Grounds For Nature

      Native Plants 2007

 

           Terra DeMedici

          (304)258-3687

                                                                 terra@groundsfornature.com

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                                                                  Berkeley Springs, WV

 

Light:

Sun: at least 6 hours of sunlight daily during growing season

Part Sun/ Part Shade (PS):   3-6 hours of sunlight daily

Shade (Sh): Less than 3 hours of direct sunlight or filtered sunlight daily

 

Soils:

Average (Avg), Dry (D), Moist (M), Wet (W)

 

 

WILDFLOWERS

Botanical

Name

Common Name

Light

Soil

Height

Bloom

Wildlife Value

Allium cernuum

Nodding Onion

sun, ps

Dry

1-2'

White/Pink
Jul-Aug.

Butterflies

Anemone virginiana

Thimble Weed

sun, sh

D, M

3'

White
May-June

 

Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Columbine

sun, sh

Avg, D

1-3'

Red/ Yellow
May-June

Hummingbirds

Aruncus dioicus

Goats Beard

sh, ps

Avg, M

4-6'

Creamy white
early summer

 

Aster macrophyllus

Bigleaf Aster

sh, ps

D, M

3-4'

Violet
Aug- Sept.

Butterflies

Aster oblongifolius

Aromatic Aster

sun, ps

D, M

2-3’

Blue

Aug- Oct

Butterflies

Aster novae-angliae
'Purple Dome'

New England Aster

sun, ps

Avg

2'

Violet
Aug- Oct.

Butterflies

Baptisia australis

False Blue Indigo

sun, ps

D, M

4-5’

Blue

May- June

 

Butterflies

Baptisia lactea

White False Indigo

sun, ps

D, M

4'

White
May-June

 

Butterflies

Caltha palustris

Marsh Marigold

sun, ps

M, W

1'

Golden yellow
April- June

Songbirds

Chelone glabra

White Turtlehead

sun, ps

M, W

2-4'

White
Aug-Sept.

Butterflies

Chrysogonum virginianum
'Allen Bush'

Golden Star

sun, ps

Avg

8"

Golden-yellow
Spring & Fall

 

Coreopsis pubescens
'Sunshine Superman'

Star tickseed

sun, ps

D, M

10"

Yellow
July - Oct.

Butterflies

Coreopsis tripteris

Tall Coreopsis

sun

D, M

7’

Yellow

July

Butterflies

Coreopsis

Verticillata

‘Moonbeam’

Tickseed

 

sun, ps

 

D,M

 

18-24"

Lemon yellow
June- Sept.

Butterflies

Delphinium exaltatum

 

Tall Larkspur

 

sh

 

Avg, D

 

3-6'

Blue; July

 

Hummingbirds

Dicentra eximia

Wild Bleeding Heart

Sh, ps

 

M

 

 

8-12"

 

Pink
April- Sept

 

Songbirds

 

Echinacea purpurea

 

Purple Coneflower

 

 

sun

 

 

Avg, D

 

 

3-4'

 

Purple
July- Sept.

 

 

Butterflies

Eupatorium rugosum
'Chocolate'

Snakeroot

sun, sh

D, M

2-3'

White

Sept- Oct.

Butterflies

Heliopsis helianthoides

Ox-eye sunflower

sun, sh

M

4-5'

Golden yellow
June- Aug

Birds and
butterflies

Helianthus divaricatus

Woodland

Sunflower

sun, sh

D, M

6’

Yellow
July-Aug.

Birds and
butterflies

Heuchera americana

Alum Root

sh, ps

D, M

12-16"

Creamy white
May - June

 

Hieracium venosum

Rattlesnake Weed

sun, sh

D, M

12-24”

Yellow

May- Sept

 

Iris cristata

Dwarf Crested Iris

sh

Avg, M

6-8"

Blue-violet
April- May

 

Iris versicolor

Blue Flag Iris

sun, ps

Avg, W

2-3'

Blue-violet w/ yellow throat
May- June

Birds

Lobelia cardinalis

Cardinal Flower

Sh, ps

M, W

2-4'

Red
July- Aug.

Hummingbirds

Monarda didyma

Bee Balm

sun, ps

M

3-4'

Red
June- Aug

Hummingbirds
and butterflies

Monarda fistulosa

Wild Bergamot

sun

Avg, D, M

3-5'

Lavender
June- July

Hummingbirds
and butterflies

Pachysandra procumbens

Allegheny Spurge

sh

Avg, M

6-10"

White
Spring

 

Phlox divaricata
'London Grove Blue'

Wild Sweet William

Sh, ps

M

1'

Deep blue
May-June

Butterflies

Phlox paniculata 'David'

Summer Phlox

sun

Avg, M

3-4'

White
Summer

Butterflies

Phlox stolonifera
'Sherwood Purple'

Creeping Woodland Phlox

sh, deep sh

D, M

6-10"

Purple
Spring

Butterflies

Phlox subulata
'White Delight'

Moss phlox

sun

D

2-6"

White
Spring

Butterflies

Polemonium reptans