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Recommended Plant List for the Chesapeake Bay Region
(For plants in other regions contact your local
extension agent and/or visit
http://www.wildflower.org/)
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
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SUNNY
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SUNNY
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Groundcovers: |
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Clitoria mariana |
Butterfly Pea |
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Phlox stolonifera |
Creeping Phlox |
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Viola sororia |
Common Blue Violet |
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Ferns/Grasses: |
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Carex glaucodea |
Blue Sedge |
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Chasmanthium latifolium |
River Oats |
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Onoclea sensibilis |
Sensitive Fern |
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Panicum virgatum |
Switchgrass |
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Shrubs: |
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Clethra alnifolia |
Sweet Pepperbush |
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Callicarpa americana |
Beautyberry |
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Cornus sericea |
Red Osier Dogwood |
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Perennials: |
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Baptisia australis |
Blue False Indigo |
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Coreopsis verticillata |
Moonbeam Tickseed |
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Echinacea purpurea |
Purple Coneflower |
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Eupatorium coelestinum |
Mistflower |
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Gentiana andrewsii |
Bottle Gentain |
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Geranium maculatum |
Cranesbill |
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Lobelia siphilitica |
Great Blue Lobelia |
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Liatris pilosa |
Shaggy Blazingstar |
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Monarda didyma |
Beebalm |
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Physostegia virginiana |
Obedient Plant |
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Rudbeckia fulgida |
Black-Eyed Susan |
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Symphiotrichum novae-angliae |
New England Aster |
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PARTIAL
SHADE
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PARTIAL
SHADE |
Groundcovers: |
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Clitoria mariana |
Butterfly Pea |
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Phlox subulata |
Moss Pink |
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Tiarella cordifolia |
Foamflower |
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Viola sororia |
Common Blue Violet |
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Ferns/Grasses: |
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Chasmanthium latifolium |
River Oats |
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Deschampsia cespitosa |
Hair Grass |
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Onoclea sensibilis |
Sensitive Fern |
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Schizachyrium scoparium |
Little Bluestem |
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Sorgastrum nutans |
Indiangrass |
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Shrubs: |
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Clethra alnifolia |
Sweet Pepperbush |
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Ilex glabra |
Inkberry |
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Ilex opaca |
American Holly |
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Itea virginica |
Virginia Sweetspire |
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Perennials: |
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Aquilegia canadensis |
Wild Columbine |
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Aster divaricatus |
Wood Aster |
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Boltonia asteroids |
Boltonia |
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Coreopsis verticillata |
Threadleaf Coreopsis |
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Dicentra eximia |
Wild Bleeding Heart |
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Eupatorium coelestinum |
Mist Flower |
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Hosta ventricosa |
Blue Fountain Hosta |
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Iris virginica |
Southern Blue Flag Iris |
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Lobelia siphilitica |
Great Blue Lobelia |
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Mertenisa virginica |
Virginia Bluebells |
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Penstomen digitalis |
Foxglove Beardtongue |
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Polygonatum biflorum |
Solomon’s Seal |
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Symphiotrichum novae-angliae |
New England Aster |
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Tradescantia Virginia |
Spiderwort |
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Veronicastrum virginicum |
Culver’s Root |
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SHADE
GARDEN
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SHADE
GARDEN |
Groundcovers: |
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Heuchera americana |
Alumroot |
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Asarum canadense |
Wild Ginger |
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Chimaphila maculate |
Striped Wintergreen |
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Ferns/Grasses: |
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Deschampsia cespitosa |
Hair Grass |
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Dryopteris marginalis |
Woodland Fern |
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Elymus virginiucs |
Virginia Wild Rye |
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Onoclea sensibilis |
Sensitive Fern |
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Osmunda cinnamomea |
Cinnamon Fern |
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Shrubs: |
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Fothergilla gardenia |
Fothergilla |
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Itea virginica |
Virginia Sweetspire |
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Lindera benzoin |
Spicebush |
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Myrica cerifera |
Bayberry |
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Perennials: |
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Aquilegia canadensis |
Wild Columbine |
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Aster divaricatus |
Wood Aster |
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Dicentra eximia |
Wild Bleeding Heart |
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Epimedium grandiflorum |
Bishop’s Hat |
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Hosta ventricosa |
Blue Fountain Hosta |
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Iris cristata |
Crested Iris |
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Iris virginica |
Southern Blue Flag Iris |
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Polygonatum biflorum |
Solomon’s Seal |
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Solidago caesia |
Wreath Goldenrod |
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