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Anise hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
2-4'
1.5-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam
Use for
Edible/Herb, Pollinator Garden
Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
4-6'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Winter Interest, Erosion Control, Wildlife Garden, Fall Interest
Canada anemone
Anemone canadensis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1-2'
2-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Naturalize
Common yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Naturalize, Meadow
Great Solomon's seal
Polygonatum biflorum
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1-3'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Wildlife Garden, Shade Garden
Large flower tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
1.5-2.5'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden
New York Aster
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-8
Perennial
3-5'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Erosion Control, Naturalize, Meadow, Pollinator Garden
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
0.5-1'
0.5-1'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Groundcover, Lawn Alternative, Winter Interest, Slopes, Low-Growing
Appalachian sedge
Carex appalachica
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-7
Perennial
0.5-0.75'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Shade Garden, Wildlife Garden, Winter Interest, Low-Growing, Lawn Alternative, Erosion Control
Blue wood aster
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
2-5'
1.5-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Semi-evergreen
1-2'
1-2'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Erosion Control, Rain Garden, Shade Garden, Slopes
Eastern bottlebrush grass
Elymus hystrix
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
2.5-3'
2.5-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Meadow, Rain Garden, Fall Interest, Winter Interest, Erosion Control, Wildlife Garden
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
3-5'
1-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam
Use for
Meadow, Wildlife Garden, Fall Interest, Winter Interest, Erosion Control, Restoration
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-4'
1.5-2'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control, Pollinator Garden, Slopes, Water-Wise Planting, Restoration
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-2.5'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Rain Garden, Naturalize, Meadow, Wildlife Garden, Flower Cutting
Pink muhly grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
5-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Meadow, Naturalize, Fall Interest, Erosion Control
Aromatic aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-8
Perennial
1-3'
1-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Wildlife Garden, Groundcover, Showy Bloom, Flower Cutting
Butterfly weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
1-2.5'
1-1.5'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Naturalize, Meadow, Wildlife Garden, Water-Wise Planting
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
0.75-1'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Naturalize
False aster
Boltonia asteroides
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-10
Perennial
5-6'
2-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Naturalize, Meadow, Pollinator Garden, Rain Garden, Flower Cutting
Lanceleaf coreopsis
Coreopsis lancelota
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
4-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Wildlife Garden, Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Naturalize, Erosion Control
Moss phlox
Phlox subulata
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
0.25-0.5'
1-2'
Light Water Soil
Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Groundcover, Slopes, Erosion Control
Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
3-6'
2-4'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Pollinator Garden, Meadow, Showy Bloom, Flower Cutting, Wildlife Garden, Erosion Control, Shade Garden
Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Hardiness
Life cycle
Height
Spread
3-9
Perennial
2-3'
2-3'
Light Water Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Use for
Groundcover, Rain Garden, Erosion Control, Naturalize, Meadow, Lawn Alternative, Seasonal Interest, Winter Interest, Water-Wise Planting, Fall Interest, Wildlife Garden