Native plant profiles are in alphabetical order by common name. We are adding more profiles all the time. Coming soon: recommended plants by garden condition!
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Aromatic Aster
Tags: dry soils, fall bloom, fall color, fragrant, full sun, medium moisture, part shade, purple bloomsAn excellent substitute for chrysanthemums, Aromatic aster is one of the TN Valley Wild Ones members’ favorite asters. Run your… Read more
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Black-eyed Susan
Tags: dry soils, full sun, medium moisture, part shade, sociability level 3, summer bloom, yellow bloomsBlack-eyed Susan is a fast-growing biennial or short-lived perennial. “Hirta” means hairy, and this is the main way you can… Read more
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Blue Wood Phlox
Blue phlox is a perennial wildflower that clumps slowly over time. It has light pink to lavender to blue five-petaled… Read more
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Bradbury’s Beebalm
Tags: dry soils, full sun, medium moisture, part shade, pink blooms, sociability level 2, spring bloomThe little cousin to the more famous Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) and Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma), Bradbury’s bee balm… Read more
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Butterfly Milkweed
Tags: butterfly host, dry soils, full sun, medium moisture, orange blooms, part shade, sociability level 1, summer bloomButterfly milkweed is an upright native perennial with narrow, lance-shaped leaves and flat-topped clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers,… Read more
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Calico Beardtongue
Calico beardtongue is native from Tennessee north to Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. It has light pink to light purple flowers… Read more
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Celandine Poppy
Wood poppy is a perennial shade-loving ground cover with happy yellow 4-petaled flowers that blooms in the spring. After blooming,… Read more
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Coral Honeysuckle
Tags: dry soils, full sun, hummingbird plant, medium moisture, part shade, red blooms, sociability level 2, summer bloomCoral honeysuckle is a twining native vine with dark blue-green leaves and showy, trumpet-shaped flowers in red to orange-red with… Read more
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Dwarf Crested Iris
Tags: dry soils, full sun, groundcover, medium moisture, part shade, purple blooms, showy flowers, sociability level 2, spring bloomDwarf crested iris, as its name suggests, is a diminutive species of iris, growing no more than 9 inches tall.… Read more
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Eastern Red Columbine
Tags: dry soils, full sun, hummingbird plant, medium moisture, part shade, red blooms, sociability level 2Wild columbine is a branching perennial that grows 2–3 feet tall and about 1.5 feet wide. The red and yellow… Read more