One of the most frequent requests we get at plant sales and conferences is for a list of our native plants. We have now assembled a list of the natives we currently offer -- more than 500 overall -- and we're posting it here to make it available to all our visitors. We've included the common name as well as the Latin or scientific name. Be sure to contact us for sizes and availability, as well as to inquire about other varieties you're interested in.

We're growing all the time! 

Updated Plant List for 2018

Ferns

• Adiantum pedatum (Northern Maidenhair)
• Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Hayscented Fern)
• Dryopteris marginalis (Eastern Woodfern)
• Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)
• Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
• Osmunda claytonia (Interrupted Fern) 
• Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)
• Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)

Grasses & Sedges

• Carex albicans (White-tinged Sedge)
• Carex amphibola (Creek Sedge)
• Carex appalachica (Applachian Mt. Sedge)
• Carex cherokeensis (Cherokee Sedge)
• Carex flaccosperma (Blue Wood Sedge)
• Carex grayii (Gray's Sedge)
• Carex laxiculmis (Blue Sedge)
• Carex lurida (Sallow Sedge)
• Carex pensylvatica (Oak Sedge)
• Carex plantaginea (Seersucker Sedge)
• Carex stricta (Tussock Sedge)
• Carex vulpinoidea (Fox Sedge)
• Danthonia spicata (Tufted Hair Grass)
• Deschampsia caespitosa (Tufted Hair Grass)
• Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
• Muhlenbergia capillaris (Pink Muhly Grass)
• Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' (Switchgrass)
• Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' (Dwarf Switch.)
• Schizachyrinum scoparium (Little Bluestem)
• S. scoparium 'Standing Ovation' (Little Bluestem)

Perennials

• Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
• Amsonia 'Blue Ice' (Dward bluestar)
• Amsonia hubrectii  (Bluestar)
• Amsonia tabernaemontana salicifolia (Eastern Bluestar)
• Antennaria neglecta (Field Pussytoes)
• Antennaria plantaginifolia (Plantainleaf Pussytoes)
• Aquilegia canadensis (Columbine)
• A. canadensis 'Corbett' (Yellow Columbine)
• A. canadensis 'Little Lanterns' (Dwarf Columbine)
• Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon) 
• Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit)
  
• Aruncus dioicus (Goatsbeard)
• Asarum canadense (Wild Ginger) 
• Asclepias incarnata  (Swamp Milkweed)
• Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
• Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
• Asclepias verticillata (White Whorled Milkweed)
• Aster (Symphiotrichum) cordifolius (Blue Wood Aster)
• A. cordifolia 'Avondale' (Blue Wood Aster)
• Aster (Eurybia) divaricatus 'Eastern Star' (White Wood Aster)
• Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
• Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurries' (Heath Aster)
• Aster (Symphiotrichum) laevis (Smooth Aster)
• Aster laevis 'Bluebird' (Smooth Aster)
• Aster (Symphiotrichum) novae angliae (New England Aster)
• Aster (Symphiotrichum) oblongifolius (Aromatic Aster)
• A. oblongifolius 'October Skies' (Aromatic Aster)
• A. oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' (Aromatic Aster)
• Astilbe biternata (False Goatsbeard)
• Baptisia australis (Wild Indigo)
• Baptisia tinctoria (False Yellow Wild Indigo)
• Chelone glabra  (Turtlehead) 
• Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips' (Turtlehead)
• Coreopsis lanceolata (Tickseed)
• Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf Tickseed)
• Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb' (Threadleaf Tickseed)
• Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh) 
• Camassia leichtlinii (Wild Hyacinth/Quamash)
• Camassia scilloides (Wild Hyacinth)
• Chrysogonum virginianum v. australe             (Green & Gold)
• Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh)
• Delphinium exaltatum (Native Delphinium)
• Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
• Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
• Echinacea tenneseensis (Tennessee Coneflower)
• Erigeron pulchellus 'Lynnhaven's Carpet'     (Robin's Plaintain)
• Eryngium yuccafolium (Rattlesnake Master)
• Eupatorium (Conolinium) coelestinum          (Hardy Ageratum)
• Eupatorium (Eutrocium) dubium (3-Nerve Joe-Pye Weed)
• Eupatorium (Eutrochium) fistulosum (Spotted Joe-Pye Weed)
• Eupatorium hyssopifolium (Hyssop-leafed Thoroughwort)
• Eupatorium (Eupatoriadelphus) maculatum (Joe-Pye Weed)
• Eupatorium purpureum (Sweet Joe-Pye Weed)
• Gautheria procumbens (Wintercreeper)
• Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
• Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)
• Helenium flexuosum (Sneezeweed)
• Heliopsis helianthoides (Perennial Sunflower)
• Hepatica acutiloba (Sharped-lobed Hepatica) 
• Heuchera americana 'Dales Strain' (Alumroot)
• Heuchera americana (Alumroot)
• Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' (Alumroot)
• Hibiscus moschuetos (Swamp Mallow Hibiscus)
• Iris cristata (Dwarf Crested Iris)
• Iris versicolor (VA Blue Flag Iris)
• Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf)
• Liatris aspera (Gayfeather)
• Liatris ligulistylus
• Liatris microcephela (Dwarf Blazing Star)
• Liatris punctata (Rough Blazing Star)
• Liatris pycnostachya (Prarie Blazing Star)
• Liatris spicata (Gayfeather)
• Liatris squarrosa (Blazing Star)
• Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
• Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Cardinal Flower)
• Lysimachia lanceolata (Lance-leaved Loosestrife)
• Mertensia virginica (VA Bluebells)
• Monarda bradburiana (Eastern Beebalm)
• Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' (Bee Balm)
• Monarda fistulosa (Bergamot)
• Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm)
• Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny Spurge)
• Packera aureus (Golden Groundsel)
• Packera smallii (Small's Ragwort)
• Penstemon digitalis (Beardtongue)
• Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' (Beardtongue)
• Penstemon hirustus (Hairy Beardtongue)
• Penstemon smallii (Small's Beardtongue)
• Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon' (Woodland Phlox)
• Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise' (Garden Phlox)
• Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' (Garden Phlox)
• Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox)
• Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'
• Phlox subulata (Moss Phlox) 
• Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' (Moss Phlox)
  
• Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
• Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
• Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon's Seal)
• Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Appalachiam Mt. Mint)
• Pycnanthemum incanum (Hoary Mt. Mint)
• Pycnanthemum muticum (Short toothed Mt mint)
• Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy Mt. Mint)
• Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf Mt. Mint)
• Pycnanthemum virginianum (VA Mt. Mint)
• Rudbeckia fulgida fulgida (Black-eyed Susan)
• Rudbeckia lacinata  (Green Headed Coneflower)
• Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-eyed Susan)
• Salvia lyrata (Lyre-leaved sage)
• Salvia lyrata 'Purple Knockout'
• Scutellaria incana (Skullcap)
• Scutellaria ovata (Heartleaved Skullcap)
• Sedum telephoides (Allegheny Stonecrop)
• Sedum ternatum (3-leaved Stonecrop)
• Silene regia (Royal Catchfly)
• Silene virginica  (Firepinks)
• Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue-eyed Grass)
• Sisyrinchium ang. 'Lucerne' (Blue-eyed Grass)
• Smilacina racemosa (Soloman's Plume)
• Solidago caesia  (Bluestem Goldenrod)
• Solidago flexicaulis (Zig zag Goldenrod)
• Solidago graminifolia (Grass-leaved Goldenrod)
• Solidago nemoralis (Grey's Goldenrod)
• Solidago odora (Anise-scented Goldenrod)
• Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod)
• Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' (Stiff Goldenrod)
• Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece' (Dwarf Goldenrod)
• Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
• Stokesia laevis 'Blue Danube' (Stokes Aster)
• Thalictrum dasycarpum (Purple Meadow Rue)
• Thalictrum dioicum (Meadow Rue)
• Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
• Tradescantia ohioensis (Spiderwort)
• Uvularia grandiflorum (Bellwort) 
• Verbena hastata (Blue vervain)
• Vernonia glauca (Ironweed)
• Vernonia letermanii 'Iron Butterfly' (Ironweed)
• Vernonia noveboracensis (Ironweed)
• Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
• Veronicastrum virginium 'Lavendar Towers' (Culver's Root)
• Viola pedata (Birds Foot Violet)
• Viola walterii 'Silver Gem' (Prostrate Violet)

Shrubs

• Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Buckeye)
• Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye)
• Aronia arbutifolia (Red Chokeberry)
• Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)
• Callicarpa americana (Beautyberry)
• Calycanthus floridus (Sweetshrub))
• Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey Tea)
• Cephalanthus ocidentalis (Buttonbush)
• Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet)
• Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' & '16 Candles' (Dwarf Summersweet)
• Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice' (Red Summersweet)
• Comptonia peregrina (Sweetfern)
  
• Corylus americanus (American Hazelnut)
• Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood)
• Cornus racemosa (Gray dogwood)
• Cornus sericea (Redtwig dogwood)
• Diervilla lonicera (Bush Honeysuckle)
• Euonymus americanus (Hearts-a-Bustin')
• Fothergilla  gardenii (Dwarf Fothergilla) 
• Gaylussacia baccata (Black Huckleberry)
  
• Hamamaelis virginica (Witchhazel)
• Hydrangea arborescens  (Smooth Hydrangea)
• Hydrangea  arborescens 'Annabelle' (Smooth Hydrangea)
• Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf hydrangea)
• Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers' (Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea)
• Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. Johns Wort)
• Ilex glabra (Inkberry)
• Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy' (Winterberry--male)
• Ilex vert. 'Red Sprite' (Dwarf Winterberry)
• Ilex vert. 'Southern Gentleman' (Winterberry--male)
• Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' (Winterberry)
• Itea virginica (VA Sweetspire)
• Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
• Itea virginica 'Little Henry'
• Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel)
• Leucothoe axillaris (Coastal Doghobble)
• Leucothoe fontaniesiana (Mt. Doghobble)
• Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
• Morella cerifera (Southern Bayberry)
• Morella pensylvanica (Bayberry)
  
• Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark)
• Physocarpus opul. 'Coppertina'
• Rhododendron arborescens (Sweet Azalea)
• Rhododendron calendulaceum (Flame Azalea)
• Rhododendron periclymenoides (Pinxterbloom)
• Rhododendron prunifolium (Plumleaf Azalea)
  
• Rhododendron viscosum (Swamp azalea)
• Rosa carolina (Pasture Rose)
• Rosa palustris (Swamp Rose)
• Rosa setigera (Climbing Rose)
• Rosa virginica (Virginia Rose)
• Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' (Fragrant Sumac)
• Rubus odoratus (Purpleflowering Raspberry) 
• Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
• Spiraea alba (Mt. Meadowsweet)
• Spiraea latifolia (Meadowsweet)
• Spiraea tomentosa (Hardtack)
• Vaccinium  angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) 
• Vaccinium corybosum (Highbush Blueberry) * Various cultivars of highbush Blueberry
• Viburnum acerifolium (Mapleleaf)
• Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood)
• Viburnum nudum (Smooth Viburnum)
• V. nudum 'Brandywine' & 'Winterthur'
• Viburnum prunifolium (Blackhaw)

Vines

• Aristolochia macrophylla (durior)          (Dutchman's Pipe) 
• Bignonia capreolata (Crossvine) 
• Clematis virginiana (Virgin's Bower)
• Decumaria barbara (Native Climbing Hydrangea)
• Gelsemium 'Margarita' (Carolina jasmine)
• Lonicera sempervirens (Honeysuckle)
• Passiflora incarnata (Passionvine)
• Wisteria frutescens 'Early Amethyst' (Wisteria)

Trees

• Amelanchier arborea (Downy Serviceberry)
• Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny Serviceberry)
  
• A. canadensis (Canada Serviceberry) 
• Asimina triloba (Paw paw)
• Betula lenta (Sweet Birch)
• Betula nigra (River Birch)
• Celtis tenuifolia (Dwarf Hackberry) 
• Cornus alternifolia (Alternate-leaved Dogwood) 
• Chionanthus virginicus (Fringetree)
• Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin's Tree)
• Magnolia acuminata (Cucumber Tree)
• Magnolia macrophylla (Bigleaf Magnolia)
  
• Magnolia tripetala (Umbrella Tree)
  
• Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia)
  
• Oxydendron arboreum (Sourwood)
• Prunus americana (Wild Plum)
  
• Ptelea trifoliata (Wafer Ash) 
• Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak)
• Quercus ilicifolia (Bear Oak) 
• Quercus prinoides (Dwarf Chinkapin Oak) 
• Staphylea trifolia (Bladdernut)