Our backyard plant list

These are the plants we have in our yard.

Note: you can click any column heading to sort the table by that criteria.

Growth HabitScientific NameCommon NameLight Pref.BloomHeightMoisture Pref.
fernPolystichum acrostichoidesChristmas Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A12-24"
1-2
dry - avg
fernOsmunda cinnamomeaCinnamon Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A24-36"
2-3
avg - moist
fernOnoclea sensibilisSensitive Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A12-36"
2-3
avg - moist
fernDryopteris marginalisLeatherwood Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A18-24"
2
avg
fernAthyrium filix-feminaLady Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A12-24"
2
avg
fernAdiantum pedatumMaidenhair Fern
1-2
shade - mix
N/A12-30"
2
avg
grassSporobulus heterolepisPrairie Dropseed
3
sun
08-10
Aug - Oct
18-24"
1-2
dry - avg
grassSorghastrum nutansIndian Grass
2-3
mix - sun
08
Aug
60-84"
1-2
dry - avg
grassSchizachyrium scopariumLittle Bluestem
2-3
mix - sun
08
Aug
24-48"
1-2
dry - avg
grassMuhlenbergia capillarisPink Muhly Grass
2-3
mix - sun
09-11
Sep - Nov
24-36"
1-2
dry - avg
grassJuncus effususSoft Rush
2-3
mix - sun
06-09
Jun - Sep
24-36"
3-4
moist - wet
grassEquisetum hyemaleScouring Rush; Horsetail
2-3
mix - sun
N/A30-40"
2-4
avg - wet
grassChasmanthium latifoliumRiver Oats
2-3
mix - sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
24-36"
2-3
avg - moist
grassCarex pensylvanicaPennsylvania Sedge
2
mix
04-06
Apr - Jun
12-18"
1-2
dry - avg
grassCarex flaccospermaBlue Wood Sedge
1-2
shade - mix
05-06
May & Jun
06-12"
2-3
avg - moist
grassCarex appalachicaAppalachian Sedge
1
shade
N/A06"
1-2
dry - avg
grassCarex albicansOak Sedge
1-2
shade - mix
05
May
12-18"
2
avg
grn. coverWaldstenia fragarioidesBarren Strawberry
1
shade
04-06
Apr - Jun
04-06"
1-3
dry - moist
grn. coverViola sororiaCommon Purple Violet
2-3
mix - sun
04-08
Apr - Aug
06-09"
2
avg
grn. coverViola blandaWhite Violet
2
mix
04-05
Apr & May
03-06"
2-3
avg - moist
grn. coverTiarella cordifoliaFoam Flower
1-2
shade - mix
05
May
09-12"
2
avg
grn. coverSenecio obovatusSquaw-weed
1-2
shade - mix
04-05
Apr & May
10-14"
1-2
dry - avg
grn. coverSedum ternatumWild Stonecrop
2
mix
05
May
02-04"
2
avg
grn. coverPhlox subulataCreeping Phlox
3
sun
03-05
Mar - May
03-06"
2
avg
grn. coverPachysandra procumbensAllegheny Spurge
1-2
shade - mix
03-04
Mar & Apr
06-12"
2
avg
grn. coverIris cristataDwarf Crested Iris
2
mix
04-05
Apr & May
05-10"
1-2
dry - avg
grn. coverGalium odoratumSweet Woodruff (non-native)
1-2
shade - mix
04-05
Apr & May
06-12"
2-3
avg - moist
grn. coverFragaria virginianaWild Strawberry
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
04-10"
1-2
dry - avg
grn. coverEurybia divaricataWhite Wood Aster
1-2
shade - mix
08-09
Aug & Sep
12-30"
1-2
dry - avg
grn. coverClaytonia virginicaSpring Beauty
1-2
shade - mix
02-04
Feb - Apr
03-05"
2-3
avg - moist
grn. coverAsarum canadenseWild Ginger
1
shade
04-05
Apr & May
04-06"
2-3
avg - moist
grn. coverAntennaria porliniiPussytoes
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
06-10"
1-2
dry - avg
grn. coverAntennaria neglectaPrairie (field) Pussytoes
2-3
mix - sun
04-06
Apr - Jun
04-10"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialZizia aureaGolden Alexander
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
18-36"
2
avg
perennialVeronicastrum virginicumCulver's Root
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
36-48"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialVerbesina virginicaWhite Crownbeard
3
sun
08-10
Aug - Oct
20-40"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialUvularia grandifloraLarge-flowered Bellwort
1-2
shade - mix
04-05
Apr & May
12-24"
2
avg
perennialThalictrum dioicumEarly Meadow Rue
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
12-24"
2
avg
perennialStylophorum diphyllumCelandine Poppy
1
shade
04-05
Apr & May
16-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialStokesia laevisStoke's Aster
3
sun
05-07
May - Jul
12-24"
2
avg
perennialSpigelia marilandicaIndian Pink
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialSolidago speciosaShowy Goldenrod
2-3
mix - sun
09-10
Sep & Oct
24-48"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialSolidago rugosaRough-leaved Goldenrod
3
sun
09-10
Sep & Oct
36-60"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialSolidago flexicaulisZigzag Goldenrod
2-3
mix - sun
07-09
Jul - Sep
12-36"
2
avg
perennialSolidago caesiaWoodland Goldenrod / Blue Stem Goldenrod
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
18-36"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialSilene regiaRoyal Catchfly
3
sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
24-48"
2
avg
perennialScutellaria incanaDowny Skullcap
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
30-40"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialSalvia lyrataLyre-leaf Sage
3
sun
04-06
Apr - Jun
12-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialSagittaria latifoliaBroadleaf Arrowhead
3
sun
07-09
Jul - Sep
12-48"
3
wet
perennialRudbeckia subtomentosaSweet Coneflower
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
36-54
2-3
avg - moist
perennialRudbeckia fulgida/umbrosaOrange Coneflower
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
20-30"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialPycanthemum tenuifoliumSlender Mountain Mint
3
sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
12-20"
1-3
dry - moist
perennialPolemonium reptansJacob's Ladder
1
shade
04-06
Apr - Jun
12-18"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialPhlox paniculataGarden/Summer Phlox
1-3
shade - sun
07-09
Jul - Sep
30-48"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialPhlox maculataMeadow Phlox
2-3
mix - sun
08-10
Aug - Oct
24-36"
2
avg
perennialPhlox glaberrimaSmooth Phlox
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
24-40"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialPenstemon digitalisFoxglove Beardtongue
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
30-48"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialSagittaria latifoliaCommon Arrowhead
1-2
shade - mix
04-06
Apr - Jun
18-30"
4
>wet
perennialParthenium integrifoliumWild Quinine
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
30-40"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialOenothera macrocarpaMissouri Primrose
3
sun
05-06
May & Jun
06-12"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialOenothera fruticosaSundrops
3
sun
05-06
May & Jun
12-18"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialMonarda fistulosaWild Bergamot
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
36-48"
2
avg
perennialMonarda didymaScarlet Beebalm
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
24-36"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialMertensia virginicaBluebells
1
shade
04-05
Apr & May
12-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialLobelia siphiliticaBlue Lobelia
2-3
mix
09-10
Sep & Oct
18-30"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialLobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
24-54"
3
moist
perennialLilium superbumTurk's Cap Lily
2-3
mix - sun
07
July
feet: 04-07
2-3
avg - moist
perennialLiatris scariosaEastern Blazing Star
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
30-54"
2
avg
perennialLiatris pycnostachyaPrairie Blazing Star
3
sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
30-48"
1-3
dry - moist
perennialLiatris mucronataBottlebrush Blazing Star
3
sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
18-30"
1
dry
perennialLiatris asperaRough Blazing Star
2-3
mix - sun
09
Sep
24-48"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialJuncus effususSoft Rush
3
sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
24-48"
2-3
moist-wet
perennialJeffersonia diphyllaTwinleaf
2
mix
03-04
Mar & Apr
09-18"
2
avg
perennialIris virginicaSouthern Blue Flag
2-3
mix - sun
05
May
30-40"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialIris sp.Louisiana Iris
1-2
shade - mix
05-06
May & Jun
12-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialIris fulvaCopper Iris
2-3
mix - sun
05
May
18-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialHeuchera richardsoniiAlumroot or Coral Bells
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
10-16"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialHeliopsis helianthoidesOx-eye Sunflower
2-3
mix - sun
06-09
Jun - Sep
24-48"
1-3
dry - moist
perennialGeum triflorumPrairie Smoke
3
sun
05-07
May - Jul
06-18"
1
dry
perennialGeranium maculatumWild Geranium
1-2
shade - mix
04-05
Apr & May
16-22"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialEuphorbia corollataFlowering Spurge
3
sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
36"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialEupatorium purpureumJoe Pye Weed
2-3
mix - sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
48-80"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialEupatorium coelistinumMist Flower or Wild Ageratum
2-3
mix - sun
08-10
Aug - Oct
16-24"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialEryngium yuccifoliumRattlesnake Master
2-3
mix - sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
30-48"
2
avg
perennialEchinacea purpureaPurple Coneflower
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
30-40"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialEchinacea pallidaPale Purple Coneflower
2-3
mix - sun
06
Jun
26-36"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialCunila origanoidesDittany
2-3
mix - sun
09-10
Sep & Oct
12-16"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialCoreopsis lanceolataLanceleaf Coreopsis
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
16-24"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialChrysopsis ...Golden Aster
3
sun
07-09
Jul - Sep
12-36"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialChelone obliquaRose Turtlehead
2-3
mix - sun
07-08
Jul & Aug
24-36"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialBaptisia australisBlue Wild Indigo
3
sun
05-06
May & Jun
30-60"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialAster oblongifoliusAromatic Aster
2-3
mix - sun
10-11
Oct & Nov
12-30"
1
dry
perennialAster novae-angliaeNew England Aster
2-3
mix - sun
09-10
Sep & Oct
40-60"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialAsclepias tuberosaButterfly Weed
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
24-36"
2
avg
perennialAsclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
48-60"
2
avg
perennialAsclepias purpurascensPurple Milkweed
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
24-48"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialAsclepias incarnataSwamp Milkweed
2-3
mix - sun
08-09
Aug & Sep
48-60"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialAquilegia canadensisColumbine
1-3
shade - sun
04-06
Apr - Jun
24-36"
1-2
dry - avg
perennialAmsonia tabernaemontanaBlue Star
3
sun
04-05
Apr & May
12-36"
1
dry
perennialAmsonia illustrisShining Blue Star
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
30-48"
2-3
avg - moist
perennialAmsonia hubrictiiThread-leaf Blue Star
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
24-36"
2
avg
perennialDicentra eximiaWild Fringed Bleeding Heart
2
mix
04-07
Apr - Jul
12-18"
2
avg
shrubViburnum dentatumArrowwood Viburnum
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 06-10
2
avg
shrubViburnum acerifoliumMaple-leaf Viburnum
2-3
mix - sun
06
Jun
feet: 03-06
2
avg
shrubVaccinium corymbosumBlueberry
2-3
mix - sun
05
May
feet: 06-12
2-3
avg - moist
shrubSymphoricarpos orbiculatusCoralberry
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
feet: 02-05
2
avg
shrubStaphylea trifoliaBladdernut
1-2
shade - mix
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 10-15
1-2
dry - avg
shrubSambucus racemosaRed Elderberry
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 04-08
2-3
avg - moist
shrubRibes missourienseGooseberry
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 02-04
2
avg
shrubPtelea trifoliataWafer Ash
1-2
shade - mix
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 15-20
1-2
dry - avg
shrubLindera benzoinSpicebush
1-2
shade - mix
02-03
Feb & Mar
feet: 06-14
2-3
avg - moist
shrubJuniperus virginiana 'Glauca'Eastern Red Cedar
3
sun
N/Afeet: 25
1-2
dry - avg
shrubItea virginicaVirginia Sweetspire
1-3
shade - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 04-06
2-4
avg - wet
shrubIlex verticillata 'Shaver'Winterberry
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
feet: 03-12
2-3
avg - moist
shrubIlex verticillata 'Bonfire'Winterberry
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
feet: 03-12
2-3
avg - moist
shrubIlex glabra 'Green Magic'Inkberry
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 05-08
2-3
avg - moist
shrubHypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'Saint John's Wort
2-3
mix - sun
06-07
Jun & Jul
feet: 03-04
2
avg
shrubHydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea
2-3
mix - sun
05-07
May - Jul
feet: 06-08
2
avg
shrubHydrangea arborescensWild Hydrangea
2
mix
05-07
May - Jul
feet: 04-05
1-2
dry - avg
shrubEuonymus atropurpureusWahoo
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 10-20
2-3
avg - moist
shrubEuonymus americanusStrawberry Bush
1-3
shade - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 05-08
2-3
avg - moist
shrubDirca palustrisLeatherwood
1-2
shade - mix
03-04
Mar & Apr
48-72"
2
avg
shrubCephalanthus occidentalisButtonbush
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
feet: 06-10
2-3
avg - moist
shrubCeanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 03-04
1-2
dry - avg
shrubCastanea pumilaDwarf Chestnut
2-3
mix - sun
05
May
feet: 06-24
1-2
dry - avg
shrubCallicarpa americanaAmerican Beauty Berry
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
feet: 03-05
1-2
dry - avg
shrubAronia arbutifoliaRed Chokeberry
2-3
mix - sun
04
Apr
feet: 06-10
2
avg
shrubAmorpha canescensLead Plant
2-3
mix - sun
06
Jun
feet: 03-04
1-2
dry - avg
shrubAmelanchier arboreaDowny Serviceberry
2-3
mix - sun
03-05
Mar - May
feet: 15-25
1-2
dry - avg
treeTaxodium distichum 'Shawnee Brave'Bald Cypress
2-3
mix - sun
N/Afeet: 50-70
2-3
avg - moist
treeSassafras albidumSassafras
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 30-60
2
avg
treeRhamnus carolinianaCarolina Buckthorn
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 15-25
1-3
dry - moist
treeQuercus macrocarpaBur Oak
2-3
mix - sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 40-80
2-3
avg - moist
treePinus strobusWhite Pine
2-3
mix - sun
N/Afeet: 50-80
2
avg
treeNyssa sylvaticaBlack Gum
2-3
mix - sun
04-06
Apr - Jun
feet: 60-80
2
avg
treeLiriodendron tulipiferaTulip Tree (Yellow-Poplar)
3
sun
05-06
May & Jun
feet: 70-120
2-3
avg - moist
treeJuniperus virginianaEastern Red Cedar
3
sun
N/Afeet: 30-65
1-2
dry - avg
treeFraxinus americana White Ash
3
sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 50-70
2
avg
treeCornus floridaFlowering Dogwood
1-3
shade - sun
04-05
Apr & May
feet: 20-30
2
avg
treeCercis canadensisEastern Redbud
2-3
mix - sun
03-04
Mar & Apr
feet: 20-30
1-2
dry - avg
treeAcer saccharinumSilver (Water) Maple
2-3
mix - sun
03
Mar
feet: 50-80
2-3
avg - moist
treeAcer rubrumRed Maple
2-3
mix - sun
03-04
Mar & Apr
feet: 40-70
2-3
avg - moist
vinePassiflora incarnataPassion Flower
2-3
mix - sun
06-08
Jun - Aug
N/A
1-3
dry - moist
vineLonicera sempervirensTrumpet Honeysuckle
2-3
mix - sun
04-07
Apr - Jul
N/A
2-3
avg - moist
vineClematis versicolorLeather Flower
2
mix
05-09
May - Sep
N/A
2
avg
vineAristolochia tomentosaDutchman's Pipe-vine
2-3
mix - sun
05-06
May & Jun
N/A
2-3
avg - moist