Are you ready to plant some natives? Maybe you want to replace your Crepe Myrtle or boxwoods, add a good looking specimen to your yard or cover an ugly bare hill to control erosion. It can be difficult to chose what plants to use if you aren’t familiar with them. Help is here. Photos of natives that have been planted in this area are shown. It shows how they have been used by Forsyth Audubon in its plantings and by some of your fellow members at their homes. Photos show the plants at various stages and seasons, including in bloom, and closeups of the flowers and fruit. Thanks to Jean Chamberlain, Lisa Gould, Don Lendle, and Cara Woods for contributing photos.
Small trees
Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis
Pawpaw Asimina triloba
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
White Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus
American Hazelnut Corylus americana
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana
American Holly Ilex opaca
Magnolia Magnolia virginiana/Magnolia grandiflora
Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum
Coming soon:
Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum
Shrubs
Bottlebush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
American Beautyberry Callicarpa americana
Sweetshrub/Carolina Allspice Calycanthus floridus
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Sweetpepper Bush/Summersweet Clethra alnifolia
Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla rivularis
Strawberry Bush/Hearts -a-bustin Euonymus americanus
Witch Alder Fothergilla major
Oakleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia
Shrubby St. John’s-wort and Bushy St John’s-wort Hypericum prolificum/densiflorum/frondosum
Deciduous Holly Ilex decidua
Inkberry Ilex glabra
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica
Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
Doghobble Leucothoe fontanesiana
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius
Flame Azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum
Pinxter Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides
Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra
Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
American Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis
Highbush/Rabbiteye Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum/ashei
Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum
Possumhaw Viburnum Viburnum nudum
Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium
Coming soon:
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis,
Hydrangea – Abetwo Hydrangea aborescens, American Holly Ilex opaca,
Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron Rhododendron catawbiense,
Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica
Vines
Yellow/Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
Coral/Trumpet Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Coming soon: American Groundnut Apios americana
Ground Covers
Green-and-gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Woodland phlox Phlox stolonifera
Creeping Moss Phlox Phlox subulata
Partridge-berry/Checkerberry Mitchella repens
Grasses/Sedges
Fringed leaf sedge Carex crinita
Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica
River oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Wildflowers, Ferns and other Herbaceous Plants
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Bluestar Amsonia tabernaemontana
Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense
Butterfly-weed Asclepias tuberosa
Milkweed Asclepias syriac, Asclepias purpurascens
Wood Aster Aster divaricatus, Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Turtlehead Chelone glabra
Blue Mist Flower Conoclinium coelestinum
Marginal Wood-fern Dryopteris marginalis
Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower Echinacea
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Carolina Silverbells Halesia carolina
American Alumroot Heuchera americana
Hairy Alumroot Heuchera villosa
Blazing Star Liatris spicata
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
Virginia B;uebells Mertensia virginica
Allegheny Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens
Bee Balm Monarda didyma
Allegheny Spurge Pachysandra procumbrens
Golden Groundsel Packera aurora
Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata
Garden Phlox Phlox paniculata
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans
Running five Fingers Potentilla canadensis
Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum
Pinxterbloom Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Cut leaf Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
Goldenrod Solidago
Indian Pink Spigelia marilandica
Stoke’s Asters Stokesia laevis
Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
Trillium Trillium sessile
Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata