| Full Sun | |
Height Spread
|
Light Moisture
| Blooming | Wildlife | |
Lead Plant Amorpha canescens |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Summer
(Purple)
|  | |
Big Bluestem Grass Andropogon gerardii |  | Ht 3' - 8'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Aug - Sep
(purplish red)
| | |
Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius | .jpg) | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Aug - Sep
(purplish bronze)
| | |
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata |  | Ht 3' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | Jun - Aug
(red)
|  | |
Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 1' - 1'
| 
 | Jun-Aug
(pink, yellow)
|  | |
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa | .jpg) | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
 | Jun - Aug
(orange)
|  | |
Smooth Blue Aster Aster laevis |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
  | Aug-Oct
(blue)
|  | |
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae |  | Ht 2' - 5'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
 | Aug-Oct
(purple)
|  | |
White Wild Indigo Baptisia leucantha | .jpg) | Ht 3' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 3'
| 
  | Jun-Jul
(white)
|  | |
Side-Oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Jul-Oct
(purplish)
|  | |
Sand Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata |  | Ht 3' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | May-Aug
(yellow)
|  | |
Prairie Coreopsis Coreopsis palmata |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 3' - 6'
| 
  | Jun-Aug
(yellow)
|  | |
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea (Petalostemum) purpurea |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
  | Jul-Sep
(purple)
|  | | 2" |
$3.50 | | 4" |
$6.50 | | 1Gal |
$8.00 |
|
Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense |  | Ht 3' - 6'
|   | Jul-Aug
(pink and purple)
|   | |
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Jul-Sep
(white)
| | |
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Jun-Aug
(pink)
|  | |
Queen of the Prairie Filipendula rubra |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 3' - 4'
| 
  | Jun - Aug
(pink)
|  | |
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum |  | Ht 0.5' - 1'
Sp 0.5' - 1'
| 
 | Apr-Jun
(pink-purple)
| | |
False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides |  | Ht 3' - 6'
| 
 | Jun - Aug
(yellow)
|  | |
Blue Flag Iris virginica shrevei |  | Ht 1.5' - 2'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | May-Jul
(violet blue)
|  | |
Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
| 
  | Jul - Oct
(purple)
|  | |
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya |  | Ht 2' - 5'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
  | Jul
(lilac purple)
|  | |
Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium |  | Ht 3' - 6'
| 
 | Jun - Aug
(white)
| | |
Foxglove Beard Tongue Penstemon digitalis |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Jun - Jul
(white)
|  | |
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana |  | Ht 3' - 4'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
 | Jul
(pink)
|  | |
Common Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
| 
  | Jun - Sep
(white)
|  | |
Yellow Coneflower Ratibida pinnata | .jpg) | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | Jul - Sep
(yellow)
|  | |
Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
  | Jun - Oct
(yellow)
|  | |
Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum |  | Ht 3' - 10'
Sp 1.5' - 3'
| 
  | Jun-Sep
(yellow)
|  | |
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum |  | Ht 3' - 10'
Sp 1' - 3'
| 
 | Jul - Sep
(yellow)
|  | |
Stiff Goldenrod Solidago rigida |  | Ht 1' - 5'
Sp 1.5' - 2.5'
| 
  | Aug - Oct
(yellow)
|  | |
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa |  | Ht 2' - 5'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Aug - Oct
(yellow)
|  | |
Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans |  | Ht 3' - 6'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Aug - Sep
(yellow)
|  | |
Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 2' - 3'
| 
  | Aug - Sep
(pink and brown)
|  | |
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata |  | Ht 2' - 6'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
  | Jul - Sep
(blue)
|  | |
Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | Jun-Sep
(blue-purple)
|  | |
Common Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 3'
| 
 | Jul-Sep
(purple)
|  | |
Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum |  | Ht 4' - 7'
Sp 2' - 4'
| 
 | Jun-Aug
(white)
|  | | 2" |
$3.50 | | 3" |
$4.00 | | 1 Gal |
$8.00 |
|
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Apr-Jun
(yellow)
|  | |
| Sun to Partial Shade | |
Height Spread
|
Light Moisture
| Blooming | Wildlife | |
Sweet Flag Acorus calamus |  | Ht 2' - '
Sp 2' - '
|  
  | Spring
(green-white)
| | |
Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum |  | Ht 1' - 1.5'
Sp 0.25' - 0.5'
|  
  | Jul-Aug
(lavender)
|  | |
Meadow Anemone Anemone canadensis |  | Ht 1' - 2'
Sp 2' - 2.5'
|  
  | Apr-Jun
(white)
| | |
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
 | Apr-Jun
(red and yellow)
|  | |
Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata |  | Ht 1.5' - 2.5'
Sp 1' - 2'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(white)
|  | |
Sky-Blue Aster Aster azureus |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1.5' - 2.5'
|  
  | Aug-Oct
(blue)
|  | |
Short’s Aster Aster shortii |  | Ht 1' - 4'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
 | Aug-Oct
(blue)
|  | |
Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia leucophaea |  | Ht 1' - 2'
Sp 1' - 3'
|  
  | May-Jun
(cream)
|  | |
Prairie Brome Bromus kalmii |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 2' - 3'
|  
  | Jul-Aug
(green)
| | |
Wild Hyacinth Camassia scilloides |  | Ht 1' - 1'
Sp 1' - 1'
|  
  | May-Jun
(white/blue/purple)
|   | |
Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana |  | Ht 12' - 20'
Sp 3' - 6'
|  
  | Jul-Oct
(white)
|  | |
Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia |  | Ht 1' - 2'
Sp 0.75' - 1'
|  
 | Apr-Jun
(white and lavender)
|  | |
(Pale) Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Jun-Jul
(lavender)
| | |
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum |  | Ht 4' - 6'
Sp 2' - 4'
|  
 | Jul-Sep
(white)
| | |
Purple (Sweet) Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum |  | Ht 3' - 6'
Sp 2' - 4'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(lavender)
|  | | 2" |
$3.50 | | 3" |
$4.00 | | 1 Gal |
$8.00 |
|
Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata |  | Ht 2' - 4'
|  
  | Jun-Aug
(white)
| | |
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum |  | Ht 1.5' - 2'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
 | Apr-Jul
(Lilac)
|  | |
Swamp Rose Mallow Hibiscus palustris |  | Ht 5' - '
|  
 | Jul-Sep
(white)
|  | |
Bottlebrush Grass Hystrix patula |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Jun-Jul
(green to brown)
|  | |
Kankakee Mallow Iliamna remota |  | Ht 4' - 6'
Sp 2' - 3'
|  
 | Summer
(bluish-pink)
| | |
Turk’s Cap (or Michigan) Lily Lilium michiganense |  | Ht 2' - 5'
Sp 1' - 2'
|  
  | Jun-Aug
(orange)
|  | |
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1' - 2'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(scarlet red)
|   | |
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(blue)
| | |
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(blue)
|   | |
Switch Grass Panicum virgatum |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 2' - 3'
|  
  | Jun-Oct |   | |
White Prairie Clover Petalostemum candidum |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2'
|  
  | Jun-Sep
(white)
|   | |
Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans |  | Ht 1' - 1.5'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Apr-Jun
(blue)
| | |
Wild Golden Glow Rudbeckia laciniata |  | Ht 3' - 6'
|  
  | Jul-Sep
(gold)
|  | |
Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa |  | Ht 3' - 5'
Sp 1' - 2'
|  
 | Aug - Oct
(yellow and brown)
|  | |
Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis |  | Ht 1' - 2'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
|  
  | Jun - Aug
(violet)
|  | |
Royal Catchfly Silene regia |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
|  
  | Jun - Jul
(red)
|  | |
Starry Campion Silene stellata |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
|  
  | Jun - Aug
(white)
|  | |
Common (Ohio) Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2.5'
|  
  | May - Jul
(blue)
|  | |
| Shade | |
Height Spread
|
Light Moisture
| Blooming | Wildlife | |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum |  | Ht 1' - 2'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Apr - Jul
(dark red)
| | |
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense | .jpg) | Ht 0.5' - 1'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
|  
  | Apr - Jun
(dark red)
| | |
Big-Leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus |  | Ht 1' - 3'
|  
  | Jul - Sep
(pale blue)
|  | |
Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina michauxii |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2.5'
|  
 | Nonflowering | | |
Curly-Styled Wood Sedge Carex rosea |  | Ht 0.5' - 1'
|  
  | May - Jun | | |
Turtlehead Chelone glabra |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 1.5' - 2.5'
| 
  | Jul - Sep
(cream)
| | |
Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
| 
 | Jun - Jul
(white)
| | |
Virginia Waterleaf Hydrophyllum virginianum |  | Ht 1.5' - 2'
| 
 | Apr - May
(blue)
| | |
Narrow-Leaved Loosestrife Lysimachia quadriflora |  | Ht 1.5' - 2'
| 
  | Jul - Sep
(pink)
| | |
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica |  | Ht 2' - '
|  
 | Apr - May
(blue)
| | |
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis |  | Ht 2' - 3'
Sp 3' - 4'
|  
  | Nonflowering | | |
Woodland (Blue) Phlox Phlox divaricata | _Phlox.jpg) | Ht 0.75' - 1'
Sp 0.75' - 1'
|  
 | Apr - Jun
(violet blue)
|   | |
May Apple Podophyllum peltatum |  | Ht 1' - 1.5'
Sp 0.75' - 1'
|  
 | May
(white)
|  | |
Smooth Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum canaliculatum |  | Ht 1' - 4'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
| 
  | May - Jun
(green)
| | |
Woodland Petunia Ruellia strepens |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 1.5'
| 
 | May - Sep
(violet)
| | |
Feathery False Solomon’s Seal Smilacina racemosa |  | Ht 1' - 3'
Sp 1' - 2'
| 
 | |  | |
Elm-Leaved Goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia |  | Ht 2' - 4'
Sp 1.5' - 2'
|  
  | Jul - Oct
(yellow)
|  | |
| Shrubs and Vines | |
Height Spread
|
Light Moisture
| Blooming | Wildlife | |
Witch Hazel
|  | Ht 15' - 20'
Sp 10' - 15'
|  
  | Summer - Fall
(yellow)
| | |
Dutchman’s Pipe Aristolochia tomentosa |  | Ht 10' - 75'
|  
  | May - Jun
(yellow with dark purple)
|  | |
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus |  | Ht 2' - 2'
Sp 3' - 3'
| 
  | Summer
(white)
|  | |
Climbing Bittersweet Celastrus scandens |  | Ht 40' - 45'
Sp 4' - 5'
|  
  | Summer
(white and green)
| | |
Dwarf Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera |  | Ht 2' - 2'
Sp 2' - 2'
|  
  | Late Spring
(yellow)
| | |
Smooth Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens | .jpg) | Ht 5' - 5'
Sp 5' - 5'
|  
  | Summer - Fall
(white)
| | |
Kalm’s St. John’s Wort Hypericum kalmianum |  | Ht 2' - 3'
| 
 | Spring - Summer
(yellow)
| | |
Spicebush Lindera benzoin |  | Ht 10' - 12'
Sp 10' - 12'
|  
  | Spring
(yellow)
|  | |
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia |  | Ht 30' - 50'
Sp 5' - 10'
|  
 | Summer - Fall
(green and red)
| | |
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica |  | Ht 4' - 5'
Sp 3' - 4'
| 
  | Spring
(green)
|  | |
Early Wild Rose Rosa blanda |  | Ht 3' - 4'
Sp 5' - 6'
| 
  | Summer
(pink)
|  | |
Illinois Rose Rosa setigera |  | Ht 7' - 8'
Sp 7' - 8'
|  
  | Summer
(pink and gold)
|  | |
Purple Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus |  | Ht 3' - 6'
Sp 6' - 12'
|  
 | Spring - Summer
(white)
|   | |
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis |  | Ht 9' - 10'
Sp 7' - 8'
|  
  | Spring - Summer
(white)
| | |
| Trees | |
Height Spread
|
Light Moisture
| Blooming | Wildlife | |
Papaw Asimina triloba |  | Ht 10' - 15'
Sp 8' - 10'
|  
  | Spring
(dark purple)
|  | |
Redbud Cercis canadensis |  | Ht 20' - 30'
Sp 25' - 30'
|  
 | Spring
(pink)
| | |
Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia |  | Ht 10' - 15'
Sp 8' - 10'
|  
  | Spring
(white)
|  | |
Wild Plum (American Plum) Prunus americana |  | Ht 15' - 25'
|  
  | Spring
(white)
|  | |
White Oak Quercus alba |  | Ht 40' - 50'
| 
  | Nonflowering |  | |
Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa |  | Ht 75' - 85'
Sp 90' - 100'
| 
  | Spring
(green)
| | |