Our Native Plant Inventory

PERENNIALS

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Aralias

ARALIACAEA

Conditions: Part Shade-Shade, Med Wet

Size: 3-7 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to: ME. Spikenard, also called Life of Man, will grow to the size of a shrub each season then die back. White flower clusers give way to purple and red berries.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

American Spikenard

Aralia racemosa

Asters

ASTERACEAE

Conditions: Full or Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 6 in. tall 2 ft. wide

Habit: Ground Cover

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Notes: Native to ME. This is a "nativar" or cultivar of a native plant, the Heath Aster. This variety is specifically bred for its growth habit as a spilling ground cover.

Snow Flurry Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Conditions: Full or Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 3-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

Habit: Clump Forming

Hosts: Aster Mining Bees, Pearl Crescent Butterfly

Notes: Native to ME. Excellent late season pollinator benefit. Huge display of bright purple flowers.

New England Aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Conditions: Full or Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 3-6 ft. tall, 2-3 ft. wide

Habit: Clump Forming

Hosts: Silvery Checkerspot and Pearly Crescent

Notes: Native to ME. Lighter purple flowers surrounding a yellow to reddish disk.

New York Aster

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii

Conditions: Full or Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 2-4 ft.tall, 1-2 ft.wide

Habit: Clumping

Hosts: Aster Mining Bees, Pearl Crescent Butterfly and others

Notes: Native to ME. Fall Blooming with pale purple flowers and smooth blue-green leaves.

Smooth Blue Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

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Northern Blazing Star

Liatris novae-angliae

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New York Ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis

Buttercups and Relatives

RANUNCULACEAE

Conditions: Part Shade, Med Dry

Size: 3 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, slower spreader

Hosts: Veiled Ear Moth, One Lined Sparganothis

Notes: Native to ME. Tall stalks produce white flowers mid summer and seed heads into fall. Great for woodland borders

Tall Anemone

Anemone virginiana

Conditions: Part Shade, Med Dry

Size: 2 ft. tall, 2 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizome spreader, can form dense matts

Notes: Native to ME. Slightly less tall than the A. virginana . Use to colonize in the wake of removing forest invasives.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

Conditions: Part shade, Med Dry

Size: 3 ft. tall, 2ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Hosts: Columbine Duskywing Butterfly. Attractive to hummingbirds.

Notes: Native to ME. Red flowers emerge in spring on top of delicate lobed blueish green foliage.

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Conditions: Full sun, med dry

Size: 4 ft. tall flower spike, 2ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized to New England. Beautiful purple tube flowers bloom in July to August. May require staking. Attractive to hummingbirds and bumblebees.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Tall Larkspur

Delphinium exaltatum

Coneflowers, Sunflowers, Daisies and Relatives

ASTERACEAE

Conditions: Full sun, dry/ med dry

Size: 2-3 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Rhizomatous

Notes: Native to ME. Delicate fern-like foliage, clusters of white flowers and a sweet herbaceous scent. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Conditions: Full sun, medium dry

Size: 1-3 ft. tall, 1.5 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Yellow daisy-like flowers bloom early and continue blooming throuughout the season to support pollinators. Hosts the wavy-lined emerald butterfly. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

Lanceleaf Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata

Conditions: Full Sun, Med Dry

Size: Up to 4 ft. tall, 2 ft wide

Habit: Annual clumping

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Regular yellow coreopsis flowers with dark red interior. Readily self seeds to maintain population. Hosts the wavy lined emaerald butterfly.

Plains Coreopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

Conditions: Full to Partial Sun, Med

Size: 2-3 ft tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping and will establish

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Pollinator favorite including for monarchs and seeds can be eaten by finches in winter.. Host plant for the silvery checkerspot butterfly. Maine's native echinacea. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

Conditions: Full to Partial Sun, Med

Size: 2-4 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Pollinator favorite and seeds can be eaten by finches. Used for medicinal purposes. Host plant for the silvery checkerspot butterfly.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Conditions: Full sun, med to wet

Size: 3-5 ft. tall 2-3 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Flowers proliferously in autumn with small yellow flowers. Winged stems with lance shaped leaves. Does not act as an allergen despite its name.

Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Conditions: Full Sun, Dry to Med

Size: 6-10 ft. tall, 3-5 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Also known as sunchoke. Spreads aggressively and difficult to remove once established. Tubers are edible.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Jerusalem Artichoke

Helianthus tuberosus

Conditions: Full sun, Med

Size: 2-3 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized in ME. This common biennial will readily colonize your native landscape. When allowed to self seed it can come back year after year. Yellow blooms throughout peak summer to early fall. Host of the Silvery Checkerspot.

Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Conditions: Sun to Part Shade, Med

Size: 7-9 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous

Notes: Native to ME. Also called Wild Golden Glow. Beautiful lobed leaves. Can reach substantial heights. Can spread aggressively and be difficult to remove. Yellow flowers with a greenish center bloom in July to September.

CURRENTYLY UNAVAILABLE

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Conditions: Full sun, med

Size: 2-3 ft. tall, 1-3 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Blooms resemble that of black eyed susan but are smaller and more abundant on each stem. Leaves are neatly lobed. Biennial lifecycle but will naturalize through self seeding.

Brown Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Goldenrods, Eupatoriums and Relatives

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Conditions: Part Shade, Med Wet

Size: 3-5 ft. tall, 2-4 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Generally found in woodland edge habitat. Can spread to form a strong colony in the understory.

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med wet

Size: 3-5 ft. high 2-4ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, Self Seeding

Notes: Native to ME.. This is the best bet for a shorter Joe Pye species native to Maine. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Coastal Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium dubium

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med wet.

Size: 4-7 ft. tall, 2-4 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, Self-seeding

Notes: Native to ME. More shade tolerant than spotted joe pye, great for back of beds, ditches, borders. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

Hollow Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium fistulosum

Conditions: Full sun, med wet

Size: 5-7 ft. tall, 2-4 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, Self-seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Provides excellent height to full sun, moist meadows. Huge pollinator attractor. Xerces Society species of particular importance for pollinators.

COMING SOON

Spotted Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium maculatum

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med wet

Size: 5-7 ft. tall 2-4 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, Self-seeding

Notes: Native to New England. The name sweet Joe Pye Weed refers to the sweet scent of the flowers.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Conditions: Part sun to shade, Med

Size: 1-3 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, not aggressive

Notes: Native to ME. Unique zig-zagging stem and broad leaves. Best bet for a goldenrod for shady conditions.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Zig Zag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Conditions: Part sun to shade, Dry to Med Dry

Size: 1-3 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Clump Forming, Slow

Notes: Native to ME. Known for growing amid the rocks on Maine's rocky coastline. This plant can withstand these salty and sandy but sometimes wet conditions.

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Conditions: Full Sun, Dry to Med

Size: 2-3 ft tall and wide

Habit: Rhizomatous

Notes: Native to ME. The solidago species with the most floriferous form.

Showy Goldenrod

Solidago speciosa

Legumes

FABACEAE

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Conditions: Full to part sun, Dry to Med

Size: 2-4 ft tall and wide

Habit: Vase shaped, Clumping

Notes: Naturalized in New England. Able to fix nitrogen, deep root system. Perfect for poor conditions.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Wild Blue Indigo

Baptisia australis

Conditions: Full to part sun, Dry to Med

Size: 2-3 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Able to fix nitrogen, deep root system. Perfect for poor conditions. Fixes its own nitrogen.

Small Yellow Wild Indigo

Baptisia tinctoria

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Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasiculata

Conditions: Full to part sun, med

Size: 5ft tall 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clump forming

Notes: Native to ME. Plant multiple plants for best effect.

Showy Tick Trefoil

Desmodium canadense

Conditions: Full sun, dry to med

Size: 2 ft tall and wide

Habit: Clump forming,

Notes: Native to ME. Hosts the Karner Blue Butterfly which has since been extirpated from Maine. Native lupine will have less leafletys (7-11) while the invasive polyphyllus will have 11-17.

Sundial Lupine

Lupinus perennis

Lobelias and Bellflowers

CAMPANULACEAE

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med wet.

Size: 3-6 ft tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Biennial Self Seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Unlike other bellfowers the flowers of this plant are flattened, five pointed.

Tall American Bellflower

Campanula americana

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med wet.

Size: 2-4 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, short lived but self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Favorite of hummingbirds, protect from deer browse. Basal rosette present throughout weinter, then tall spike of red flowers mid summer.

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

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Indian Tobacco

Lobelia inflata

Conditions: Full sun to part shade

Size: 2-3 ft. tall, 1-2 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. A more robust lobelia with beautiful pale blue flowers.

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

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Venus's Looking Glass

Triodanis perfoliata

Milkweeds and Relatives

APOCYNACEAE

Conditions: Full Sun, Dry to Med

Size: 2-4 ft tall, 12 ft wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, can spread to form a colony

Notes: Native to ME. Also called Indian Hemp, was once used to make ropes. Host of monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum

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Conditions: Part to Full Shade

Size: 4-6 ft. Tall 2-4 Ft. Wide

Habit: Clump Forming

Notes: Native to ME.. Best bet for a shade tolerant milkweed. Supports monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Poke Milkweed

Asclepias exaltata

Conditions: Full sun, med wet

Size: 3-4 ft tall and 2-3 ft wide

Habit: Clu,mping with Taproot

Notes: Native to ME. Pollinator favorite. Also called Rose Milkweed. Host for monarch butterfly caterpillers.

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Conditions: Full sun, med wet

Size: 3-4 ft tall and 2-3 ft wide

Habit: Clu,mping

Notes: Native to ME. Pollinator favorite. Also called Rose Milkweed. Host for monarch butterfly caterpillers. "Nativar" or a cultivar of a native plant. Specifically bred for its striking white color.

Ice Ballet Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

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Conditions: Full sun, Dry to Med

Size: 2-3 ft tall, 1-2 ft wide.

Habit: Rhizomatous, Self Seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Host for monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Commonn Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Conditions: Full sun, Dry to Med

Size: 1-2 ft tall and wide

Habit: Clumping, Self Seeding

Notes: Native to ME. A beautiful orange variety of the loved milkweed. Leaves are more lance-like. Hosts monarch butterfly caterpillars. Somewhat long to establish but then taproot makes it unhappy with transplanting.

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

Mints and Relatives

LAMIACEAE

Conditions: Full to Part Sun, Med Wet to Wet

Size: 2 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Rhizomatous

Notes: Native to ME. Not to be confused with horehound (Marrubium vulgare).

Water Horehound

Lycopus americanus

Conditions: Part Sun, Med Wet to Wet

Size: 2 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Rhizomatous and spreading

Notes: Naturalized in ME.. Sweet smelling and useable as other mints in cooking and cocktails. Huge pollinator benefit.

Wild Mint

Mentha arvensis

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White Bergamot

Monarda clinopodia

Conditions: Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 3 ft. tall and 2 ft wide.

Habit: Rhizomatous and self seeds

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Sweet smelling foliage. Red flowers attractive to hummingbirds. Can be trimmed back to encourage bushier growth.

Scarlet Bee Balm

Monarda didyma

Conditions: Full to Part Sun, Med Dry

Size: 4 ft, tall, 3 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous and self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Fragrant foliage Traditionally used in teas and other herbal remedies.

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Conditions: Full to part sun, dry to med dry

Size: 2 ft. tall and 1 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous and self seeding

Notes: Native to New England. Spotted white and yellow flowers exist along the stem within the pinkish bracts.

Spotted Bee Balm

Monarda punctata

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry

Size: 3 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide.

Habit: Rhizomatous, spreading

Notes: Native to ME. Huge pollinator magnet for native bees and wasps. Pleasantly aromatic minty foliage with silvery bracts.

Clustered Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to med dry

Size: 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide.

Habit: Rhizomatous, spreading

Notes: Native to ME. Huge pollinator magnet for bees and wasps. Pleasantly aromatic minty foliage.

Virginia Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to med dry

Size: 2 ft. tall and 1.5 ft wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, spreading

Notes: Native to ME. Huge pollinator benefit for native bees and wasps. Slender foliage with branching form.

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to med dry

Size: 2 ft. tall and 1.5 ft wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, spreading

Notes: Native to ME. Huge pollinator benefit for native bees and wasps. Slender foliage with branching form.

Torrey's Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum torreyi

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to wet.

Size: 4 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide

Habit: Rhizomatous, spreading

Notes: Native to ME. Late summer blooming provides excellent pollinator benefit.

Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginana

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American Skullcap

Scutellaria laterifolia

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American Germander

Teucrium canadense

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to wet.

Size: 5 ft. tall and 2 ft wide.

Habit: Rhizaomtous, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Although being rhizomatous, vervain will not overtake as readily as the other mint family memebrs,.

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry to dry.

Size: 2 ft tall, 1 ft wide.

Habit: Rhizomatous.

Notes: Naturalized in New England.Hosts the larvae of the Common Buckeye Butterfly. Hoary vervain leaves boast a more hairy appearance.

Hoary Vervain

Verbena stricta

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White Vervain

Verbena urticifolia

Plantains, Figworts and Relatives

PLANTAGINACEAE

Conditions: Part sun to shade

Size: 2-3 ft tall and wide.

Habit: Slowly by rhizomes

Notes: Native to ME. White flowers resembling the heads of turtles poke out from the stem. Primary host plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.

White Turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Conditions: Full to part sun, Wet

Size: 2ft tall 2ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Small purple flowers resembling the face of a monkey. Forms slowly into a clump in moist conditions.

Monkey Flower

Mimulus ringens

Conditions: Full to part sun, Med Dry

Size: 4ft tall and 1.5 ft. wide.

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized to ME. Excellent choice for bumblebee support.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

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Conditions: Full to part sun to shade, dry to med wet

Size: 1.5 ft. tall, 1 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Adorable long lasting slipper shaped pink flowers. Excellent for bumblebees.

Northeastern Beardtongue

Penstemon hirsutus

Conditions: Full to Part shade, dry to med wet.

Size:5 ft tall, 3 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Flowers are not showy but are known to be some of the highest nectar producers making them a huge benefit for insect pollinators and humminbirds.

Early Figwort

Scrophularia lanceolata

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Late Figwort

Scrophularia mirilandica

Conditions: Full to part sun, Dry to med wet.

Size: 5 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide.

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to New England. Tall candelabra-like flowers.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Culvers Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Roses and Relatives

ROSACEAE

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CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Queen of the Prairie

Filipendula rubra

Conditions: Full sun to full shade, Dry to med wet.

Size: 6 inches tall, 10 inches wide

Habit: Groundcover with spreading runners.

Notes: Native to ME. Provides fruit that can be consumed or left for wildlife. Excellent red fall color.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Conditions: Full to part sun, wet to med wet.

Size: 3 ft. tall and 2 ft wide.

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Hairy stem with an almost buttercup-like flower and foliage. Green leaf rosettes remain through winter.

Yellow Avens

Geum aleppicum

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, wet to med wet.

Size: 1.5 ft. tall and 1 ft. wide.

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to ME. Attractive nodding reddish flower heads.

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Water Avens

Geum rivale

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Early Wild Rose

Rosa blanda

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Swamp Rose

Rosa plaustris

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Virginia Rose

Rosa virginiana

Conditions: Part to full shade, med wet to wet.

Size: 1 ft tall by 1.5 ft. wide.

Habit: Spreads by runners

Notes: Native to ME. Shade tolerant excellent choice for woodland garden groundcover.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Conditions: Part to full shade, Dry to med dry.

Size: 2 ft. tall, 1.5 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native to New England. Deer Resistant, shade tolerant excellent choice for woodland gardens.

American Alumroot

Heuchera americana

Saxifrages

SAXIFRAGACEAE

Violets

VIOLACEAE

Conditions: Full sun to full shade

Size: 4 inches tall, 8 inches wide

Habit: Clumping, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. Although prolific in many gardens, violets are excellent larval host plants especiallyfor fritillary butterflies. Flowers and leaves are edible .

Common Blue Violet

Viola soraria

Willowherbs and Primroses

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Fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Conditions: Full sun, wet to med wet

Size: 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, self seeding

Notes: Native to ME. In full sun this plant can form a pleasing round form with longterm flowering and pollinator benefit. Cinnamon colored hairs adorn the leaves and stem.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Cinnamon Willowherb

Epilobium coloratum

Miscellanious Perennials

COMMELINACEAE, LILIACEAE, MALVACEAE

Conditions: Full to part sun, wet to med wet.

Size: 5ft. tall, 3 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Native version of your typical tropical hibiscus

Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutus

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to med dry

Size: 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping, self seeding

Notes: Native to New England. Flowers open in the morning then close in the heat of the day. Xerces Soceity lists it as a species of pollinator importance.

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

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Wood Lily

Lilium philadelphicum

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Eastern Pricky Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Conditions: Full to part sun, Med Dry

Size: 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft. wide

Habit: Clumping

Notes: Naturalized to ME. Flowers in the morning and blooms will wither and close at midday. Listed as a species of importance for pollinators by the Xerces Society.

Ohio Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

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Swamp Rose Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

VINES

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Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med dry

Size: Vining

Habit: Vining

Notes: Naturalized to New England. Also called the climbing fumitory. The typical growth pattern for this biennial vine is a basal rosette in the first year and a vining plant in the second year before dying. Self seeding can perpetuate a colony.

Allegheny Vine

Adlumia fungosa

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, medium dry conditions

Size: Vining

Habit: Vining

Notes: Native to ME. Excellent larval host benefits, berries support wildlife and fall color is spectacular.

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, med dry

Size: Vining

Habit: Vining

Notes: Naturalized to New England. Flowers preferred by hummingbirds.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Trumpet Vine

Campsis radicans

Conditions: Full to part sun, med wet to wet.

Size: Vining

Habit: Vining

Notes: Native to ME. Also called the devils darning needles for the long protrusions from its seed heads. Not to be confused with the invasive sweet autumn clematis terniflora.

Virgin's Bower Clematis

Clematis virginiana

Conditions: Full sun, med dry

Size: Vining

Habit: Vining, Grow on Trellis

Notes: Naturalized to New England. Not to be confused with the chinese wisteria Wisteria sinensis. As with many vines this vine needs to be controlled by growing on a trellis or archway.

American Wisteria

Wisteria frustescens

GRASSES, SEDGES and FERNS

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Andropodon gerardii

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Elymus canadensis

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Christmas Fern

Polystichum aristochoides

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Athyrium filix-femini

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Elymus hystrix

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Little Blue Stem

Schizachyrium scoparium

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Brown Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoides

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Sweet Grass

Hierochloe odorata

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Sorghastrum nutans

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Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

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Purple Love Grass

Panicum virgatum

TREES AND SHRUBS

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Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry to med wet

Size: 75 ft.+

Habit: Tree form

Notes: Native to ME. A common Maine tree, excellent for slightly wet conditions, great fall color. Sap is useable to make maple syrup though the sugar content is low.

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Conditions: Full to part sun, wet to med wet

Size: 12ft. tall, 4 ft wide.

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Native to ME. Huge pollinator benefit. Can tolerate flood conditions.

Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry

Size: 4 ft. tall and 4 ft. wide.

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Naturalized in New England.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Shrubby St. John's Wort

Hypericum prolificum

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Common Elderberry

Sambucus canandesis

Conditions: Full sun to part shade, dry to med dry

Size: 4 ft. tall and 5 ft. wide.

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Native to ME. Able to fix nitrogen. Great pollinator plant.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

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Notes: Native to ME. Forms beautiful pagoda-like layers with each year's growth.

Pagoda Dogwood

Cornus alternifolia

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Conditions: Part sun to shade

Size: 8 ft tall and 6 ft. wide

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Naturalized in ME. Forms a shrub with messy habit. Works well for forest edges. White flowers attract pollinators.

Prairie Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

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Red Berried Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry

Size: 3 ft.. tall and wide

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Native to New England. Also referred to as narrow-leaved New Jersey tea. Excellent pollinator plant. Plant produces berries that feed wildlife.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Thin Leaf New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus ovatus

Conditions: Part shade

Size: 3 ft. tall and wide

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Native to ME. Not to be confused with other invasive bush honeysuckles such as Morrows Honeysuckle. Also not to be confused with vining honeysucke.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Diervilla lonicera

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry

Size: 75+ ft.

Habit: Tree

Notes: Native to ME. Oaks are known to be huge larval host plants and to support wildlife with their acorns.

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Conditions: Full to part sun, wet to med wet.

Size: 4 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide.

Habit: Shrub

Notes: Native to ME. Also referred to as steeplebush.

Rosy Meadowsweet

Spirea tomentosa

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Habit: Tree form

Notes: Native to New England. Berries are edible for humans and also birds and other wildlife.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

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American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Conditions: Full to part sun, med dry

Size: 75+ ft.

Habit: Tree

Notes: Native to ME. Oaks are known to be huge larval host plants and to support wildlife with their acorns.

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

White Oak

Quercus alba

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American Cranberry Bush

Viburnum trilobum

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