Pollinator Powerhouses: Milkweed Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Asclepias syriaca is a native perennial with upright stems and domed clusters of fragrant, pinkish-purple flowers. Flowers give way to prominent seed pods which split open when ripe. Flowers are...
Pollinator Powerhouses Symphyotrichum laeve ‘Bluebird’ ‘Bluebird’ Smooth Aster is robust, upright herbaceous perennial that blooms in September and October. It is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. ...
Maryland Native Plants for Spring Cultivars of Phlox subulata Phlox subulata, Moss Phlox, is a herbaceous perennial that grows in eastern and central United States. Moss Phlox has bright colored flower petals that have distinctive notches. The cultivars of moss...
Colorful Maryland Native Plants Geranium maculatum Geranium maculatum, ‘chatto’ wild geranium, is a herbaceous perennial cultivar of Geranium maculatum. It has dark green foliage and pale pink to lilac colored flowers. The flowers are saucer-shaped...
Colorful Maryland Native Plants Dicentra eximia Dicentra eximia, Bleeding Heart, is a native wildflower with a fern-like, grayish-green foliage and pink to purplish heart-shaped flowers. The heart-shaped flowers bloom in the late spring. Bleeding Hearts do not...
Maryland Native Plants for Spring Amelanchier canadensis Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry is a deciduous multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. In the early spring, white blooms emerge. The blooms are followed by edible berries. The berries mature from green to...
