Native Plants
Plants are native to both Virginia and Maryland, unless otherwise indicated.
This is our current native plant inventory. All plants listed can be grown in USDA Zone 7, unless otherwise listed as container plants. Plants are native to both Virginia and Maryland unless stated otherwise. The list is divided into nine sections:
- Native Edible Plants
- Native Herbaceous Perennials
- Native Shrubs
- Native Trees
- Native Shade Plants
- Native Drought Tolerant Plants
- Native Salt and Wet Tolerant Plants
- Native Ground cover Plants
- Native Herbs
- NATIVE EDIBLE PLANTS (plants which produce food we can eat)
American Plum
American Spikenard/Aralia racemosa (root beer)
Aronia, Black chokeberry
Black cherry
Blueberry—Northern Highbush
Blueberry Jersey (native to east coast)
Chestnut, American
Chinkapin Allegheny
Elderberry, American
Ground cherry/Physalis
Jerusalem artichoke/ Helianthus tuberosus (native to central USA)
New Jersey Tea/ Ceanothus americanus (native to New Jersey)
Passion fruit/passiflora incarnata
Partridgeberry/Mitchella repens
Paw Paw/Asimini triloba
Persimmon, American
Plum, Beach/Prunus maritima
Strawberry, Virginia/Fragaria virginiana
Hazelnut, American/Corylus americana
Black Walnut
2. NATIVE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
American Spikenard/Aralia racemosa (root beer)
Amsonia Blue Star tabernaemontana (Virginia native)
Amsonia Blue star illustris (native to Ozark region)
Aster—New England/Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aster—New York/Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Blue Wild Indigo/baptisia australis
Baptista Wild Indigo/baptisia tictoria (yellow)
Bee Balm-RED-Monarda Didyma
Bellflower, American/campanulastrum
Bergamot wild/Monarda Fistola
Black Cohosh/Actaea racemose
Blackeyed Susan/Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Flag Iris/Iris versacolor
Blue Toadflax (Linaria Canadensis)
Boneset/Eupatorium perfoliatum
Butterfly weed/Asclepias Tuberosa
Campanulastrum americanum, American bellflower
Coneflower purple/echinacea purpuera
Coneflower Orange-rudbekia fulgida
Coreopsis Lanceleaf
Coreopsis Red Satin (nativar)
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain/Goodyera pubescens
Goatsbeard/Aruncus dioicus
Goldenrod tall/solidago canadensis
Goldenseal/ Hydrastis canadensis
Helenium Autumnale-Sneezewood
Helenium Augustus-Swamp sunflower
Honeysuckle Coral (Lonicera sempervirens)
Hyssop, Purple Giant/Agastache scrophularifolia
Jack in the Pulpit/Arisaema triphyllum
Joe Pye weed/Eutrochium maculatum
Leadplant/Amorpha canescens
Liatris spicata
Lobelia blue/lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia red/lobelia cardinalis
Lupine/Lupinus perennis/Sundial Lupine
Milkweed Common/Asclepias syriaca
Milkweed Swamp/asclepias incarnata
Monarda Punctata
Obedient/physostegia virginiana
Orange coneflower/rudbeckia fulgida
Phlox diverticata/Beardtongue
Rattlesnake Master/Eryngium yuccifolium
Saint Johns Wort/Hypericum spp.
Scouring Rush/Equisetum arvense
Spiderwort, Virginia/tradescandia virginiana
Swamp rose mallow/Hibiscus moscheutos
Turtlehead white/Chelone glabra
Turtlehead, red/chelone
Yarrow-white/achillea millefolium
Virginia Mountain Mint/Pycnanthemum virginianum
Virgin’s Bower/Clematis virginiana
Vervain, blue/verbena hastata
3. NATIVE SHRUBS
Arrowwood viburnum/viburnum dentatum
Aronia/Black chokeberry
Bayberry/Myrica pensylvanica
Beach Plum/prunus maritima
Beauty berry/Callicarpa americana
Button bush/Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cranberry viburnum (native to USA)/Viburnum trilobum
Elderberry American/samucus canadensis
Hazelnut/Corylus americana
Hydrangea—native arborescens
Ninebark/Physocarpus opulifolius
Paw Paw/asimina triloba
Redbud/cercis canadensis
Serviceberry/Amelanchier arborea
Silky dogwood/Cornus amomum
Spicebush/Lindera benzoin
Sumac, winged/Rhus copallinum
Swamp sunflower/helianthus angustifolius
Sweetspire/Itea Virginica
Winterberry/Ilex verticillata
Witch hazel
4. NATIVE TREES
Apple, common
Crabapple, southern
Birch, river
Black Cherry
Chestnut, American
Paw Paw
Pecan (Native to USA)
Persimmon, American
Dogwood Red Osier/Red Twig (native to mid-Atlantic)
Hawthorn Washington
Sweet Gum
Loblolly
Maple Red
Oak Red
Honey Locust
Sourwood
Sweetbay Magnolia
Yellow Poplar
5. SHADE NATIVE PLANTS/Shade tolerant plants
Amsonia Blue Star tabernaemontana (Virginia native)
Amsonia Blue star illustris (native to Ozark region)
American Spikenard/Aralia racemosa (root beer)
Astilbe biternata
Baptisia wild indigo (part shade)
Beardtongue/Penstamon
Black Cohosh
Blue Flag Iris
Blue toadflax
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain/Goodyera pubescens
Goldenseal
Jack in the Pulpit/Arisaema triphyllum
Obedient
Partridgeberry/Mitchella repens
Phlox diverticata
Saint Johns Wort
Spiderwort
Turtlehead/red
Virginia strawberry
Shade Shrubs
Aronia
Elderberry
Hydrangea arborescens
St. Johns Wort
Paw paw
Serviceberry
6. NATIVE DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS
Drought tolerant native perennials
Eastern prickly pear cactus/Opuntia species
Eastern columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Common Milkweed
Wild indigo (Baptisia species)
Blue star (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
Ironweed (Vernonia species)
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Asters (Aster species)
Coreopsis (Coreopsis species)
Beardtongue (Penstemon species)
Drought tolerant native vines
coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
passion vine (Passiflora incarnata)
Drought tolerant native shrubs
Bayberry (Myrica cerifera)
Sumac (Rhus species)
Jersey blueberry (Vaccinium species)
Cranberry viburnum (native to the USA)
Beautyberry (Callicarpa Americana)
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus; native to New Jersey)
Drought tolerant native trees
Red Oak
Redbud
Loblolly
Drought tolerant Native Fern Eastern hay-scented fern/ dennstaedtia punctilobula
7. NATIVE SALT AND WET TOLERANT PLANTS
Native Salt and Wet Tolerant Herbaceous Perennials
New York Aster
Blue Flag Iris
Swamp Milkweed
Blue lobelia/Lobelia siphilitica
Cutleaf coneflower
Native Salt and Wet Tolerant Shrubs
Fothergila (native to east coast)
Winterberry
Summersweet/Clethra alnifolia
Native Salt and Wet Tolerant Trees
River birch
Sweetbay Magnolia
8. Native Ground cover plants
Partridgeberry/Mitchella repens
Virginia strawberry
9. Native Herbs
Black Cohosh/Actaea racemose
Boneset/Eupatorium perfoliatum
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain/Goodyera pubescens
Goldenseal/ Hydrastis canadensis
Vervain, blue/verbena hastata
Virginia Mountain Mint/Pycnanthemum virginianum