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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

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