A favorite of pollinators with huge, domed flower heads, Hollow Joe-pye Weed is a dramatic back-of-the-border garden plant. Found near freshwater pond edges, it prefers partial shade, and moist soil. Safe for pets.

Tall, upright stalks holding striking red blooms help Cardinal Flower stand out in a garden.  Its flower structure attracts hummingbirds.  Occurring naturally in wetlands, it prefers light shade to full sun and moist conditions. 

This goldenrod has fine hairs covering its very leafy stems. It is relatively shorter than its other goldenrod cousins.  It is drought-tolerant and common in well-drained, sunny locations. Downy goldenrod is an excellent late-season nectar and pollen source for a wide variety of pollinators.

An erect annual with flat-topped clusters of pink-lavender flower heads, it has a faint camphor fragrance. This plant adds color to marsh grasses at the end of the growing season. Prefers full sun and moist conditions. Its dense pinkish flowers are often used in dried flower arrangements.

A thicket-forming shrub, the flat-topped clusters of white flowers are followed by berries which turn from red to blue-black. Foliage is very colorful in fall. Grows best in well-drained, moist soil, with partial shade, but tolerates of acid soil, dry conditions and deep shade.

An attractive shrub throughout the year with red fruits that are eatn by wildlife. It grows best in damp or wet rich loamy soil, in full sun or partial shade. This species rose is generally not susceptible to the disease and insect pests that attack many hybrid roses.

Features tiny, bright yellow flowers clustered in dense plumes. It is the earliest of the goldenrods to bloom.  Easily grown in average, dry-to-medium, well-drained soil in full sun. 

A loose, open, deciduous shrub growing with a loose spreading habit. It has deciduous leaves and sweet-scented showy white flowers with lavender-to-pink tinged tubes, and 5 narrow, petal-like spreading lobes and showy stamens. Leaves turn orange to maroon in the fall. This typical wetland shrub has very sticky petals, hence the species name denoting "sticky" in Latin.

When mass planted, it is an effective ornamental grass owing to its reddish-purple inflorescence (seed head). The plant turns brown in fall.  Found in a variety of habitats including old fields, prairies, open woods, and roadsides. It is tolerant of road salt.

Formerly known as Indiangrass, a beautiful warm-season grass with striking form and coloring. It has erect broad blue-green leaves and tall, plume-like, soft, golden-brown seed heads. This showy perennial’s fall color is deep orange to purple.