Elk Ridge NatureWorks Native Plants

Elk Ridge NatureWorks, LLC

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Native Plants

2008

Native Wildflowers, Grasses and Rushes

Our native plants are available for purchase at our nursery, local festivals and farmer markets, as well as several native plant events in the mid-Atlantic region. Again this year we will be hosting several free open house events at our nursery. For more details and our 2008 open house schedule, please visit our Wildlife Habitat Garden web page. With the exception of scheduled open houses, our native plant nursery and wildlife habitat garden are open by appointment only. Orders for native plants or habitat boxes may be picked up by arrangement.

Please note that additional species will be available later this year, so contact us for updates. Also, a few of the native species that we offer are more appropriate for large restoration projects than home gardens due to their aggressive or weedy tendencies. Let us know what your project is, so that we can help you select a plant appropriate for your site. Information on table symbols, taxonomic synonyms, prices, availability and botanical references follows at the end of the species list (see below).

Scientific Name	Common Name	Light	Soil	Height Width	Color Bloom time	Habitat	Indicator status
Actaea pachypoda	Doll’s eyes $	Part sun to shade	Moist	20 - 30” 12 - 16”	White Spring	Rich open woods	UPL
Anaphalis margaritacea	Pearly everlasting	Full sun to part sun	Dry, well- drained	10 - 30” 8 - 12”	Pearly white Late summer	Old fields and woods edge	NI
Andropogon virginicus	Broomsedge	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	2 - 4’ 1’	Warm season grass Early fall	Open woods, slopes and old fields	FACU
Anemone virginiana	Thimbleweed	Full sun to shade	Moist to dry	2 - 3’ 1’	White or greenish-white Summer	Open woods, rocky slopes & meadows	FACU
Apocynum cannabinum	Indian hemp	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	2 - 4’ 3 - 5’	Greenish-white Summer	Old fields and thickets	FACU
Aquilegia canadensis	Wild columbine	Full sun to light shade	Moist, well-drained	10 - 24” 8 - 12”	Red and yellow Spring	Slopes, rocky woods, and pastures	FAC
Arabis glabra	Tower mustard	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	2 - 4’ Biennial reseeds	Yellowish-white Spring and summer	Woods edge, old fields and rocky places	NI
Aralia racemosa	American spikenard $	Part sun to shade	Moist, well-drained	3 - 6' 3'	Greenish-white Summer	Rich woods and woods edge	NI
Arisaema triphyllum	Jack-in-the pulpit $	Part sun to shade	Moist, organic	12 - 28” 12 - 16”	Green-striped Spring	Swamps, rich woods and moist thickets	FACW-
Asarum canadense	Wild ginger $	Part sun to shade	Moist	6 - 10” 12 - 16”	Brown and purple Spring	Rich woods and forested floodplains	FACU-
Asclepias exaltata	Poke milkweed	Part sun to shade	Moist to dry	2 - 5’ 2’	White tinged green or purple Early summer	Upland woods and thickets	FACU
Asclepias incarnata	Swamp milkweed	Full sun to part sun	Moist to wet	2 - 5' 2'	Pink or rose Summer	Swamps and wet meadows	OBL
Asclepias syriaca	Common milkweed	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	3 - 6' 3 - 5'	Dusty pink Summer	Fields and roadsides	FACU-
Asclepias tuberosa	Butterflyweed	Full sun to part sun	Dry, well-drained	2 - 3’ 2’	Orange Summer	Old fields, pastures and slopes	NI

$ Reflects a higher cost due to this species being more difficult to propagate; see price table.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Light	Soil	Height Width	Color Bloom time	Habitat	Indicator status
Aster acuminatus*	Whorled wood aster	Part sun to shade	Moist to dry	1 - 3’ 1 - 1.5’	White with yellow center Fall	Thickets and rich woods	FACU+
Aster lateriflorus*	Calico aster	Full sun to part sun	Moist to wet	1 - 4’ 1 - 2’	White with red-purple center Fall	Old fields, thickets and woods edge	FACW-
Aster lowrieanus*	Lowrie’s aster	Part sun to light shade	Moist to dry	2 - 4’ 1 - 2’	Pale-blue with cream center Fall	Woods edge and slopes	NI
Aster novae-angliae*	New England aster	Full sun to part sun	Moist to wet	2 - 6’ 2 - 3’	Deep-violet with yellow center / Fall	Wet meadows and thickets	FACW-
Aster pilosus*	Heath aster	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	1 - 4’ 1 - 2’	White with yellow center Fall	Old fields and roadsides	UPL
Aster puniceus*	Purple-stem aster	Full sun to part sun	Moist to wet	2 - 7’ 2 - 3’	Violet-blue with yellow center Fall	Wet meadows and swamps	OBL
Baptisia tinctoria	Wild indigo $	Full sun to part sun	Moist to dry	2 - 3’ 2 - 3’	Yellow Summer	Open woods, roadside banks, and clearings	NI
Campanula americana*	Tall bellflower	Part sun to shade

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