A Sampler of Native Plants for the Mid-South by Site Conditions

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A Sampler of Native Plants for Mid-South Gardens by Site Condition - Chris Cosby, Managing Director PLANTS + PEOPLE - March 2018

Perennials - Latin Name Shade/Moist Shade/Dry Sun/Moist Sun/Dry

Adiantum pedatum Amsonia tabernaemontana Acorus americanus Agastache foeniculum Amsonia tabernaemontana Anemone canadensis Agastache foeniculum Amsonia hubrichtii

Anemone canadensis Arisaema triphyllum Amsonia hubrichtii Amsonia tabernaemontana Arisaema triphyllum Asarum canadense Amsonia tabernaemontana Andropogon spp

Asarum canadense Athyrium felix-femina Andropogon spp Asclepias tuberosa Athyrium felix-femina Carex pensylvanica, C. laxiculmis (many Carex spp) Asclepias incarnata Asclepias syriaca Carex pensylvanica, C. laxiculmis (many Carex spp) Chasmanthium latifolium Asclepias syriaca Baptisia australis

Chasmanthium latifolium Dryopteris x australis, D. celsa, D. ludoviciana Baptisia australis Baptisia alba Chelone spp. Elymus canadensis Baptisia alba Callirhoe spp Dryopteris x australis, D. celsa, D. ludoviciana Heuchera villosa Callirhoe spp Carex cherokeensis

Elymus canadensis Hydrastis canadensis Carex cherokeensis. C. muskingumensis Coreopsis spp Hydrastis canadensis Iris cristata Coreopsis spp Echinacea purpurea. E. paradoxa. E. tennesseensis Iris cristata Maianthemum racemosum Echinacea purpurea Eupatorium spp (E. coelestinum thuggish)

Polystichum acrostichoides Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Eupatorium spp Monarda spp Iris fulva Mertensia virginica Iris fulva Muhlenbergia spp Lobelia cardinalis, L. siphilitica Phlox divaricata Iris virginica Panicum virgatum

Maianthemum racemosum Podophyllum peltatum Monarda spp Penstemon digitalis. P. calycosus. P. tenuis Mertensia virginica Polygonatum commutatum, P. biﬂorum Muhlenbergia spp Pycnanthemum spp (thuggish) Osmunda cinnamomea Polystichum acrostichoides Panicum virgatum Rudbeckia spp

Osmunda regalis Sanguinaria canadensis Penstemon digitalis. P. calycosus. P. tenuis Schizachyrium spp Phlox divaricata Spigelia marilandica Phlox paniculata. P. maculata Silphium laciniatum Podophyllum peltatum Stylophorum diphyllum Physostegia virginiana (thuggish) Solidago spp

Polemonium reptans Thelypteris normalis, T. kunthii Pycnanthemum spp (thuggish) Sporobolus spp Polygonatum commutatum, P. biﬂorum Trillium spp (esp. T recurvatum) Rudbeckia spp Symphyotrichum oblongifolius

Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii Uvularia spp Schizachyrium spp Sanguinaria canadensis Silphium spp (S. perfoliatum thuggish) Spigelia marilandica Solidago spp

Stylophorum diphyllum Sporobolus spp Thelypteris normalis, T. kunthii Symphyotrichum spp (Aster) Trillium spp (esp. T recurvatum) Vernonia novaboracensis

Uvularia spp Veronicastrum virginicum

Woodies and Vines

Shade/Moist Shade/Dry Sun/Moist Sun/Dry Aesculus parviﬂora Aesculus parviﬂora Asimina triloba Callicarpa americana Aesculus pavia Aesculus pavia Bignonia capreolata Cercis canadensis

Agarista populifolia Agarista populifolia Callicarpa americana Lonicera sempervirens Asimina triloba Asimina triloba Cercis canadensis Bignonia capreolata Bignonia capreolata Clethra alnifolia

Callicarpa americana Callicarpa americana Gelsemium sempervirens Cercis canadensis Cercis canadensis Illicium parviﬂorum Clethra alnifolia Gelsemium sempervirens Itea virginica

Gelsemium sempervirens Hydrangea arborescens, H. quercifolia Lonicera sempervirens Hydrangea arborescens, H. quercifolia Hypericum frondosum Viburnum dentatum

Hypericum frondosum Illicium parviflorum Viburnum nudum Itea virginica Leucothoe spp Viburnum prunifolium Illicium floridanum, I. parviflorum Lindera benzoin

Leucothoe spp Rhododendron austrinum, R. canescens, R. prunifolium Lindera benzoin Viburnum dentatum Rhododendron austrinum, R. canescens, R. prunifolium

Viburnum dentatum

1 Perennials - Common Name Shade/Moist Shade/Dry Sun/Moist Sun/Dry

Northern Maidenhair Fern Common Bluestar Sweetﬂag Anise Hyssop

Common Bluestar Canada Anemone Anise Hyssop Arkansas Bluestar Canada Anemone Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arkansas Bluestar Common Bluestar Jack-in-the-Pulpit Wild Ginger Common Bluestar Bluestem, Broomsedge

Wild Ginger Lady Fern Bluestem, Broomsedge Asclepias tuberosa Lady Fern Oak Sedge, Loose-ﬂowered Sedge, and others Swamp Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Oak Sedge, Loose-ﬂowered Sedge, and others River Oats Common Milkweed Wild Indigo

River Oats Dixie Wood Fern, Log Fern, Southern Shield Fern Wild Indigo White False Indigo Turtlehead Canada Wild Rye White False Indigo Poppy Mallow Dixie Wood Fern, Log Fern, Southern Shield Fern Hairy Alumroot Poppy Mallow Cherokee Sedge

Canada Wild Rye Goldenseal Cherokee Sedge, Palm Sedge Tickseed Goldenseal Dwarf Crested Iris Tickseed Purple Coneflower, Ozark Coneflower, Tennessee Coneflower Dwarf Crested Iris False Solomon’s Seal Purple Coneflower Blue Mist Flower

Christmas Fern Turk’s Cap Mallow Joe-Pye Weed Eastern Beebalm Copper Iris Virginia Bluebell Copper Iris Muhly Grass Cardinal Flower, Great Blue Lobelia Woodland Phlox/Wild Sweet William Blue Flag Iris Switchgrass

False Solomon’s Seal Mayapple Beebalm Foxglove Beardtongue, and others Virginia Bluebell Solomon’s Seal Muhly Grass Mountain Mint (thuggish)

Cinnamon Fern Christmas Fern Switchgrass Black-Eyed Susan Royal Fern Bloodroot Foxglove Beardtongue Little Bluestem Woodland Phlox/Wild Sweet William Woodland Pinkroot Garden Phlox, Meadow Phlox Compass Plant

Mayapple Celandine Poppy/Yellow Wood Poppy Obedient Plant (thuggish) Goldenrod Jacob’s Ladder Kunth’s Maiden Fern Mountain Mint (thuggish) Dropseed Solomon’s Seal Prairie Trillium Black-Eyed Susan, and others Aromatic Aster

Turk’s Cap Mallow Bellwort Little Bluestem Bloodroot Cup Plant, Rosin Weed (S. perfoliatum thuggish) Woodland Pinkroot Goldenrod

Celandine Poppy/Yellow Wood Poppy Dropseed Kunth’s Maiden Fern Aromatic Aster, New England Aster, and others Prairie Trillium Ironweed

Bellwort Culver’s Root

Woodies and Vines

Shade/Moist Shade/Dry Sun/Moist Sun/Dry Bottlebrush Buckeye Bottlebrush Buckeye Pawpaw American Beautyberry Red Buckeye Red Buckeye Crossvine Eastern Redbud

Florida Leucothoe Florida Leucothoe American Beautyberry Coral Honeysuckle Pawpaw Pawpaw Eastern Redbud

Crossvine Crossvine Summersweet American Beautyberry American Beautyberry Carolina Jessamine Eastern Redbud Eastern Redbud Ocala Anise

Summersweet Carolina Jessamine Virginia Sweetspire Carolina Jessamine Smooth Hydrangea, Oak-Leaf Hydrangea Coral Honeysuckle Hydrangea arborescens, H. quercifolia Cedar Glade St. Johswort Arrowwood Viburnum

Hypericum frondosum Ocala Anise Possumhaw Viburnum Itea virginica Dog-Hobble, Fetterbush Blackhaw Illicium ﬂoridanum, I. parviﬂorum Spicebush

Dog-Hobble, Fetterbush Florida Flame, Piedmont, Plum-Leaf Azalea Spicebush Arrowwood Viburnum Florida Flame, Piedmont, Plum-Leaf Azalea

Arrowwood Viburnum