(!!) Northern Blue Flag - Iris versicolor - blue - late spring/early summer - maybe not drought tolerant but fine in my garden without extra watering Thalictrum pubescens - Tall Meadow Rue - white - summer - 3-9’ - part shade wet?? Boltonia asteroides -fall - white -3-4’ Pasqueflower - Anemone (Pulsatil a) patens var. multifida - 6-8” - early spring
(*) Coralbells - Heuchera americana - 1-2’ - deer have nipped my common coralbel s but not those like Purple Palace Foamflower - Tiarel a cordifolia var. col ina (wherryi) or var. cordifolia - 1-2’
SHADY SITES
(!!) Wild columbine - Aquilegia canadensis - late spring - red & yel ow - 10-24” (!!) Yellow Columbine - Yel ow columbine - late spring - 12-1” (!!) Crested Iris - Iris cristata - violet - spring - 4-8” Wild ginger - Asarum canadense - ground cover Eurybia divaricata - white wood aster - fall - white w/red center Wintergreen - Gaultheria procumbens - red berries - fall- evergreen groundcover Early meadowrue - Thalictrum dioicum - early spring - white/gold - 2-4’
(*) Celandine poppy - Stylolphorum diphyl um - yellow - spring - 2’ Jack in the Pulpit - Arisaema triphyl um - red berries late summer - 1-2’ Virginia bluebells - Mertensia virginica - blue - spring - 1-2’ Mayapple - Podophyl um peltatum - spring - white - groundcover - 8-16” Canada Mayflower - Maianthemum canadense - spring- white -rapid spreading Downy Skullcap - Scutel aria incana - violet or blue - mid/late summer - 2-3’ False Solomon’s Seal - Smilacina racemosa - creamy white - 1-3’ Bloodroot - Sanguinaria candensis - white/yellow - 5-12”
(*) Black Cohosh - Cimicifuga racemosa - white - 3-4’
SHRUBS / TREES
(!!) Sweetshrub - Calycanthus floridus - maroon or greenish yel ow - 4-10’ Serviceberry - Amelanchier canadensis - spring -10-20’ Eastern Redbud - Cercis canadensis - pink - 10-20’ - may need protection Flowering Dogwood -Cornus florida - 12-20’ - may need protection (*) Summersweet - Clethra alnifolia - white or pink - summer - 4-9’ Common Witch-hazel - Hamamelis virginiana - golden yellow - fall - 8-20’ Pinxter azalea Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Multi-stemmed, deciduous, understory shrub. Subtle yellow blooms along stems in spring. Red berries on female plants in fall. Exudes spicy scent when bark is scratched or leaves are crushed. Height: 8-15'. Spread: 6-15'. Part shade. Best in moist, fertile soil, but adaptable. Butterfly plant. Rain garden plant. Deer resistant, but protect until well-established and sizeable.
New Jersey tea - Ceanothus americanus - white - summer -2-3’ Senna hebecarpa - Northern Wild Senna
Clusters of yellow flowers in summer. Attractive seed pods. Height: 3-7'. Width: 4-6'. Sun to part sun. Moist to moderately dry, rich soil. Drier, leaner soils produce shorter, less floppy plants. Choose planting site carefully as it is difficult to move or divide. Self-sows. Use for vertical impact in large borders or as a screen. Seeds attract birds. Rain garden plant. Deer resistant.
Spiraea alba - Meadowsweet
Frothy clusters of white blooms in mid- to late summer. Height and width: 2-5'. Width: 2-5'. Part sun. Medium to moist, average soil. Best for naturalizing in meadows or for mixed plantings. May be cut back yearly when dormant. Excel ent nectar source. Rain garden plant. Deer resistant.
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