Explore Plants for:
Edging, Mid-Range and Structural Heights
Border/ Edging Heights
Also called base plants.
These will range from under 1’ - 2’
Bellwort
Downy Yellow Violet
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Goldenseal
Golden Ragwort
Harebell
Indian Paintbrush
Mad-Dog Skullcap
Marsh Marigold
Prairie Dropseed
Purple Prairie Clover
Spotted Bee Balm
Sundrops
Toothwort
Twinleaf
Virginia Bluebells
Wild Blue Phlox
Wild Strawberry
Yarrow
Nodding Onion
Virginia Waterleaf
Wild Ginger
Wild Geranium
Mid-Range Heights
The intermediate plants to create height and flow in the garden.
These will range from 3’ - 4’.
Button Blazing Star
Fleabane Daisy
Flowering Spurge
Golden Alexanders
Great Blue Lobelia
Hairy Mountain Mint
Hoary Skullcap
Little Bluestem
Rock Harlequin
Rose Milkweed
Scarlet Bee Balm
Sneezeweed
Solomon’s Seal
Wild Bergamot
Zig-Zag Goldenrod
Prairie Sage
Obedient Plant
Rattlesnake Master
Purple Coneflower
Structural Height
Also called Backbone plants. These will add structure and background height.
These plants will be 5’ or taller.
Black Cohosh
Cup Plant
Early Wild Rose
Elderberry
Grey Headed Coneflower
New England Aster
Prairie Ninebark
Showy Tick Trefoil
Tall Sunflower
Virgin’s Bower
White Turtlehead
Wild Cucumber
Michigan Lily
Joe Pye Weed
Explore our Plants by Categories
Sun Requirements
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Have a nice sunny spot that gets little to no break from the sun? These plants love 6 or more hours of direct sunlight. Take your pick!
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Have a spot that gets 3-6 hours of sunlight a day?
Part-Sun plants like direct sun and can handle a bit of heat.
Part Shade plants won’t enjoy midday sun, but love morning or evening direct sun, or dappled all day sun.
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Have a shady space under a tree or north facing garden that has lots of shade? Find some forest loving plants, give them less that 4 hours of direct sun.
Soil Moisture
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Have a particularly dry area where plants go to die? Find native plants to liven up the joint!
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Find plants for the average garden that’s not too wet, and not too dry, but juuuust right.
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Find plants for a wet area, water edges, rain gardens, etc.