The plants listed below are in alphabetical order by genus. Not all plants may be available. If you aren’t sure what to purchase, please visit the Searchable Plant Database for suggestions and photos.
Species | Common | Sun | Water | Height | Bloom |
Agastache scrophulariaefolia | Purple Giant Hyssop | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 6′ | Purple July to Oct |
Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1.5′ | Purple July-Aug |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | |
Anemone virginiana | Tall Thimbleweed | Full Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | White June-Aug |
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine | Full Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Bicolor April-June |
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger | Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 6″ | Red April-June |
Asclepias speciosa | Showy Milkweed | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias viridis | Spider Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Green May-June |
Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | White July-Sept |
Asclepias sullivantii | Prairie Milkeweed | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Purple May-July |
Asclepias hirtella | Tall Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | White June-Aug |
Asclepias exaltata | Poke Milkweed | Part Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | White June-July |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Pink June-Aug |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed | Full to Part Sun | Med to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Orange Jun-Aug |
Baptisia australis | Blue Wild Indigo | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Blue May-July |
Baptisia tinctoria | Sm Yellow Wild Indigo | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Baptisia alba | White Wild Indigo | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | White June-July |
Blephia ciliata | Downy Wood Mint | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Purple June-July |
Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold | Full Sun to Shade | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Yellow April-June |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Green April-May |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | White July-Sept |
Chelone glabra | Turtlehead | Full Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Cream July-Sept |
Cimicifuga racemosa | Black Cohosh | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | White May-Aug |
Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty | Shade | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5″ | Pink April-June |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Blue July-Oct |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lance Leaf Coreopsis | Full Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Yellow July-Oct |
Dodecatheon amethystinum | Amethyst Shooting Star | Full Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Purple April-May |
Dodecatheon meadia | Midland Shooting Star | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Pink April-June |
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Purple Jul-Sept |
Elymus histrix | Bottlebrush Grass | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | |
Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | White July-Sept |
Euthamia graminifolia | Grass-leaved Goldenrod | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Eutrochium maculatum | Joe Pye Weed | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Pink July-Sept |
Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet Joe Pye Weed | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 7′ | Pink July-Sept |
Eutrochium fistulosum | Hollow Joe Pye Weed | Full Sun to Shade | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 6′ | Purple Jul-Sept |
Filipendula rubra | Queen of the Prairie | Full Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Pink June-Aug |
Gentiana andrewsii | Bottle Gentian | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Blue Aug-Oct |
Gentianopsis crinita | Fringed Gentian | Full Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Blue Aug-Oct |
Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | Full Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Purple April-July |
Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Yellow Aug-Oct |
Helianthus mollis | Downy Sunflower | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Early Sunflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow June-Sept |
Hepatica acutiloba | Sharp-lobed Hepatica | Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 7″ | Blue April-May |
Hibiscus laevis | Rose Mallow | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Pink July-Sept |
Hypericum pyramidatum | Great St. John’s Wort | Full to Part Sun | Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow July-Aug |
Iris versicolor | Northern Blue Flag | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Purple May-July |
Isopyrum biternatum | False Rue Anemone | Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 6″ | White April-June |
Liatris aspera | Button Blazing Star | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Purple July to Oct |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazingstar | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Jul-Sept |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Red July-Sept |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Blue July-Sept |
Maianthemum racemosum | False Solomon’s Seal | Shade | Mesic | Ht. 3′ | White April-May |
Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bleubells | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Blue April-May |
Mimulus ringens | Monkey Flower | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Wet Mesic | Ht. 2′ | Purple June-Sept |
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Purple July to Sept |
Panicum virgatum | Switch Grass | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 6′ | |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | White June-Sept |
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | White April-June |
Penstemon grandiflorus | Large-flowered Beardtongue | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Purple May-June |
Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue | Full Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1.5′ | Purple May-June |
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Blue April-June |
Phlox pilosa | Prairie Phlox | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Pink May-July |
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Pink Aug-Sept |
Polemonium reptans | Jacob’s Ladder | Full Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Blue April-June |
Polygonatum biflorum | Solomon’s Seal | Full Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Cream May-June |
Pycnanthemum virginianum | Mountain Mint | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | White June-Sept |
Ratibida columnifera | Long-headed Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Ratibida pinnata | Gray Headed Coneflower | Full Sun | Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow June-Aug |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Orange July to Sept |
Wild Petunia | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 1′ | Purple June-Aug | |
Salvia azurea | Blue Sage | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | Blue Aug-Sept |
Scrophularia lanceolata | Early Figwort | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 5′ | Green May-July |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | |
Senna hebecarpa | Wild Senna | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Yellow July-Aug |
Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 4′ | Red July-Aug |
Silphium laciniatum | Compass Plant | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 8′ | Yellow June-Sept |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 8′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Oligoneuron rigidum | Stiff Goldenrod | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Yellow Aug-Oct |
Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod | Full Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | Yellow July-Sept |
Solidago nemoralis | Old Field Goldenrod | Full to Part Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Yellow Aug-Oct |
Solidago ulmifolia | Elm-leaved Goldenrod | Part Sun to Shade | Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 6′ | Yellow July-Oct |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass | Full to Part Sun | Mesic to Dry | Ht. 6′ | |
Sporobolum hererolepis | Prairie Dropseed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | |
Stylophorum diphyllum | Cellandine Poppy | Part Sun to Shade | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 1′ | Yellow April-May |
Symphiotricum novae-angliae | New England Aster | Full to Part Sun | Wet to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Aug-Oct |
Symphiotricum oblongifolius | Aromatic Aster | Full Sun | Dry Mesic to Dry | Ht. 2′ | Purple Aug-Nov |
Tradescantia ohioensis | Ohio Spiderwort | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry | Ht. 3′ | Blue May-July |
Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Full Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple July-Sept |
Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | Full Sun | Medium-Dry to Dry | Ht. 4′ | Purple June-Sept |
Vernonia missurica | Missouri Ironweed | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple Aug-Sept |
Vernonia altissima | Tall Ironweed | Full Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 5′ | Purple July-Oct |
Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver’s Root | Full Sun | Wet to Mesic | Ht. 7′ | White June-Aug |
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexanders | Full to Part Sun | Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic | Ht. 3′ | Yellow April-June |