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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.
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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.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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
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
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.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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
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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.
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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.
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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
Saxifrages
SAXIFRAGACEAE
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.
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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.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
American Alumroot
Heuchera americana
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 .
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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
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, 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.
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
American Wisteria
Wisteria frustescens
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 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 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
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Wild Purple Clematis
Clematis occidentalis
GRASSES, SEDGES and FERNS
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Big Blue Stem
Andropodon gerardii
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Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum aristochoides
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Northern Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femini
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Eastern Bottlebrush Grass
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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Yellow Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
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Marginal Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
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Purple Love Grass
Panicum virgatum
TREES AND SHRUBS
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
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Notes: Native to ME. Forms beautiful pagoda-like layers with each year's growth.
Pagoda Dogwood
Cornus alternifolia
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
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
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
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.
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Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
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Aromatic Sumac
Rhus aromatica
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Common Elderberry
Sambucus canandesis
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.
Thin Leaf New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus ovatus
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American Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
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Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
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Red Berried Elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
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.
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Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
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