Maryland Native grasses for wet areas Carex stricta – Tussock sedge Carex stricta, known as Tussock sedge is a full sun to part shade species that thrives in sandy or mucky soil, it is also tolerant of intermittent flooding. It often grows around...
Privacy Screening Shrub – Northern Bayberry Morella pensylvanica – Northern Bayberry Morella pensylvanica (previously Myrica pensylvanica), also known as Northern Bayberry is a semi-evergreen, dense, rounded, shrub that grows 5 to 10 feet tall. The leaves...
Maryland Near Native Shrubs for Summer Blooms Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye A great summer-flowering shrub for shady areas, Aesculus parviflora, commonly called Bottlebrush Buckeye forms thickets of dense, suckering, deciduous, multi-stemmed...
Maryland Native Plants for Pollinators Cephalanthus occidentalis – Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis, commonly called buttonbush, is a deciduous shrub with an open-rounded habit. The star of this plant is its unusual blooms- globular heads of small white...
Maryland Native Plants for Summer Eryngium yuccifolium – rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium is a Maryland native plant that is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Prefers dryish, sandy soils. Self-seeds in optimum...
Native Plants for Pollinators Achillea millefolium – Yarrow Achillea millefolium, also known as yarrow is best grown in dry to medium, well-drained sandy loams in full sun. Plants do well in average garden soils and tolerate poor soils as long as drainage...
