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Rare and unusual, this is a gorgeous native plant with everything one could want in a garden perennial: upright form, excellent foliage, a long bloom time, and resistance to insects and disease. Typically found in the openings of oak-hickory woodlands, clearings, powerlines, and roadsides, it adapts well to disturbance, heat, and…

Thriving in wet prairies and open meadows, Blue Vervain is a biennial that can tolerate part shade but does best in full sun and wet conditions. Upright stems of this plant can grow up to five feet, but pinching off tops of plants before they bloom can encourage them to grow…

Smooth Hedge-nettle is a showy, erect perennial in the mint family. Pink and white flowers bloom in a whorled formation during summer, attracting long-tongued bees. With ideal conditions they can get up to three feet tall but are often shorter. They are gorgeous in mass and would fit perfectly in a…

Resembling the common sunflower, this showy wildflower has smaller flowers with more abundant blooms. Oxeye Sunflower shows off its bright yellow daisy-like flowers between May and October, providing visual interest over a long bloom period and are great as cut flowers. With its easygoing nature, it makes a great addition to…

Common Sneezeweed is a showy upright perennial in the sunflower family. Bright yellow disc flowers have 3-toothed petals that droop away from round yellow centers in late summer and early fall. They are a fantastic pollinator plant and are frequently visited by native bees. As petals fall away and seeds mature,…

American Ipecac is an herbaceous perennial or subshrub in the rose family. This deciduous plant has alternately arranged and trifoliate-pinnatifid leaves, with dentate margins. In fall, leaves turn yellow to red. In early summer, delicate white star-shaped flowers with four to five petals appear. Although these flowers aren’t super striking, they…

Roundleaf Thoroughwort is known for its umbels filled with clusters of white flowers, frequently visited by flying insects including wasps, butterflies, and bees. Wasps are helpful in the garden in keeping pest insects at bay. This upright perennial grows in bogs, savannahs, and wooded areas. Although it can occur in wetlands,…

Carolina Elephant’s Foot is an herbaceous perennial found in dry woodlands in the southeast. It prefers soil that is well-drained and can handle sandy soils. Light purple, pink to white disc flowers form clusters that appear as a single flower, appearing in late summer and fall. In the Asteraceae family, it…

A small, grasslike plant found in shady spots under trees, Broadleaf Sedge sets itself apart from other sedges with its wide leaves. Just under a foot tall, this moderately deer resistant perennial can be used as a groundcover or a border in a woodland garden given it is not walked on,…