beginnerPurple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
A central and eastern North American perennial with rose-purple rays around a spiny orange-brown cone.
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beginnerBlack-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
A familiar North American wildflower with golden rays around a dark domed center, often grown as an annual or short-lived perennial.
beginnerWild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
A North American mint-family perennial with aromatic foliage and lavender-pink flower heads that draw summer pollinators.
Pet-friendlierLanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
A compact North American wildflower with narrow basal leaves and clear yellow daisylike flowers on slender spring-to-summer stems.
beginnerBlanket Flower
Gaillardia aristata
A western and northern North American perennial with bristly foliage and long-stemmed yellow to red-and-yellow daisylike flowers.
intermediateGarden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
A classic eastern North American border perennial with fragrant tubular flowers packed into tall midsummer panicles.
Pet-friendlierRed Maple
Acer rubrum
An adaptable eastern North American maple valued for early red flowers, winged seed, and vivid autumn foliage.
intermediateEastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
A small eastern North American tree whose bare branches carry rose-purple pea flowers before heart-shaped leaves emerge.
advancedFlowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
A small eastern North American understory tree with white spring bracts, red fruit for birds, and red-purple fall color.
intermediateRiver Birch
Betula nigra
A fast-growing eastern U.S. birch with curling salmon-brown bark and unusual tolerance of heat and wet ground.
advancedWhite Oak
Quercus alba
A massive, long-lived eastern North American oak with rounded leaf lobes, pale bark, broad shade, and wildlife-rich acorns.
intermediateServiceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
An eastern North American small tree with white spring flowers, edible purple fruit, and warm fall color.
intermediateAmerican Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
A moisture-loving, wildlife-rich deciduous or evergreen landscape shrub for home gardens.
intermediateHighbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
An acid-soil fruiting deciduous or evergreen landscape shrub for home gardens.
intermediateCommon Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
A tough exfoliating-bark deciduous or evergreen landscape shrub for home gardens.
intermediateSummersweet
Clethra alnifolia
A fragrant, moisture-tolerant deciduous or evergreen landscape shrub for home gardens.
intermediateInkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
A spineless evergreen native-range deciduous or evergreen landscape shrub for home gardens.
intermediateCoral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
A hummingbird-pollinated evergreen to deciduous climbing or trailing garden plant for home gardens.
intermediateTrumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
A vigorous self-clinging flowering climbing or trailing garden plant for home gardens.
intermediateVirginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
A vigorous tendril-clinging foliage climbing or trailing garden plant for home gardens.
intermediatePurple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
A suckering herbaceous flowering climbing or trailing garden plant for home gardens.
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