Explore Plants for:
Dry, Average & Wet Conditions
Dry Soil
Soil that is often dusty or crumbly to the touch and drains readily after rain.
Button Blazing Star
Early Wild Rose
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Flowering Spurge
Harebell
Little Bluestem
Prairie Dropseed
Purple Prairie Clover
Rock Harlequin
Wild Strawberry
Downy Yellow Violet
Spotted Bee Balm
Wild Bergamot
Average Soil
Soil that holds its shape when squeezed together but doesn’t have water drip out.
Black Cohosh
Bellwort
Button Blazing Star
Cup Plant
Downy Yellow Violet
Early Wild Rose
Elderberry
Fleabane Daisy
Flowering Spurge
Goldenseal
Great Blue Lobelia
Grey Headed Coneflower
Golden Alexanders
Golden Ragwort
Hairy Mountain Mint
Harebell
Indian Paintbrush
Joe Pye Weed
Little Bluestem
Mad-Dog Skullcap
Marsh Marigold
Michigan Lily
New England Aster
Nodding Onion
Obedient Plant
Prairie Ninebark
Prairie Sage
Purple Coneflower
Rock Harlequin
Rose Milkweed
Scarlet Bee Balm
Showy Tick Trefoil
Spotted Bee Balm
Sundrops
Tall Sunflower
Toothwort
Twinleaf
Virgin’s Bower
Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Waterleaf
White Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Wild Cucumber
Wild Geranium
Wild Ginger
Wild Strawberry
Yarrow
Zig-Zag Goldenrod
Prairie Dropseed
Rattlesnake Master
Purple Prairie Clover
Solomon’s Seal
Sneezeweed
Wild Blue Phlox
Wet Soil
Soil that is often soggy and/or has puddles. Drips water when squeezed.
Can include soil that alternates and is flooded at some times of the year, like rain gardens.
Cup Plant
Golden Ragwort
Michigan Lily
Marsh Marigold
New England Aster
Obedient Plant
Rose Milkweed
Scarlet Bee Balm
Sneezeweed
White Turtlehead
Wild Cucumber
Hoary Skullcap
Great Blue Lobelia
Mad-Dog Skullcap
Joe Pye Weed
Explore our Plants by Categories
Sun Requirments
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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.
Mature Height
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Border/Edging plants; also called base plants. These are great around the outer edges of the garden or to fill in gaps.
These will range from under 1’ - 2’
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Mid-range/intermediate plants to create height and flow in the garden. These can be colourful pops, green texture, movement or seasonal interest.
These will range from 3’ - 4’.
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Structural or Backbone plants. These will add structure in wide open spaces and background height.
These plants will be 5’ or taller.