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Native Gardening Resources

We spend a lot of time thinking about plants... as well as a lot of time planting them, caring for them, studying them, experimenting with them - you name it. As a result, we know a thing or two about the ideal plants for your growing conditions and gardening goals. Below are some of our suggestions of hardy, unique, beneficial plants that we carry and that will be appreciated by both you and your local wildlife for many years to come. As always, reach out to us for any questions. We're here to talk about plants any time.

Native Perennial Guides

Sun Pollinator Garden
  • Standard plants
    • Anise Hyssop ‘Blue Boa’ or Fortune’
    • Liatris - Blazing Star
    • Goldenrod
    • Joe Pye Weed
    • Lanceleaf Coreopsis
    • Purple coneflower
    • Sunflower
    • Aster
    • Blanket Flower
    • Sedum ‘Neon’ or ‘Autumn joy’
    • Yarrow
  • Herbs
    • Hyssop
    • Basil
    • Dill
    • Lemon balm
    • Sage
    • Rosemary
    • Thyme
Sun Butterfly Garden
  • Standard plants:
    • Milkweed varieties
    • Bee Balm
    • Blazing Star Liatris
    • Amsonia ‘blue star’
    • Allium
    • Baptisia (False Indigo)
    • Joe Pye weed
    • Phlox - Jeana
    • Mountain mint
    • New England Aster
    • Purple coneflower
    • Sedum varieties
    • Yarrow
    • Wild Bergamot
  • Herbs
    • Dill/Fennel
    • Parsley
    • Basil
    • Chives
Hummingbird Garden
  • Bearded Penstemon
  • Cardinal Flower
  • Columbine
  • Coral Bells
  • Blue lobelia
  • Lupine
  • Red Hot Poker
  • Royal Catchfly
  • Virginia Bluebells
  • Salvia
  • Scarlet Bee Balm
Shade Garden
  • Virginia Bluebells
  • Columbine
  • Maidenhair Fern
  • Goat’s Beard
  • Lady Fern
  • Sedge/Carex Grass
  • Woodland Phlox
  • Whitewood Aster
  • Golden Ragwort (ground cover)
  • Coral Bells
  • Astilbe
  • Lungwort
  • Brunnera

Native Shrub Guides

Shrubs for Sun
    • Ninebark
    • Indian Hawthorne
    • Blueberry
    • Buttonbush
    • Forsythia
    • Lilac
    • Beauty Berry
    • Aronia
    • Honeysuckle Shrub
    • Abelia
    • Mock Orange
    • Inkberry Holly/Gem Box Holly
    • Grey Owl Juniper
    • Thuja ‘Fire Chief’
    • Wax Myrtle
    • Yaupon Holly
Shrubs for Shade / Part Shade
  • Viburnum
  • Clethra
  • Itea
  • Diervilla
  • Red Twig Dogwood
  • Arctic Sun Dogwood
  • St. John’s Wort
  • Fothergilla
  • New Jersey Tea
  • Hydrangea
  • Azalea
  • Weigelia

    • Evergreen:
      • Holly
      • Distyllium
      • Wax myrtle
      • Rhododendron
      • Camellia
Shrubs for Salt & Sand
  • Beach Plum
  • Groundsel
  • Wax Myrtle
  • Indian Hawthorne
  • Yaupon Holly
  • Grey Owl Juniper
  • Holly

Native Groundcover Guides

Groundcovers for Sun

 

    • Creeping (Moss) Phlox
    • Creeping Thyme
    • Wild Strawberry
    • Yarrow
    • Zizia
    • Selene
    • Juniper
    • Coreopsis
    • Clover
    • Bluestar Creeper
Groundcovers for Shade / Part Shade
  • Iris Cristada
  • Golden Ragwort
  • Chrysogonum
  • Columbine
  • Huchera
  • Mazus
  • Wild Ginger
  • Woodland Phlox
  • Pachysandra
  • Bearberry
  • Sedum Ternatum
  • Tiarella
  • Pennsylvania Sedge
  • Goltheria - Wintergreen
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Virginia bluebells

Grass Guides

Grasses for Sun
  • Panicum
  • Little Blue Stem
  • Blue Fescue
  • Pink/White Muhly Grass
  • Korean Feather Grass
Grasses for Shade / Part Shade
  • Sedge/Carex Grass
  • Sea Oats
  • Korean Feather Reed Grass
Grasses for Salt & Sand
  • Cord grass
  • Little blue stem
  • panicum

Native Gardening Resources

Gardening

AAAAAAK! What's Eating My Garden? A Guide to Pest Control

How To Be Your Own Landscape Designer

Crepe Myrtles

"Habitat Planning for Beneficial Insects"

Hydrangeas

Joe Pye Weeds

Natives

Natural Areas

Shade Perennials

Sun Perennials

Watering Plants

Winterberry Pollination Chart

Bloom Time Calendar for Delaware Flora

Butterfly Garden Certificate

Espoma Product Information Videos

Growing a Greener World

“Habitat Planning for Beneficial Insects”

Invasive Plants

Invasive Plants Senate Bill 207

Invasive Plants in Delaware

Native & Invasive Plants Sold by the
Mid-Atlantic Nursery Industry

Non-Native Invasive Plants of Delaware

Threats to Wildlife: Invasive-Species

Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic

What Are Invasive Species?

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Blue Thumb

Delaware Botanic Gardens

Delaware Center for Horticulture

Delaware Center for Inland Bays

Delaware Native Plant Society

Delaware Nature Society

Ecological Landscape Alliance

Grow Native

Homegrown National Park

Lower Shore Land Trust

Mt Cuba Center

Nanticote Watershed Alliance

Xerces

Xerces Firefly Atlas

Center for Inland Bays

Delaware Botanic Gardens

Lower Shore Land Trust

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Homegrown National Park

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Certified Wildlife Habitat
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