All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Chestnut’ | Crabapple | Large crabapple fruits and good texture for fresh eating with a nut-like flavor. |
12-15' | Full sun | 2 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Crispin’ | Apple | Large, juicy and pleasantly tart. Good for eating fresh or in baked goods and sauce. A heavy bearer of golden yellow fruit with an orange blush later in the season. Developed in Japan; also called ‘Mutsu’. |
8-10 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Royal Gala’ | Apple | Medium-sized fruit with deep red skin tinged with yellow streaks. Flesh has a spicy-sweet flavor. Ripens early September. |
15-30 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Granny Smith’ | Apple | Dark-green skin. Ripens late October. Tart, sweet, crisp and juicy. Keeps well. Good for eating, cooking, and sauce. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Fuji’ | Apple | Super crisp, sweet, and juicy fruit with skin that ranges from yellow-green with red highlights to mostly red. Exceptional for fresh eating. Stores well and great for baking. Ripens in October. Plant a pollenator such as Granny Smith, Honeycrisp™ or Red Delicious. |
10-20 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | MALUS ‘Honeygold’ | Apple | ‘Honeygold’ apple is noted for its honey-sweet flavor. Pretty white blossoms are followed by golden apples with a red blush that ripen in early October For ‘Honeygold’, Jonathans, Goldens or Courtland are recommended as cross-pollinators. |
12-15 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MALUS ‘Prairiefire’ | Flowering Crabapple | Upright spreading habit with bright red flowers and reddish foliage. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MAZUS reptans | Creeping Mazus | A beautiful ground cover with low creeping mats studded with lavender-pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Fern | MATTEUCCIA struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern | Large-growing native “fiddlehead fern”, prized by foragers for the edible new growth. Likes moist places along edge of woods. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | MECONOPSIS cambrica | Welsh Poppy | Native to Western Europe and much easier to grow than the blue Himalayan poppies. Large yellow to orange poppy-like blooms in summer over lobed green foliage. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | MELIANTHUS major | Peanut Butter Plant | Evergreen shrub with light bluish-green jagged foliage in whorls. |
4-5 feet | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | MELINIS nerviglumis ‘Pink Crystals’ | Ruby Grass | Tender grass with erect blue-green leaves and panicles of rose-hued summer flowers that fade to white. Flower panicles are covered with silky hairs. Foliage turns purple-red in fall. |
18-24 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | MELITTIS melissophyllum ‘Royal Velvet Distinction’ | Bastard Balm | Unusual, fragrant, orchid-like wine-red and white flowers. |
20-30 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | MERTENSIA virginica | Virginia Bluebells | Early nodding bells open pink then turn soft blue. Summer dormant. Beautiful planted with Narcissus. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Bizzarger’ | Dawn Redwood | Semi dwarf cultivar with twisting branches and foliage. |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ | Dawn Redwood | A large form with sprays of bright chartreuse yellow in spring maturing to golden yellow before turning rich shades of orange in fall. |
70-80 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Conifer | METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘Miss Grace’ | Weeping Dawn Redwood | This small deciduous conifer with graceful weeping branches can reach 10’ tall by 3’ wide if staked. Refined gray-green foliage in summer, very strong orange in autumn. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | METASEQUOIA glyptostroboides ‘North Light’ | Dawn Redwood | A dense-growing, ball-shaped formed with cream flecked needles. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | MICROBIOTA decussata | Russian Cypress | Feathery growth on drooping branch tips. Tolerant of shade and dry conditions. Bright green in summer, bronze in winter. Low, spreading. We’ll also have some trained as standards. Grows 1 foot high by 8 feet wide. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | MICROBIOTA decussata ‘Celtic Pride’ | Russian Cypress | An improved version with better disease resistance, more sun tolerance and no pruning needed. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 2 | ||
| Perennial | MIMULUS ringens | Monkey Flower | Lilac-purple, snapdragon-like flowers (to 1″ long) with two-lipped, open-mouthed corollas. Flowers appear in pairs in the leaf axils on slender 1-2″ long pedicels. Each flower purportedly resembles the face of a smiling monkey (hence the common name). Flowers bloom throughout the summer. |
Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |||
| Annual | MINA lobata | Firecracker Vine | Twining vine with crimson to scarlet to orange to yellow and creamy white flowers all at once. |
15 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | MIRABILIS jalapa ‘Salmon Sunset’ | Four-O'Clock | A new color choice in four O’Clocks! Salmon buds open to bright coral flowers with a brilliant magenta star in the center. Lush and full this plant makes a statement in any garden. Flowers open in late afternoon emitting a sweet orange blossom fragrance. Attracts hummingbirds and moths. |
24-36 inches | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | MIRABILIS ‘Marbles Mix’ | Four O'Clocks | Striped, trumpet-shaped flowers emit an orange blossom scent on the evening air. Opening in late afternoon they attract hummingbirds by day and moths at night. The colors of the interesting flowers range from yellow and white to pink and orange. |
24-36 | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | MISCANTHUS ‘Bandwidth’ | Maiden Grass | A more compact grass with green and gold bands. Bred to be infertile so no seedlings! |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Grass | MISCANTHUS sinensis ‘Morning Light’ | Maiden Grass | Slender foliage is variegated with white creating an overall silvery effect. Nice upright vase-like habit swaying in the breezes and bearing airy plumes. also looks wonderful in winter. Attracts birds Deer, drought, salt and rabbit tolerant. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MITELLA diphylla | Bishop's Cap | A native woodland perennial with maple-like foliage and airy wands of tiny white flowers in spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Grass | MOLINIA caerulea ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Moor Grass | Clumps of brightly variegated cream and green blades. Flowers attractive and plant looks good all season. One of our favorites. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘Bee Mine Red’ | Beebalm | A true bright red bee balm blooming starting early summer through to fall with some deadheading. This is a pollinator magnet! |
18-20 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘Bee-You Bee Happy’ | Beebalm | Heavy blooming dwarf cultivar with bright red flowers. Mildew-resistant. |
15-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘BeeMine Pink’ | Beebalm | Bright pink petals surround the central domed disc with fragrant foliage. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds |
14-18 | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA bradburiana | Ozark Bee Balm | White to pale pink flowers are speckled with purple and bloom in late spring. A species native to the midwest and south growing in dry, acidic soils. A pollinator magnet. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘Coral Reef’ | Bee Balm | Beautiful coral-pink flowers and fairly good mildew resistance. |
36-42 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| MONARDA fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Native, drought tolerant beebalm with lilac flowers. |
36-42 inches | Sun | 4 | |||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘Jacob Cline’ | Bee Balm | Huge, red flowers. Dark green mildew-resistant foliage. |
36-42 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA ‘Peter’s Fancy Fuchia’ | Bee Balm | Brilliant pink flowers atop tall stems are a magnet for all the pollinators. Drought tolerant Attracts pollinators Deer & rabbit resistant |
36-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA Pocahontas ‘Red Rose’ | Bee Balm | Rich fuchsia-pink flowers over deep green highly mildew resistant foliage on compact plants. Attracts bees & butterflies |
14-16" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MONARDA punctata | Tiers of pinkish bracts with small spotted flowers ringing the stems. One of the best natives for attracting beneficial pollinators. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Edibles | MORUS alba ‘Contorta’ | Contorted Mulberry | This Japanese tree features a gnarled trunk and branches. It offers a scattering of small, tasty, purple fruit under the shiny, medium-green leaves, which turn an attractive yellow during fall. Once the leaves drop, the curled and wavy growth pattern of the trunk and branches is revealed. |
9-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | MUKDENIA rossii ‘Crimson Fans’ | Mukdenia | Large maple-like leaves emerge bronze, then age to green splashed red. Early white bell flowers. Likes moisture. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | MYOSOTIS sylvatica | Forget-Me-Not | Spring blooms of sky blue with yellow eye. Short-lived but reseeds vigorously. Attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies Drought tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| NEPETA ‘Cat’s Pajamas’ | Catmint | Dense spikes of indigo blue flowers on a tight-growing mound. It will start blooming in late spring and continue through the summer with dead-heading. |
12-14 inches | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | NEPETA ‘Chartreuse on the Loose’ | Bright chartreuse foliage topped with spikes of violet-blue spikes all summer. A nice compact form great for the front of a border or used in mixed planters. Attracts bees hummingbirds and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | NEPETA grandiflora ‘Summer Magic’ | Catmint | Large, deep lavender flowers are clustered on dense spikes, blooming better through the heat of summer than most. |
15-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | NEPETA kubanica | Catmint | Dense spikes of deep lavender-purple flowers through the summer over glossy green foliage. |
24-30 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | NEPETA kubanica ‘Neptune’ | Large deep violet-blue flowers on compact plants form a bushy clump that stays tidy and doesn’t flop blooming all summer if deadheaded. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | NEPETA siberica ‘Souvenir d’ Andre Chaudron’ | Siberian Catmint | Medium blue flowers on tall spikes most of the summer on upright plants. One of our favorites for long bloom-time! |
2-3 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | NEPETA subsessilis ‘Blue Prelude’ | Cat Mint | Large, bright blue flowers on bushy plants all summer. Attracts hummingbirds, bees & butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
24-30 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | NEPETA subsessilis ‘Purple Prelude’ | Large rich purple flowers on mounding plants through summer and fall. Fragrant foliage looks best when the stems are trimmed back after the first flush of bloom. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| NEPETA x faassenii ‘Six Hills Giant’ | Catmint | Dusky blue spikes in late spring on a larger growing catmint. |
2-3 feet | Sun | 3 |