Native Plant Finder
Planting guides for 86 North American native species — sunlight, soil, seasonal care, and companion planting.
Early Spring Bloomers
Spring Bloomers
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Allegheny Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis
Shade
Medium Water
25.0 ft
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Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Shade
Medium Water
6.0 ft
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Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
Part Sun
High Water
50.0 ft
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Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Shade
Medium Water
2.5 ft
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Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Part Sun
High Water
3.0 ft
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Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
Part Sun
Low Water
4.0 ft
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Broadleaf Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum canadense
Shade
High Water
1.5 ft
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Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Shade
Medium Water
2.0 ft
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Cinnamon Fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Shade
High Water
5.0 ft
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Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Part Sun
Medium Water
70.0 ft
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Eastern Red Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Shade
Medium Water
2.5 ft
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Fernleaf Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
Shade
Medium Water
2.0 ft
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Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Part Sun
Medium Water
3.5 ft
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Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
Shade
Low Water
6.0 ft
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Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Shade
Medium Water
3.0 ft
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Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Full Sun
Low Water
2.0 ft
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Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
Shade
Medium Water
1.5 ft
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Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
Shade
Medium Water
18.0 ft
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Northern Red Oak
Quercus rubra
Part Sun
Medium Water
75.0 ft
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Ohio Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Part Sun
Medium Water
3.0 ft
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Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Shade
High Water
5.0 ft
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Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Shade
Low Water
0.75 ft
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Pin Oak
Quercus palustris
Full Sun
High Water
70.0 ft
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Purple Poppy Mallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Full Sun
Low Water
0.5 ft
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Red Twig Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Shade
High Water
8.0 ft
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River Birch
Betula nigra
Part Sun
High Water
70.0 ft
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Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
Shade
Medium Water
1.0 ft
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Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Part Sun
Medium Water
15.0 ft
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Tussock Sedge
Carex stricta
Part Sun
High Water
3.0 ft
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Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Shade
High Water
1.5 ft
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White Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
Shade
Medium Water
1.5 ft
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Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Shade
Medium Water
1.0 ft
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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Shade
Medium Water
1.5 ft
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Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Shade
Medium Water
0.5 ft
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Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Part Sun
High Water
10.0 ft
Summer Bloomers
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American Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Part Sun
High Water
12.0 ft
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Anise Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
Part Sun
Low Water
4.0 ft
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Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Full Sun
Low Water
2.5 ft
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Blanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
Full Sun
Low Water
2.5 ft
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Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Part Sun
High Water
5.0 ft
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Bluejoint Reedgrass
Calamagrostis canadensis
Part Sun
High Water
5.0 ft
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Brazilian Vervain
Verbena brasiliensis
Full Sun
Medium Water
5.0 ft
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Broadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Part Sun
High Water
4.0 ft
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Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full Sun
Low Water
2.0 ft
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Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Part Sun
High Water
12.0 ft
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Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Part Sun
High Water
4.0 ft
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Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis
Part Sun
Low Water
5.0 ft
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Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Full Sun
Low Water
8.0 ft
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Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Full Sun
Low Water
2.0 ft
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Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Part Sun
High Water
8.0 ft
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Fetid Marigold
Dyssodia papposa
Full Sun
Low Water
1.5 ft
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Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Part Sun
Medium Water
4.0 ft
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Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Part Sun
Medium Water
5.0 ft
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Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Full Sun
Low Water
3.0 ft
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Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Part Sun
High Water
3.0 ft
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Plains Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Full Sun
Low Water
3.0 ft
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Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya
Full Sun
Medium Water
5.0 ft
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Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Full Sun
Low Water
3.0 ft
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Prairie Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
Full Sun
Low Water
2.0 ft
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Full Sun
Medium Water
3.5 ft
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Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Part Sun
Low Water
8.0 ft
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Rattlesnake Weed
Hieracium venosum
Shade
Low Water
2.0 ft
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Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
Full Sun
Low Water
3.0 ft
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Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Part Sun
High Water
4.0 ft
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Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Full Sun
High Water
6.0 ft
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Trailing Wild Bean
Strophostyles helvola
Full Sun
Low Water
4.0 ft
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Tropical Milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
Full Sun
Medium Water
3.0 ft
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Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Full Sun
Low Water
30.0 ft
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Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Shade
Medium Water
30.0 ft
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Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Part Sun
Low Water
3.5 ft
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Wild Quinine
Parthenium integrifolium
Full Sun
Low Water
4.0 ft
Late Summer Bloomers
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Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Full Sun
Low Water
6.0 ft
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Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Full Sun
Medium Water
4.0 ft
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Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Part Sun
High Water
3.0 ft
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Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium fistulosum
Part Sun
High Water
9.0 ft
Fall Bloomers
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Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Full Sun
Low Water
5.0 ft
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Canada Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
Full Sun
Medium Water
5.0 ft
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Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Full Sun
High Water
5.0 ft
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Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Full Sun
Low Water
5.0 ft
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Full Sun
Low Water
3.0 ft
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Maximilian Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Full Sun
Low Water
8.0 ft
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New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Full Sun
Medium Water
5.0 ft