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There’s a huge range of native plants that can be easily integrated into a garden. Here we’ve gathered together, by category, a selection of fine examples from our part of the world. When you grow them you’re showcasing the beauty and richness of our flora and thus contributing to a greater awareness of it. You’re also offering food, shelter and breeding ground to pollinators, butterflies, birds and other representatives of our native fauna that you’ll enjoy observing right there at home.
Do not gather native plants from their natural environment. Instead, buy plants produced at nurseries.
Perrenials (sun)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Common evening primrose | Oenothera biennis | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| Common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Common sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| False sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
| Pearly everlasting | Anaphalis margaritacea | Attracts butterflies |
| Seaside goldenrod | Solidago sempervirens | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
| Slender mountain-mint | Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
Perennials (sun, semi-shade)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue vervain | Verbena hastata | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
| Cut-leaved coneflower | Rudbeckia laciniata | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
| Hairy beard-tongue | Penstemon hirsutus | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| Harlequin blue flag | Iris versicolor | Attracts pollinators |
| Hoary vervain | Verbena stricta | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| New England aster | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Red columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| Spotted Joe Pye weed | Eutrochium maculatum | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| White turtlehead | Chelone glabra | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and hummingbirds |
| Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
Perennials (semi-shade, shade)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | Attracts pollinators |
| Bunchberry | Cornus canadensis | Attracts birds |
| Canada violet | Viola canadensis | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Canadian wild ginger | Asarum canadense | |
| Heart-leaved aster | Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Heart-leaved foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | |
| Large false Solomon's seal | Maianthemum racemosum | Attracts birds |
| Large-leaved aster | Eurybia macrophylla | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
| Northern maidenhair fern | Adiantum pedatum | |
| Red baneberry | Actaea rubra | Attracts birds |
| Two-leaved mitrewort | Mitella diphylla | Attracts pollinators |
| Zigzag goldenrod | Solidago flexicaulis | Attracts pollinators and butterflies |
Grasses (sun)
|
Latin name |
Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Big bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | Attracts birds |
| Old switch panicgrass | Panicum virgatum | Attracts birds |
Grasses (sun, semi-shade, shade)
|
Latin name |
Attractions for wildlife |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tufted hairgrass | Deschampsia cespitosa | Attracts birds |
| Wavy hairgrass | Avenella flexuosa | Attracts birds |
Climbing Plants (sun, semi-shade)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia clematis | Clematis virginiana | Attracts pollinators and birds |
Climbing Plants (semi-shade)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian moonseed | Menispermum canadense | Attracts pollinators and birds |
Shrubs (sun, semi-shade)
| Latin name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Black chokeberry | Aronia melanocarpa | Attracts pollinators and birds |
| Canada serviceberry | Amelanchier canadensis | Attracts pollinators and birds |
| Common bearberry | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Attracts pollinators and birds |
| Common elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | Attracts pollinators and birds |
| Common winterberry | Ilex verticillata | Attracts pollinators and birds |
| Early lowbush blueberry | Vaccinium angustifolium | Attracts pollinators and birds |
Shrubs (sun, semi-shade, shade)
| Latinn name | Attractions for wildlife | |
|---|---|---|
| Alternate-leaved dogwood | Cornus alternifolia | Attracts pollinators, butterflies and birds |
