Native Plants Guide

When designing a garden space for your yard, we will always recommend native plants that are beneficial to the local wildlife and ecosystem. The below list includes some of our favorite native plants – this is not a complete list! More information can be found at:

Woody Plants

Shrubs, trees, and woody vines

• American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
• American Fringetree (Chionanthus virginiana)
• American Holly (Ilex opaca)
• American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
• Arrowwood Viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
• Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
• Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
• Black Willow (Salix nigra)
• Blackberries / Dewberries (Rubus trivialis)
• Blueberries (Vaccinium spp.)
• Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora)
• Buckwheat Tree / Black Titi (Cliftonia monophylla)
• Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
• Carolina Buckthorn / Indian Cherry (Frangula caroliniana)
• Cherry-laurel (Prunus caroliniana)
• Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)
• Deciduous Possum-haw Holly (Ilex decidua)
• Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)
• Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)
• Eastern Coralbean / Mamou (Erythrina herbacea)
• Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
• Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida)
• Florida Leucothoe / Honeybells (Agarista populifolia)
• Gordonia (Gordonia lasianthus)
• Littleleaf Viburnum / Schiller’s Delight / Walter’s (Viburnum obovatum)
• Mayhaw Hawthorn (C. aestivalis/opaca)
• Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)
• Native Hawthorn (Crataegus opaca)
• Native Hollies (Ilex decidua)
• Native Oaks (Quercus alba)
• Native Plum (Prunus spp)
• Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
• Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
• PawPaw (Asimina triloba)
• Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens)
• Red Maple Swamp (Acer rubrum)
• Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii)
• Southern Crabapple (Malus angustifolia)
• Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata)
• Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
• St. Johnswort (Hypericum cistifolium)
• Summer-sweet / Peppervine (Clethra alnifolia)
• Swamp Cyrilla / Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora)
• Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
• Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
• Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
• Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera)
• Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)
• Winged Sumac / Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)
• Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
• Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)

Plant information courtesy of Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Native Plant Information Network, NPIN (2013). Published on the Internet http://www.wildflower.org/plants/ [accessed October 20, 2011]. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Herbaceous plants

Ferns, grasses, sedges/rushes and wildflowers

• Barbara’s Buttons (Marshallia caespitosa.)
• Beardtongues / Penstemons (Penstemon murrayanus)
• Beebalms (Monarda fistulosa)
• Beggarticks (see Coreopsis)
• Bird Pepper (Capsicum annuum var. glabrisculum)
• Black-eyed Susans Coneflowers (Rudbeckia spp. / Ratibida spp.)
• Blazing Stars (Liatris spp)
• Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
• Blue Stars (Amsonia tabernaemontana)
• Blue-eyed Grasses (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
• Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
• Cardinalflower (Lobelia cardinalis)
• Clematis (Clematis crispa)
• Compass Plants (Silphium laciniatum)
• Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora)
• Dutchman’s Pipes (Aristolochia macrophylla)
• Elephant’s Foots (Elephantopus tomentosus)
• False Dragon-head / Obedient Plants (Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa)
• False Indigos (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea)
• Ferns
• Flat Sedges (Cyperus pseudothyrsiflorus)
• Frog Fruits (Phyla nodiflora)
• Gauras (Oenothera patriciae)
• Goldenrods (Solidago odora)
• Grasses
• Hibiscus (Kosteletzkya virginica)
• Indian Blankets (Gaillardia pulchella)
• Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)
• Irises (Iris virginica)
• Ironweeds (Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea)
• Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
• Lizard’s Tail (Saururus cernuus)
• Lobelias (Lobelia siphilitica)
• Mallows (See Hibiscus)
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• Maypop Passion vine (Passiflora incarnata)
• Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera)
• Milkweeds (Asclepias tuberosa)
• Mountain Mints (Pycnanthemum albescens)
• Partridge Peas (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
• Penstemons (see Beardtongues)
• Petunias (Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa)
• Phloxes (Phlox pilosa)
• Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)
• Poor Joes Buttonweeds (Diodia teres var. teres)
• Poppymallows (Callirhoe papaver)
• Primroses (Oenothera speciosa)
• Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea)
• Rattlesnake Masters (Eryngium yuccifolium)
• Rosinweeds (Silphium integrifolium)
• Rushes (Juncus spp.)
• Sages (Salvia spp.)
• Spider Lily (Hymenocallis lireosme)
• Spiderworts (Tradescantia reverchonii)
• Stokes Aster (Stokesia laevis)
• Swamp Lily (Crinum americanum)
• Tickseeds (see Coreopsis)
• Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus arborea)
• Violets (Native Viola spp)
• Wake Robins Trilliums (Trillium ludovicianum)
• Wild Asters (Symphyotrichum / Serioc arpus / Ionactis / Eurybia spp.)
• Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
• Yelloweyed Grasses (Xyris spp.)