Local Native Perennials

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Common Name Columbine
Botanical Name Aquilegia canadensis
Produces red/yellow nodding blooms, late spring. Prefers well drained, drier soils. Will be happy in sandy soils too. Good for rock gardens.

Columbine Details
Columbine / Aquilegia canadensis Photo
Common Name Wild Sarsparilla
Botanical Name Aralia nudicaulis
This plant prefers dry, shady, open woods. Tiny white flowers bloom in the late spring. It produces blue-black berries and grows to 1-2 feet tall.

Wild Sarsparilla Details
Wild Sarsparilla / Aralia nudicaulis Photo
Common Name American Spikenard
Botanical Name Aralia racemosa
Produces white flowers in long branching clusters in summer and shows purple berries in fall. 3 to 6 ft tall. Prefers rich soil. Great for filling in large areas.

American Spikenard Details
American Spikenard / Aralia racemosa Photo
Common Name Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Botanical Name Arisaema triphyllum
Prefer moist organic soils. Great for the shady garden. Grow 12-24". When mature the "flower" forms a large striped brown and green hooded spathe. Fruit in fall are bright red berries in clusters.

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Details
Jack-in-the-Pulpit / Arisaema triphyllum Photo
Common Name Wild Ginger
Botanical Name Asarum canadense
Heart shaped leaves 7 inches in diameter that are dark green. Likes moist, well-drained soils in the shade. The reddish-purple flowers bloom close to the ground in the spring.

Wild Ginger Details
Wild Ginger / Asarum canadense Photo
Common Name Swamp Milkweed
Botanical Name Asclepias incarnata
Choice of white or pink flowers. These plants like evenly moist to wet soils and plenty of sun. Will reach 3 feet tall.

Swamp Milkweed Details
Swamp Milkweed / Asclepias  incarnata Photo
Common Name Common Milkweed
Botanical Name Asclepias syriaca
Largest of the milkweeds, 3-5 feet. Bloom time is summer with fragrant pink clusters. Caution- Needs lots of elbow room. Prefers moist to dry soils with full sun. Host plant for Monarch Butterfly and caterpillar.

Common Milkweed Details
Common Milkweed / Asclepias syriaca Photo
Common Name Butterfly Weed
Botanical Name Asclepias tuberosa
Eye catching, bright orange flower clusters in summer. Prefers a sunny site with rich, well drained soils. Will grow 1-2 feet tall. Host plant for Monarch caterpillar and butterfly.

Butterfly Weed Details
Butterfly Weed / Asclepias tuberosa Photo
Common Name Whorl Milkweed
Botanical Name Asclepias verticillata
This milkweed grows 1-2 feet tall and has a delicate texture to leaf and flower. Blooms in the summer. The flowers are greenish white. Prefers dry, open slopes.

Whorl Milkweed Details
Whorl Milkweed / Asclepias verticillata Photo
Common Name Blue False Indigo
Botanical Name Baptisia australis
Blooms June thru July, with blue spikes of pea-shaped flowers. Deep rooted, slow growing, it prefers rich, well drained soils. 4 feet tall at maturity. Great in meadow gardens.

Blue False Indigo Details
Blue False Indigo / Baptisia australis Photo
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