Explore Plants for:
Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade & Full Shade
Full Sun
Plants that need or can tolerate 6+ hours of direct sunlight per day.
Cup Plant
Early Wild Rose
Fleabane Daisy
Flowering Spurge
Great Blue Lobelia
Grey Headed Coneflower
Golden Alexanders
Golden Ragwort
Hairy Mountain Mint
Indian Paintbrush
Prairie Dropseed
Prairie Ninebark
Prairie Sage
Purple Coneflower
Purple Prairie Clover
Rattlesnake Master
Rock Harlequin
Rose Milkweed
Scarlet Bee Balm
Showy Tick Trefoil
Sneezeweed
Spotted Bee Balm
Sundrops
Tall Sunflower
Virgin’s Bower
Button Blazing Star
Elderberry
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Hoary Vervain
Harebell
Joe Pye Weed
Mad-Dog Skullcap
Little Bluestem
Michigan Lily
Marsh Marigold
New England Aster
Nodding Onion
Obedient Plant
Wild Bergamot
White Turtlehead
Wild Geranium
Wild Cucumber
Yarrow
Wild Strawberry
Part Sun
Partial sun plants will do best with 4-6 hours per day of direct sun which can include afternoon sun
Cup Plant
Early Wild Rose
Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Elderberry
Fleabane Daisy
Flowering Spurge
Great Blue Lobelia
Grey Headed Coneflower
Golden Alexanders
Golden Ragwort
Hairy Mountain Mint
Harebell
Michigan Lily
New England Aster
Prairie Dropseed
Prairie Ninebark
Prairie Sage
Purple Coneflower
Rock Harlequin
Rose Milkweed
Scarlet Bee Balm
Showy Tick Trefoil
Tall Sunflower
Virgin’s Bower
White Turtlehead
Wild Bergamot
Wild Cucumber
Wild Geranium
Wild Strawberry
Yarrow
Button Blazing Star
Downy Yellow Violet
Hoary Skullcap
Indian Paintbrush
Little Bluestem
Joe Pye Weed
Mad-Dog Skullcap
Marsh Marigold
Nodding Onion
Obedient Plant
Purple Prairie Clover
Spotted Bee Balm
Sneezeweed
Sundrops
Part Shade
Partial shade plants will do best with 3-6 hours per day of dappled sun or direct morning sun
Solomon’s Seal
Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Waterleaf
Wild Blue Phlox
Wild Geranium
Wild Strawberry
Zig-zag Goldenrod
Bellwort
Black Cohosh
Goldenseal
Downy Yellow Violet
Golden Ragwort
Scarlet Bee Balm
Marsh Marigold
Full Shade
Plants that need less that 4 hours for direct sun per day, ideal in the morning or afternoon
Wild Geranium
Wild Ginger
Wild Strawberry
Zig-zag Goldenrod
Bellwort
Black Cohosh
Goldenseal
Golden Ragwort
Marsh Marigold
Twinleaf
Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Waterleaf
Wild Blue Phlox
Toothwort
Solomon’s Seal
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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.
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.