Baptisia ‘Lemon Merigue’ (False Indigo)
Bloom Time: May to June
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts Butterflies and Bees
Tolerates: Deer Resistant
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 4 to 9
Other: Baptisia is easy to grow and thrives with little maintenance! It forms an upright, vase-shaped mound of attractive blue-green foliage topped with long stems of lemon yellow flowers.
Location: Howe Garden
Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei (Ashe Bigleaf Magnolia)
Bloom Time: April to June
Sun Requirement: Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts bees
Tolerates: Heat and Humidity Tolerant
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 7 to 10
Other: This medium-sized tree has apple green leaves and huge fragrant creamy white flowers followed by a showy rose-colored fruit.
Location: Howe Garden
Amsonia tabemaemotana (Common Blue Star Flower)
Bloom Time: May to July
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Has wildlife value to hummingbirds, carpenter bees, moths and butterflies
Tolerates: Tolerates deer, drought, and clay soil
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 3 to 9
Other: Bluestar has beautiful blue star-shaped blooms in clusters. Foliage turns a golden-yellow in the fall.
Location: Bracken Foundation Children’s Garden
Clematis ‘Betty Corning’ (Betty Corning Clematis)
Bloom Time: May to September
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts Butterflies and Bees
Tolerates: Tolerates heat and drought
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 3 to 9
Other: Clematis is a vining perennial that has lavendar bell-shaped flowers. It can be traiend to climb a wall, trellis, fence, arbor or used in containers.
Location: Color Garden
Rosa ‘Ring of Fire’ (Ring of Fire Tea Rose)
Bloom Time: May to July
Sun Requirement: Full Sun
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Supplies insects with food and provides birds with nesting sites
Tolerates: Disease resistant
Native to North America: No
Zones: 5 to 9
Other: Flaming orange petals blended with coral hues make this rose look like a blazing hot fireball. Perfect for your garden borders, solitary plantings, or in containers.
Location: Rose Garden
Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood Viburnum)
Bloom Time: May to July
Sun Requirement: Full Sun to Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts Eastern Bluebirds, Northern Flicker, Gray Catbirds, and American Robins.
Tolerates: Deer Resistant
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 2 to 8
Other: This upright, rounded shrub has clouds of white flowers that give way to blue-black berry-like drupes that are quite attractive to birds and other wildlife.
Location: Bracken Foundation Children’s Garden
Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)
Bloom Time: June to August
Sun Requirement: Part Shade to Full Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts Hummingbirds
Tolerates: Tolerates wet soil
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 5 to 9
Other: Indian Pink is a perfect addition to a shade or native garden! It has beautiful red flowers with yellow insides that flare into a star shape.
Location: Howe Garden
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’ (Diabolo Ninebark)
Bloom Time: May to June
Sun Requirement: Full Shade to Part Shade
Water Requirement: Medium
Wildlife: Attracts bees, butterflies, and moths
Tolerates: Tolerates drought, erosion, and shallow rocky soil
Native to North America: Yes
Zones: 3 to 7
Other: Ninebark is noted many characteristics! It has exfoliating bark, white flowers that appear in dense clusters, and dark purple foliage.
Location: Howe Garden
