Gaura White/ tolerant of wide variety of 2-5’ 3-4’ Gaura biennis Pink habitats; open airy form, flowers July-October Showy around brown center in July- Black-eyed Susan Sept.; long-blooming; 2-3’ 2-2.5’ Bright Yellow Rudbeckia hirta tolerant of most soil conditions; short-lived perennial Grass-like foliage Blue-eyed Susan accented by small flowers Sisyrinchium 8-10” Small, Blue in May-June; good angustifolium perennial for rock garden

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Barrel shaped flowers with Bottle Gentian closed petals; flowering in 1-2' 1-1.5’ Bright Blue Gentiana andrewsii Sept-early Oct.; moist soils Dark green leaves; Brown-eyed Susan Orange & blossoms from early Aug. 2-4’ 2-2.5’ Rudbeckia triloba Yellow to early Oct.; rough textured Fragrant clusters of flowers from June-Aug., followed by attractive seed heads; prefers well- Butterfly Weed Vivid Orange- drained, sandy soil; 2-3’ 3’ Asclepias tuberosa red drought tolerant; late to emerge; creates deep tap root making transplanting difficult; breaks dormancy late Leaves are grass-like, being flat, narrow and Common (Pale) long; prefers dry to Blue-eyed Grass 0.5-1.5’ 2-3’ White moderate soils; flowers Sisyrinchium from May to June with six albidum white, star-like petals ½ to ¾ inch wide Showy flower spikes in Common Ironweed July and August, held atop Bright Red- Vernonia 3-5’ 2.5-4’ tough stems with wispy purple fasciculata foliage; highly ornamental; moist soil 1/2-inch flowers in 2-inch globe from June-August; Common Milkweed 2-5’ 1’ Pink-Purple milky sap; attracts Asclepias syriaca butterflies; well-drained soil Common Mountain Flat white flower clusters Mint in July and August above 1-2’ 1-2’ White Pycnanthemum fragrant foliage; a must virginianum for any herb garden

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Deeply dissected leaf resembles giant oak leaf; slow to mature; deep- Compass Plant 5-9’ 3-4’ Yellow rooted; 4-inch yellow Silphium laciniatum daisies on top of tall stalks; needs well-drained soils Showy, long clusters of Cream Wild Indigo flowers; low growing and Baptisia 1-2’ 1-3’ Creamy white compact plant; prefers leucophaea well-drained soils Stately 6-9" flowers open Culver's Root White slowly from the top down Veronicastrum 4-5’ 2-3’ candelabra-like in July-Aug above dark virginianum spires green leaves; medium to moist soil Stately plant with large, Cup Plant opposite leaves that form Silphium 5-8’ 2-3’ Yellow cup around a square perfoliatum stem; showy flowers in July and August Prefers poor soil and dry conditions but can tolerate Cylindrical loamy soils if well drained. Pink/purplish- blazingstar 12-18” 10” Excellent drought pink Liatris cylindracea tolerance. Doesn’t compete well with aggressive, taller plants. Abundant blooms like False Sunflower miniature sunflowers Heliopsis 4-6’ 2’ Bright Yellow produced in abundance in helianthoides July-Sept; prefers well- drained soil Grows in most soil types as long as well drained. Blooms from June – Flowering Spurge 3’ September, drought Euphorbia corollata tolerant; difficult to transplant once established.

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Trumpet-shaped flower spikes in June held aloft over dark green foliage; Foxglove White tubular, plant adaptable to all soil Beardtongue 2’ 1’ tinged with Maroon types, but best in full sun Penstemon digitalis reddish -pink with average moisture; adds early-season color to prairie garden Flowers in mid- to late Golden Alexanders Flat-topped spring; attractive purple- 1-3’ 1-2’ Zizia aurea Yellow bronze seed heads; dry to moist soils Prefers medium to dry, Golden Aster well-drained soils; showy, Chrysopsis 1-3” 1-2” Golden Yellow abundant blooms July to camporum Sept. with 1-inch flowers Blooms in profusion all Gray-Headed Yellow petals summer; flowers with (Yellow) 2-5’ 1-2’ around brown- aromatic seed heads Coneflower gray center when crushed; very Ratibida pinnata versatile A small, wooly-stemmed Hairy Beard plant with attractive Tongue Pale Purple trumpet-shaped flowers 1- 1-2’ 1-2’ Penstemon tubes inch long during June- hirsutus July; prefers dry, well- drained soil Heart-leaved Prefers dry soil or moist Meadow Parsnip 24” – 36” 24” – 36” Bright Yellow well drained Zizia aptera Bushy frame covered by Heath Aster 1-3’ 1-1.5’ White small blooms from Sept to Aster ericoides Oct; dry to medium soils Flowers from May to June; prefers dry, open woods, Hoary Puccoon thickets, and glades; Yellow-orange, Lithospermum 1-1.5’ prefers warm sunny tubular canescens positions in a moderately fertile, light to medium, well-drained soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Upright plant with coarse, fuzzy foliage; widely Hoary Vervain adaptable in well-drained 2-3’ 1-2’ Purple spikes Verbena stricta soil; drought tolerant; 3- inch branched flower spikes from June-Sept. Horse Mint Fragrant flowers July- (Spotted Bee Cream to Sept., aromatic foliage; 1-2’ 1-2’ Balm) Lavender prefers dry soil; opposite Monarda punctata leaves and square stem Blooms in June-July; dry Lance-leaf to medium well-drained Coreopsis 1-2’ 1-1.5’ Bright Yellow soils; drought tolerant; Coreopsis dead-head to encourage lanceolata blooming Snapdragon-like flowers in Monkey Flower 1-3” 1-1.5’ Lilac-Purple July and August; prefers Mimulus ringens wet soil and full sun Flowers in dense splash of fall color; pinch back in early summer to keep New England Aster Deep Pink- from getting stemmy; Aster novae- 3-6’ 2-3’ purple drops stem leaves, so angliae plant behind other flowers to hide bare stems; medium to moist soil Flower balls nodding on Nodding Pink foot-tall stems in July- Star-shaped Onion Allium 12” 12” August; clumps of grass- Lavender-pink GC cernuum like leaves; avoid poorly drained soils Snapdragon-like flowers in Obedient Plant spike at top of plant in Pale Pink to Physostegia 2-4’ 2-3’ Aug-Sept.; grows on Purple virginiana riverbanks and damp thickets Trumpet-shaped white flowers are ¾ inch long Pale Beard Tongue White-lavender 1-2’ 1-2’ and have lavender lines; Penstemon pallidus tubes prefers medium to dry well drained (sandy) soils

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Large flowers with thin, drooping petals around a Pale Purple spiny orange-brown Light Rosy Coneflower 2-4’ 1’ center in June-July; long- Lavender Echinacea pallida lived and tough; attractive seed heads; medium to dry soils Best appreciated for rounded foliage with Prairie Alum Root filigree edges and Green to Heuchera 8-12” 12” mounded habit; thrives in brownish-red richardsonii most settings; may need dividing every 3 years or so Showy flower spikes Prairie Blazing Star bloom in Aug.-Sept.; Liatris 3-5’ 1’ Rosy -lavender thrives in light soil with pycnostachya adequate moisture Prairie Cinquefoil 2’ White Blooms June – September Potentilla arguta Grows in poor soil; must Prairie Coreopsis have good drainage; 18” – 30” 12” – 18” Yellow Coreopsis palmata Tolerates heat, humidity and drought. Large, spade-like leaves reach to 3’, with flowering Prairie Dock stalks above; 2” flowers in Silphium 3-10’ 1-3’ Yellow mid- to late summer; terebinthinaceum great texture when planted with native grasses Blooms in fall & last for a Prairie Gentian month; showy flowers; Gentiana 1-1/2’ 1-1/2’ Violet blue dry to medium moisture; puberulenta well-drained soils; tolerates drought. Prefers wet-mesic to Prairie Milkweed 2-3’ 1-1.5’ Pink mesic soil conditions, can Asclepias sullivantii be competitive

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Flower clusters in May- June; followed by spectacular, long-lasting, Prairie Smoke 6” 8” Deep Rose-pink feathery, silvery-pink seed Geum triflorum heads; attractive, deeply cut leaves; grows in dry to medium soils A hardy perennial that has Purple Meadow delicate flowers, purple Rue 3-6’ 1’ White-cream stems, and blue-green Thalictrum foliage; prefers wet-mesic dasycarpum to mesic soil moisture Purple Prairie Thimble-like Prefers average to dry Clover heads with soils; drought-tolerant; 1-2’ 1’ Petalostemum purple ring at protect from rabbits; purpureum base flowers in mid-summer Flowers on strong stems from July-Aug.; bold plant Queen of the Deep pink fluffy forms a large, shrub-like Prairie Filipendula 4-6’ 2-3’ plumes mound with deeply cut rubra leaves; prefers rich, moist soils Long lance-like evergreen foliage with flowers held Rattlesnake Master Whitish-green on long stalks in July- Eryngium 3-4’ 1 ½’ Evergreen spiny globes Aug.; prefers medium to yuccifolium dry well-drained soils; drought tolerant Profuse, large, daisy-like flowers on tall stems in Rosinweed late July-Aug.; rough Silphium 2-6’ 1 ½’ Bright Yellow sandpapery textured, integrifolium lance-shaped foliage; well drained soil Low growing most of the Rough Blazing Star Bright Purple- year, flowers on stalks 2-3’ 1’ Liatris aspera pink bottlebrush blaze into color July-Sept.; well-drained soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Incredibly vivid flowers July-Aug; dry to medium Royal Catchfly soils (best in rich soil); 2-4’ 1 ½ -2’ Red-scarlet Silene regia excellent drainage is essential; attracts hummingbirds Suitable ground cover or rock garden perennial; Sand Prairie Phlox 1-2’ ½ -1’ Pink tolerates wide range of Phlox pilosa soil moisture conditions, from wet-mesic to dry A beautiful species with conical spires of bright gold flowers; forms a beautiful clump when planted in full sun and well-drained soils; prefers Showy Goldenrod mesic to dry soil 1-3’ 2-3’ Yellow Solidago speciosa conditions; remove spent flower clusters to encourage additional bloom; provides good color and contrast in late summer for the perennial border Blooms Sept-Oct; leaves with fine silky hairs; Purple-violet Silky Aster drought tolerant; well- 1-2’ 1’ petals with Aster sericeus drained soils mandatory yellow center (too much water kills this plant) Dainty, daisy like flowers in Sept-early Oct.; deep Sky Blue Aster 2-3’ 1’ Brilliant Blue greenish-blue arrow Aster azureus shaped leaves; dry to medium soils Slender Mountain Stems and leaves are Mint fragrant when crushed; 1-3’ 1-1.5’ White Pycnanthemum prefers wet-mesic to tenuifolium mesic soil moisture

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Numerous yellow- centered flowers in Aug.- Smooth Blue Aster Pale Blue- 2-4’ 1’ Sept.; tolerates moist to Aster laevis lavender dry soils of average to poor fertility Clustered flowers from July-Sept.; unique, grass- Spiderwort (Ohio like foliage; cut back after Spiderwort) Deep Blue, 3- 2-4’ 1.5’ flowering to produce Tradescantia petaled neater clumps; prefers ohiensis moist, organic soil; clump forming Starry Campion Prefers dry, well-drained 2-3’ 2’ White Silene stellata soils; blooms July-October Flowers in late summer; Stiff Goldenrod Flat-topped gray-green leaves largest 1.5’ 1.5’ Solidago rigida yellow at bottom of stem; dry to moist soils Flowers in July-Aug.; Swamp Milkweed Rose-pink hour- milky sap; medium to wet 4-5’ 2-3’ Asclepias incarnata glass soils; interesting seed pods; fragrant blooms Sweet Black-eyed Flowers in late July and Susan Yellow with August; attractive seed 2-3’ 2’ Rudbeckia brown heads in winter; best in subtomentosa well-drained, organic soil Whorled leaves; flowers in June-July with petals Turk's Cap Lily Red-yellow with arching up and back; Lilium 2-5’ 1-2’ brown spots attracts hummingbirds; michiganense prefers medium wet to wet conditions Small but attractive; three-parted leaves are like upside-down hearts, Violet Wood Sorrel ½ - 1’ ½ - ¾’ Lavender greenish-purple on top Oxalis violacea and purple below; bloom in late spring and may bloom again in fall Small blossoms cover the White (Upland) compact form from July- Aster 1-2’ 1’ White Sept.; attractive silvery Aster ptarmicoides seed heads; dry soils

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Flowers in June; attractive blue-green foliage; forms White False Indigo a dense, bush-like mound; Baptisia leucantha 3-5’ 3’ White interesting seed pods; (B. lactea) prefers deep, porous soil that is well-drained Flowers in June-Aug; needs air movement to Wild Bergamot avoid mildew on leaves; 2-3’ 2’ Lavender Monarda fistulosa damp to dry, clay to sand soils; attracts hummingbirds Fluffy double flowers in Wild Golden Glow 3-7’ 2-3’ Lemon-yellow July; finely cut foliage and Rudbeckia laciniata GC a clump forming habit

Top-dense star-like clusters of flowers during spring (May-June), then Wild Hyacinth Light-blue/ 1-2’ 1’ goes dormant; prefers Camassia scilloides white wet-mesic to dry soils; slow-growing, transplant during fall Trumpet-shaped flowers on trailing stems in June- Aug. prefers moist, well- Wild Petunia drained soils but will 10” 1’ Lavender Ruellia humilis tolerate dry soils; excellent for rock gardens; breaks dormancy late

Odd button-like flowers in Wild Quinine flat-top clusters from July- Green-white Parthenium 3-4’ 1-2’ Sept; good form, excellent clusters integrifolium foliage; medium to dry soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Succulent, thick, fleshy leaves; flowers in spring; Wild Stonecrop 8” 8” White, star-like garden soils (not too dry); Sedum ternatum GC stems creep to slowly form groundcover

Worled Milkweed Prefers sand/loam soil; 1’ – 2’ White, green Asclepias verticillata blooms June – August

Grass-like olive-green leaves; interesting texture plant; medium or dry Yellow Star Grass ½ - 1’ Brilliant Yellow soils; can form loose Hypoxis hirsuta colonies but not particularly aggressive; star-shaped flowers Ferns Lustrous, arching, deep green fronds extend from a central crown; silvery Christmas Fern "fiddleheads" in spring, Polystichum 1-3’ 2-3’ Evergreen contrast nicely with the acrostichoides evergreen foliage; used in floral arrangements; adaptable but prefers moist, organic soil Large, slightly arching, deep green foliage grown in vase shaped clusters; emerges early in spring; Cinnamon Fern slender fertile fronds are Osmunda 2-4’ 2-3’ cinnamon in color and cinnamomea disappear by mid- summer; slowly spreading and easily grown; thrives in wet, organic soils

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Light green foliage is erect, arching from center and emerges in early Interrupted Fern spring; spores are Osmunda 2-4’ 1-2’ clustered in the middle of claytoniana fertile fronds, giving an interrupted look; tolerates drier sites; very long-lived but slow to establish Leathery, bright green, wavy-cut fronds; Lady Fern Evergreen; prefers a Athyrium felix- 1’ 1’ damp to slightly boggy, femina rich, organic soil; great for massing Slightly arching fronds unfurl yellow-green and darken to bluish-green by summer and rise from a Leather Wood Fern broad, upright crown; Dryopteris 1-2’ 1-2’ prefers moist, organic marginalis soils, but can tolerate some dryness once established; good in rock gardens Fan-shaped fronds with green leaflets on shiny, Maidenhair Fern 1-2’ 1-1.5’ black stalks; prefers Adiantum pedatum moist, rich soil in a cool and humid area Large fronds with widely spaced leaflets; fronds unfold red, mature to deep sea-green; spores Royal Fern appear in clusters on the 2-5’ 3-5’ Golden-yellow Osmunda regalis frond tips; needs constantly moist, acid, organic soil; good massed or as a specimen plant

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Light summer foliage; wet Sensitive Fern to mesic soils preferred 1-2’ 2’ Onoclea sensibilis

Woodland Grasses Showy seed heads resemble bottlebrushes; grows in small clumps on Bottlebrush Grass 3-5’ 1-2’ Green/ Tan well-drained soil; can Hystrix patula grow under trees where most turf grass fails to thrive; clump forming Unique clustered fruits resembling spiked clubs Common Burr rise above the light green, Sedge 2’ 1’ clump-forming foliage; Carex grayii thrives near water; dried fruit is stunning in arrangements Soft low tufts of slender Common Oak foliage; reddish-brown Sedge 1-2’ 8” flowers appear just above Carex pensylvanica the foliage in April to mid- May Curly-styled Wood Delicate pale-green Sedge 1-2’ 1’ GC leaves; relaxed stems and Carex rosea elongated seed beaks Refined, nodding, Nodding Fescue graceful, long-stemmed 1-2’ 1-2’ Tan Festuca obtusa spikelets; prefers moist to dry soils Foliage resembles palm Palm Sedge fronds; leaves radiate Carex 1-3’ 1’ GC from the stem, giving it a muskingumensis unique, tropical appearance Silky soft leaves; wheat- Silky Wild Rye 1-3’ 2’ Green/ Tan Tan like flower stalks; prefers Elymus villosus moist soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Graceful fountain of bright Straight-styled green, extremely fine Wood Sedge 1’ 1’ GC foliage; outstanding as a Carex radiata mass planting; fine textured mound Woodland Brome Gently arching spikes; Bromus purgans 1-3’ 1’ blooms in mid-summer; (B. pubescens) dry to moist soils

Wood Reed Grass 3-5’ 2-3’ Blooms August-September Cinna arundinacea Woodland Forbs Flowers hang on wiry, arching stems in May to Bellwort June; drooping foliage; Pendulous, Uvularia 12” 6-12” prefers moist soil rich in Yellow grandiflora organic matter; best grown in mass; spring ephemeral Numerous small, fragrant Black Cohosh flowers occur in fluffy 4-6’ 2-4’ White Actaea racemosa spires at the end of stalks; blooms in June and July Spring ephemeral with 2- inch wide flowers with Bloodroot yellow centers in March- Sanguinaria 6-10” 6” White May; performs best in rich canadensis woods, light and medium soils; uniquely shaped leaves Bright blue berries appear Blue Cohosh in August after Caulophyllum 1-3’ 1’ Greenish-yellow inconspicuous flowers in thalictroides May; constant moisture is necessary Fragrant, loose flower clusters in late April-June; Blue Phlox 1’ 10” Blue dark-green semi- Phlox divaricata evergreen foliage; prefers deep, rich, moist, acid soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Clusters of tiny yellow flowers on graceful arching stem in late Blue-stemmed August-September makes Goldenrod 1-3’ 1-2’ Yellow an airy mass of gold; Solidago caesia great for late season color in drab shady areas; best in light to moderate shade One of the first spring wildflowers; covered in dainty flowers suspended above lacy blue-green Early Meadow Rue Greenish-white foliage; prefers wet-mesic 1-3’ 1-2’ Thalictrum dioicum & Gold to mesic soil moisture conditions; serves as excellent focal point; groups of three to five create stunning backdrop Elm-leaved Blooms from July through Goldenrod 1-3’ 2-4’ Yellow October Solidago ulmifolia Blooms in spring, good Feathery Solomons nectar source for Plume 1’ – 3’ 1 – 2’ White bumblebees. Clusters of Smilacina racemosum berries in fall consumed by wildlife. Distinctive three-lobed leaves on stalks; flowers Jack-In-Pulpit Greenish purple, in May; bright red berries Arisaema 1-2’ 1’ hood-shaped in autumn; prefers moist, triphyllum acid rich soil rich in organic matter Flowers in loose clusters Jacob's Ladder in spring; pairs of leaves Polemonium 1’ 1’ Light Blue form a ladder effect; reptans moist, well-drained soil; spreading Very distinctive Large White wildflower; very large 3- Trillium 1’ 1’ Showy white petaled flowers from April- Trillium June; moist, organic soil; grandiflorum spring ephemeral

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information 1-2 very large, umbrella- like leaves with deeply cut May Apple lobes attached to one Podophyllum 1-2’ 1’ Single white stem; flowers in May; peltatum small apple-like fruit under leaves in late June Medium-dry to medium- Northern Bedstraw 2’ White moist soils. Blooms June- Galium boreale July Purple Joe Pye Widely spaced, coarse Weed Massive domes leaves; large 12-inch 5-7’ 2-3’ Eupatorium of smoky-pink flower heads; moisture- purpureum loving; clump-forming Three mottled, distinct, Red Trillium short-stalked leaves; Trillium 1’ 0.5’ Dark Red single dark red, stalkless recurvatum flower April-June Flowers in March-May; earliest flowers of spring; Round-Lobed Blue, White or flowers appear before Liverleaf Hepatica 6” 6” Pink new leaves; older 3-lobed americana leaves persist through winter turning purplish Flowers in March-May; earliest flowers of spring; Sharp-lobed Blue, white or flowers appear before Liverleaf 6” 6” pink new leaves; older 3-lobed Hepatica acutiloba leaves persist through winter turning purplish Fragrant dainty blooms from mid-April to June; Shooting Star flowers on stalks; petals Dodecatheon 1-1.5’ 6-12” Pink-white have backward-bent look meadia and hang pendulously toward ground; medium soils Produces a cloud of Short's Aster lavender-blue flowers in 1-3’ Blue Aster shortii September and early October

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Flowers in Aug-Oct Side –Flowering Dainty White arranged on one side of (Calico) Aster 2-3’ 2-3’ with Rosy stem as foliage turns Aster lateriflorus centers purple; open growth form; medium soils (Great) Solomon's Tiny, flowers hang tassel Seal like in June; blue berries Polygonatum 1-2’ Whitish-green in fall; prefers humus-rich canaliculatum soil (biflorum) Maroon, Flowers in May; mottled Toad Trillium 6” 6” purplish or leaves Trillium sessile greenish-yellow Spring ephemeral; flowers appear March-May; white Toothwort White to light to light pink, 4- 1’ Dentaria laciniata Pink flowers stand above deeply-toothed leaves with narrow leaflets. Tulip-like gray-green and purple-mottled leaves; forms solid groundcover; Trout Lily (early) rich, moist, well-drained Erythronium 4” 6” Yellow soils; spring ephemeral; americanum space 6" apart; provide 2- inch layer of shredded leaf mulch over winter Pink buds open to blue flower bells in April-May; Virginia Bluebells prefers moist organic soil; 1-2’ 1’ Bright Blue Mertensia virginica plant goes dormant; foliage disappears soon after flowering Pale green, deeply-lobed, Virginia Waterleaf (variegated like water Hydrophyllum 1’ 1’ Pale lavender spots) leaflets; flower virginianum clusters bloom early May to mid-June

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Stout reddish-green stem; prefers medium to slightly dry conditions and typical Waxy Meadow Rue Whitish to green soils; height Thalictrum 3-7’ Green depends on soil moisture revolutum and fertility; airy appearance; blooms late spring to early summer Two-tone yellow and red flowers appear in May- June; attracts Wild Columbine hummingbirds; airy lobed, Aquilegia 1-2’ 1’ Red/ Yellow gray-green foliage; canadensis performs best in well- drained soil with organic matter Clusters of flowers held Wild Geranium above deeply cut deep Pale-deep Geranium 1’ 1’ green foliage in May-June; Lavender-pink maculatum prefers slightly acidic, moist, humus-rich soil Large heart-shaped leaves; flowers in April are hidden by the foliage; Wild Ginger Greenish to 6” colonies prefers moist, highly Asarum canadense purplish-brown GC organic, slightly acid soil; excellent ground cover for shade Prefers sandy/Loam soil; Wild Strawberry .25 – .50” White Berries appear April – Fragaria virginiana June

Woodland Daisy-like blooms in late Sunflower 2’ 3-5’ Bright Yellow summer; moist to dry Helianthus soils; competitive divaricatus

Prefers medium loamy soils rich with organic Yellow Violet ½ - 1 ½’ Bright Yellow matter; ¾-inch flowers in Viola pubescens mid to late spring; flowers have dull purple veins

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Brilliant yellow flowers in August to October; Zig-zag Goldenrod attractive, finely serrated 1-3’ 1-3’ Yellow Solidago flexicaulis GC leaves; great plant for color and interest in late fall woodland Woody Vines Prefers average soils with regular moisture in full sun but will tolerate drought. Generally best Climbing not to grow up small trees bittersweet 20-30’ 3-6’ White, yellow or through shrubs. Best Celastrus scandens known for its showy red berries that last well into winter. Berries are poisonous to humans but birds like them. Fragrant flowers bloom August – October; twines about fences and adjacent vegetation. Rapid grower. Interesting puffy seed Virgin’s Bower 12-20’ 3-6’ White heads. Prefers moist to Clematis virginiana mesic fertile soils. Generally best to not grow up small trees or through shrubs. Can spread aggressively. Rain Garden Flowers in June-July; blooms have distinctive Blue Flag Iris 1-2.5’ 12” Purple-blue yellow patch; prefers wet Iris virginica soils, though adaptable to moist garden soils

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Wet soils to shaded moist ground preferred; excellent plant for rain Brown Fox Sedge 1-2’ 1-2’ Green-brown garden; fine-leafed, Carex vulpinoidea mound forming foliage; seed heads form in May- June Blooms July-early Sept.; prefers moist to wet soils; dazzling tall red wands Cardinal Flower 2-5’ ½’ Brilliant Red attract hummingbirds; Lobelia cardinalis short-lived – may require replanting every few years but well worth it Elongated clusters of snapdragon-like flowers (blue with white Great blue lobelia 1-3’ 0.5-1’ Blue-white markings) on an upright Lobelia siphilitica leafy stem. Blooms from July to October. Best in wet to medium soils. Prefers moist conditions Marsh Blazing Star 2 – 5’ Purple and sandy loam. Blooms Liatris spicata July - September Beautiful 1-inch flowers in April; waxy round foliage Marsh Marigold 1-2’ 2’ Bright Gold attractive throughout Caltha palustris spring; prefers wet soil; excellent for water garden Meadow Anemone Prefers well-drained soils; 1-2’ 2 – 2.5’ White Anemone canadensis blooms April - June Attractive bottlebrush type Porcupine Sedge seed heads in spring 1-3’ 2’ Green Carex hystericina (May-June); prefers wet ground, forms mounds Flowers from mid-summer to mid-fall with abundant Sneezeweed daisy-like petals that are Helenium 3-5’ 2’ Yellow “toothed”; excellent in autumnale damp to wet soil but also does well in good garden soil

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Cultural Plant Name Height Spread Light Flower Fall Color Special Uses Information Flowers resembling Turtlehead snapdragons are borne on 2-3’ 1’ Creamy white Chelone glabra dense spikes; prefers a humus-rich soil

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