Perennials
Please click on each link to view our plant signage. This information can help you decide which plants will work in your landscape. The links are alphabetical by botanic name, the common name is also listed. If you do not know the botanic name of a plant, use the search feature of your browser to find the common name on this page.
Please note, this is NOT a list of plants in stock. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Asters Ferns Grasses Sedges
Ferns
- Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair fern)
- Asplenium platyneuron (Ebony spleenwort)
- Athyrium filix ‘Lady in Red’ (‘Lady in Red’ Lady fern)
- Athyrium filix-femina (Lady fern)
- Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hay-scented fern)
- Dryopteris carthusiana (Shield fern)
- Dryopteris filix-mas (Male Wood Fern)
- Dryopteris golidiana (Goldie’s fern)
- Dryopteris marginalis (Marginal/Eastern wood fern)
- Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich fern)
- Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive fern)
- Osmunda cinnamonea (Cinnamon fern)
- Osmunda claytonia (Interrupted fern)
- Osmunda regalis (Royal fern)
- Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Broad beech fern)
- Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
- Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
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Asters
(We use the old genus name ‘Aster‘ for inventory purposes, but new names can be seen on the signs as synonyms)
- Aster azureus (Skyblue aster)
- Aster cordifolius (Blue wood aster)
- Aster divaricatus (White wood aster)
- Aster ericodes (Heath aster)
- Aster ericoides ‘Snow flurry’ (‘Snow Flurry’ heath aster)
- Aster laevis (Smooth aster)
- Aster macrophyllus (Big-leaved aster)
- Aster novae-angliae (New England aster)
- Aster oblongifolius (Aromatic aster)
- Aster puniceus (Purple-stemmed aster)
- Aster spectabilis (Eastern showy aster)
- Aster umbellatus (Flat-topped white aster)
Grasses
- Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
- Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge)
- Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)
- Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama)
- Buchloe dactyloides (Buffalo grass)
- Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern sea oats)
- Dichanthelium clandestinum (Deer-tongue grass)
- Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
- Elymus virginicus (Virginia wild rye)
- Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple love grass)
- Muhlenbergia capillaris (Muhly grass)
- Panicum virgatum (Switch grass)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’ (‘Cloud Nine’ switch grass)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ (‘Heavy Metal’ switch grass)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ (‘Northwind’ switch grass)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Prairie Sky’ (‘Prairie Sky’ switch grass)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ (‘Shenandoah’ switch grass)
- Scirpus cyperinus (Wool Grass)
- Schizachyrium scopariumm (Little bluestem)
- Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Standing Ovation’ (‘Standing Ovation’ little bluestem)
- Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (‘The Blues’ little bluestem)
- Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Twilight Zone’ (‘Twilight Zone’ little bluestem)
- Sorghastrum nutans (Indian grass)
- Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie dropseed)
- Tridens flavus (Purpletop Grass)
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Sedges and rushes
- Carex albicans (Oak sedge)
- Carex appalachica (Appalachian sedge)
- Carex blanda (Common wood sedge)
- Carex eburnea (Bristle-leaf sedge)
- Carex flaccosperma (Blue wood sedge)
- Carex grayi (Gray’s sedge)
- Carex grayii ‘New Moon Mighty’ (‘New Moon Mighty’ Gray’s sedge)
- Carex laxiculmis (Woodland sedge)
- Carex leavenworthi (Lawn sedge)
- Carex muehlenbergii (Muhlenberg’s sedge)
- Carex muskingumensis (Palm sedge)
- Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
- Carex platyphylla (Broad-leaved sedge)
- Carex plantaginea (Seersucker sedge)
- Carex rosea (Rosy sedge)
- Carex socialis (Social sedge)
- Carex stricta (Tussock sedge)
- Carex woodii (Pretty sedge)
- Equisetum hyemale (Scouring rush/common horsetail)
- Juncus effusus (Common rush)
A
- Acorus americanus
- Aconitum unicatum ‘White Witch’ (‘White Witch’ southern monkshood)
- Acorus americanus (Sweet flag)
- Actaea pachypoda (Doll’s eyes)
- Actaea racemosa (Black cohosh)
- Agastache foeniculum (Anise hyssop)
- Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple giant hyssop)
- Agave virginica (False aloe)
- Allium cernuum (Nodding onion)
- Amsonia hubrichtii (Thread-leaf bluestar)
- Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Blue Ice’ (‘Blue Ice’ bluestar)
- Amsonia tabernaemontana (Bluestar)
- Amsonia tabernamontana var. salicifolia
- Anaphalis margaritacea (Pearly everlasting)
- Anemone canadensis (Canada anemone)
- Anemone virginiana (Thimble weed)
- Antennaria neglecta (Field pussytoes)
- Antennaria parlinii (Parlin’s pussytoes)
- Antennaria plantaginifolia (Plantain-leaved pussytoes)
- Aquilegia canadensis (Eastern red columbine)
- Aquilegia canadensis ‘Corbett’ (‘Corbett’ eastern columbine)
- Aralia racemosa (American spikenard)
- Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulipit)
- Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale indian plantain)
- Aruncus dioicus (Goats beard)
- Asarum canadense (Wild ginger)
- asclepias exaltata (Poke Milkweed)
- Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed)
- Asclepias incarnata ‘Ice Ballet’ (‘Ice Ballet’ swamp milkweed)
- Asclepias purpurascens (Purple milkweed)
- Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed)
- Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly milkweed)
- Asclepias verticillata (Whorled milkweed)
- Asclepias viridiflora (Green comet milkweed)
Please note, not all of these plants are in stock all the time. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
B
- Baptisia australis (Wild blue indigo)
- Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow wild indigo)
- Blephilia ciliata (Downy woodmint)
- Boltonia asteroides QR (False aster)
C
- Callirhoe involucrata (Wine cups)
- Caltha palustris (Marsh marigold)
- Camassia scilloides (Wild hyacinth)
- Campanula rotundifolia (Bell flower)
- Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue cohosh)
- Chamaelirium luteum (Fairy wand/Devil’s bit)
- Chelone glabra (White turtlehead)
- Chelone lyonii (Pink turtlehead)
- Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’ (‘Hot Lips’ pink turtlehead)
- Chelone obliqua (Rose turtlehead)
- Chrysogonum virginianum (Green-and-gold)
- Chrysopsis mariana (Golden aster)
- Chrysopsis villosa (Hairy golden aster)
- Clematis viorna
- Cirsium discolor (Pasture thistle)
- Claytonia virginica (Virginia spring beauty)
- Coreopsis lanceolata (Lance-leaved tickseed)
- Coreopsis rosea (Pink tickseed)
- Coreopsis tripteris (Tall tickseed)
- Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ (‘Moonbeam’ whorled tickseed)
- Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled tickseed)
D
- Dalea purpurea (Purple prairie clover)
- Delphinium exaltatum (Tall larkspur)
- Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel corn)
- Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s breeches)
- Dicentra exima (Wild bleeding heart)
- Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap)
- Dodecatheon meadia (Shooting star)
- Drosera filiformis (Thread-leaf sundew)
E
- Echinacea pallida (Pale purple coneflower)
- Echinacea paradoxa (Ozark coneflower)
- Echinacea purpurea ‘Ruby Star’ (‘Ruby Star’ purple coneflower)
- Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower)
- Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower)
- Elephantopus carolinianus (Carolina elephant’s foot)
- Erythronium americanum (Yellow trout lily)
- Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master)
- Eupatorium coelestinum (Blue mist flower)
- Eupatorium dubium (Coastal joe pye)
- Eupatorium fistulosum (Hollow-stemmed joe pye)
- Eupatorium hyssopifolium (Hyssop-leaved boneset)
- Eupatorium maculatum ‘Gateway’ (‘Gateway’ spotted joe pye)
- Eupatorium maculatum (Spotted joe pye)
- Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common boneset)
- Eupatorium purpureum (Purple joe pye)
- Eupatorium rugosum (White snakeroot)
- Euphorbia corollata (Flowering spurge)
Please note, not all of these plants are in stock all the time. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
F
- Filipendula rubra (Queen of the prairie)
- Fragaria virginiana (Wild strawberry)
G
- Gaura lindheimeri (Butterfly gaura)
- Gentian clausa (Closed gentian)
- Geranium maculatum (Wild geranium)
- Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman’s root)
Please note, not all of these plants are in stock all the time. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
H
- Helenium autumnale (Common sneezeweed)
- Helianthus augustifolius (Swamp sunflower)
- Helianthus decapetalus (Thin-leaved sunflower)
- Helianthus divaracatus (Woodland sunflower)
- Helianthus hirsutus (Rough sunflower)
- Helianthus maximilian (Maximilian sunflower)
- helianthus microcephalus
- Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke/Sunchokes)
- Heliopsis helianthoides (False sunflower)
- Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Nights’ (‘Summer Nights’ false sunflower)
- Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Sun’ (‘Summer Sun’ false sunflower)
- Hepatica acutiloba (Liverwort)
- Heuchera americana ‘Dale Strain’ (‘Dale Strain’ American alumroot)
- Heuchera americana (American alumroot)
- Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’ (‘Autumn Bride’ hairy alumroot)
- Heuchera villosa (Hairy alumroot)
- Hibiscus coccineus (Scarlet rose mallow)
- Hibiscus moscheutos (Swamp rose mallow)
- Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Disco Belle Red’ (‘Disco Belle Red’ dwarf swamp rose mallow)
- Hydrastis canadensis (Goldenseal)
I
- Impatiens capensis (Orange jewelweed)
- Iris cristata (Dwarf crested iris)
- Iris cristata ‘Alba’ (‘Alba’ dwarf crested iris)
- Iris versicolor (Northern blue flag)
J
- Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf)
K
Krigia biflora Two Flowered Dwarf Dandelion
L
- Liatris ligulistyls (Meadow blazing star)
- Liatris scariosa (Northern blazing star)
- Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ (‘Kobold’ gayfeather)
- Liatris spicata (Gayfeather)
- Liatris squarrosa (Scaly blazing star)
- Lilium michiganense (Michigan Lily)
- Lillium superbum (Turk’s cap Lily)
- Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
- Lobelia siphilitca (Great blue lobelia)
- Lupinus perennis (Wild blue lupine/sundial lupine)
- Lysimachia lanceolata (Lance-leaved loosestrife)
- Lysimachia lanceolata var purpurea
M
- Maianthemum canadense (False lily of the valley)
- Marshallia grandiflora (Barbara’s buttons)
- Meehania cordata (Meehan’s mint)
- Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells)
- Mimulus alatus (Winged monkey flower)
- Mimulus ringens (Allegheny monkey flower)
- Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury’s bee balm)
- Monarda didyma (Scarlet bee balm)
- Monarda fistulosa ‘Claire Grace’ (‘Claire Grace’ wild bergamot)
- Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot)
- Monarda punctata (Spotted bee balm)
Please note, not all of these plants are in stock all the time. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
N
- Nymphaea odorata (Fragrant water lily)
O
- Oenothera biennis (Common evening primrose)
- Oenothera fruticosa (Golden sundrops)
- Opuntia cespitosa (Eastern prickly pear cactus)
- Opuntia humifusa (Eastern prickly pear cactus)
P
- Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny spurge)
- Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng)
- Parthenium integrifolium (Wild quinine)
- Penstemon calycosus (Longsepal beardtongue)
- Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ (‘Husker Red’ foxglove beardtongue)
- Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove beardtongue)
- Penstemon hirsutus (Hairy beardtongue)
- Penstemon smalli (Small’s beardtongue)
- Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’ (‘Blue Moon’ woodland phlox)
- Phlox divaricata ‘May Breeze’ (‘May Breeze’ woodland phlox)
- Phlox divaricata (Woodland phlox)
- Phlox glaberrima ‘Morris Berd’ (‘Morris Berd’ smooth phlox)
- Phlox maculata (Wild sweet William)
- Phlox paniculata (Garden phlox/tall phlox)
- Phlox stolonifera (Creeping phlox)
- Phlox subulata (Moss phlox)
- Physostegia virginiana (Obedient plant)
- Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
- Polemonium reptans ‘Stairway to Heaven’ (‘Stairway to Heaven’ Jacob’s ladder)
- Polemonium reptans (Jacob’s ladder)
- Polygonatum biflorum (Small Solomon’s seal)
- Polygonatum commutatum (Great Solomon’s Seal)
- Potentilla tridentata (Shrubby five-fingers)
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Rabbit tobacco)
- Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Appalachian mountain mint)
- Pycnanthemum incanum (Hoary mountain mint)
- Pycnanthemum muticum (Broad-leaved mountain mint)
- Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrow-leaved mountain mint)
- Pycnanthemum virginianum (Narrow-leaved mountain mint)
Q
–No Entries for Q —
R
- Ratibida pinnata (Gray-headed coneflower)
- Rhexia virginica (Meadow beauty)
- Rudbeckia fulgida var deamii (Deam’s black-eyed susan)
- Rudbeckia fulgida var fulgida (Black-eyed susan)
- Rudbeckia hirta (Sweet black-eyed susan)
- Rudbeckia laciniata (Cutleaf coneflower)
- Rudbeckia maxima (Giant coneflower)
- Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet coneflower)
- Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-eyed susan)
- Ruellia humilis (Fringed wild petunia)
S
- Sabatia kennedyana (Marsh pinks/Plymouth rose gentian)
- Salvia lyrata (Lyre-leaf sage)
- Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
- Sanguisorba canadensis (Canada burnet)
- Scutellaria incana (Downy skullcap)
- Scutellaria ovata (Heart-leaf skullcap)
- Sedum glaucophyllum (Cliff stonecrop)
- Sedum telephoides (Wild live-forever)
- Sedum ternatum (Woodland stonecrop)
- Senecio aureus (Golden ragwort)
- Senna hebecarpa
- Silene caroliniana (Wild pinks)
- Silene regia (Royal catchfly)
- Silene virginica (Fire pink)
- Silphium perfoliatum (Cup plant)
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’ (‘Lucerne’ blue-eyed grass)
- Sisyrinchium atlanticum (Eastern blue-eyed grass)
- Smilacina racemosa (False solomon’s seal)
- Solidago bicolor (White goldenrod/silverrod)
- Solidago flexicaulis (ZigZag goldenrod)
- Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaved goldenrod)
- Solidago ‘Little Lemon’ (‘Little Lemon’ dwarf goldenrod)
- Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod)
- Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ (‘Fireworks’ goldenrod)
- Solidago rugosa (Goldenrod)
- Solidago sempervirens (Seaside goldenrod)
- Solidago speciosa (Showy goldenrod)
- Solidago sphacelata ‘Golden Fleece’ (‘Golden Fleece’ goldenrod)
- Spiranthes odorata (Fragrant ladies’ tresses)
- Stylophorum diphyllum (Wood poppy)
- Symplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage)
Please note, not all of these plants are in stock all the time. For a list of what is currently available, please click here.
T
- Talinum teretifolium (Quill fameflower)
- Teucrium canadense (American germander)
- Thalictrum thalictroides (Rue anemone)
- Thermopsis caroliniana (Carolina lupine)
- Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
- Tiarella ‘New Moon Motley’ (‘New Moon Motley’ foamflower)
- Tradescantia ohiensis (Reflexed spiderwort)
- Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia spiderwort)
- Trillium erectum (Purple wake-robin)
- Trillium flexipes (Nodding wake-robin)
- Trillium grandiflorum (Great white wake-robin)
- Trillium luteum (Yellow wake-robin)
- Trillium sulcatum (Furrowed wake-robin)
U
- Uvularia sessilifolia (Bellwort/wild oats)
- uvularia grandiflora
- Uvularia perfoliata
V
- Verbena hastata (Blue vervain)
- Verbena stricta (Hoary vervain)
- Vernonia lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ (‘Iron Butterfly’ ironweed)
- Vernonia noveboracensis (New York ironweed)
- Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root)
- Viola cucullata ‘Freckles’ (‘Freckles’ common violet)
- Viola labradorica (Labrador violet)
- Viola palmata (Bird’s foot violet)
- Viola striata (Cream violet)
- Viola walteri ‘Silver Gem’ (‘Silver Gem’ Walter’s violet)
W
- Waldsteinia fragaroides (Barren strawberry)
X
–No Entries for X–
Y
–No Entries for Y —
Z
- Zizia aptera (Heart-leaf alexander)
- Zizia aurea (Golden alexander)
