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Genera

A

Acanthus: bear's breech
Acorus: sweet flag
Actinidia: hardy kiwi fruit; bower vine; kolomikta vine; tara vine
Adiantum: northern maidenhair fern
Aegopodium: variegated bishop's weed
Agastache: Giant hyssop
Ajuga: Bugleweed
Akebia: five-leaved akebia
Allium: onion; chives
Ammophila: American beachgrass
Amphicarpaea: hog peanut
Amsonia: Arkansas blue-star; blue star; thread-leaf blue star; willow amsonia
Andropogon: big bluestem; turkey-foot
Anemone: Canada anemone
Anthoxanthum: sweet vernal grass
Apios: Indian potato; groundnut
Aquilegia: Columbine
Aralia: sarsparilla
Arctostaphylos: bearberry; kinnikinick
Arenaria: irish moss
Arisaema: Jack-in-the-pulpit
Aristolochia: Dutchman's pipe
Armeria: sea pink
Aruncus: Goatsbeard
Arundinaria: canebrake bamboo; large cane; small canebrake bamboo; southern cane; switch cane
Arundo: giant reed; Italian reed; cana brava
Asarum: Wild ginger
Asclepias: butterfly weed; swamp milkweed
Asimina: pawpaw
Asplenium: ebony spleenwort
Aster: aster
Athyrium: Japanese painted fern; lady fern
Atrichum: (moss)

B

Bambusa: bamboo
Baptisia: False indigo
Begonia: begonia
Betula: birch
Bignonia: cross vine
Boltonia: (aster-like) boltonia
Bouteloua: sideoats grama
Buchloe: buffalo grass

C

Calamagrostis: reed grass
Calla: water calla; wild calla
Callicladium: (moss)
Caltha: marsh marigold; cowslip
Campanula: bluebells of Scotland; harebell
Campsis: trumpet creeper; trumpet vine
Carex: sedge
Cassia: Senna
Ceanothus: New Jersey tea; red root;wild snowball
Celastrus: American bittersweet
Cephalanthus: buttonbush
Cerastium: Chickweed
Ceratostigma: hardy plumbago
Cercis: eastern redbud tree
Chamaedaphne: cassandra; leatherleaf
Chamaemelum: Chamomile
Chasmanthium: northern sea oats
Chelone: Lyon's turtlehead; red turtlehead; turtle-head
Chionanthus: fringetree
Chrysanthemum: ox-eye daisy; white daisy
Chrysogonum: golden star
Chrysopsis: Golden aster
Cladonia: reindeer moss
Clethra: summersweet; sweet pepperbush
Climacium: tree moss, umbrella moss
Convallaria: lily-of-the-valley; pink-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Coptis: cankerroot; goldthread
Coreopsis: tickseed; stiff coreopsis
Cornus: Asian flowering dogwood; bunchberry; flowering dogwood; kousa dogwood; pagoda dogwood; alternate-leaved dogwood
Cymbopogon: citronella grass; lemon grass
Cyperus: umbrella sedge
Cystopteris: brittle fern; fragile fern

D

Danthonia: junegrass
Decodon: water loosestrife; water willow
Delosperma: hardy ice plant
Dennstaedtia: boulder fern; hay-scented fern
Deschampsia: tufted hair grass
Dianthus: Pink
Dicentra: wild bleeding-heart
Diervilla: bush honeysuckle
Dionaea: Venus's flytrap
Dioscorea: Chinese yam; cinnamon vine; wild yam
Diospyros: American persimmon
Dryopteris: eastern wood-fern; evergreen woodfern

E

Echinacea: purple coneflower
Elaeagnus: wolfberry; silverberry
Empetrum: black crowberry
Epigaea: Mayflower; trailing arbutus
Epimedium: bishop's cap
Equisetum: scouring rush
Eragrostis: love grass
Erianthus: Ravenna grass
Erigeron: Fleabane
Eriophorum: rough cotton grass
Euonymous: running strawberry bush
Eupatorium: Joe-Pye-weed; boneset; hardy ageratum; mist flower

F

Fargesia: (clump-forming bamboo); dragon's head bamboo; fountain bamboo; umbrella bamboo
Festuca: blue fescue
Ficus: common fig
Fragaria: strawberry

G

Gaillardia: Blanket flower
Galium: sweet woodruff
Gaultheria: checkerberry; salal; shallon; lemon leaf; teaberry; wintergreen
Gaylussacia: black huckleberry
Gelsemium: yellow jessamine
Geranium: wild geranium
Geum: chocolate root; water avens
Gillenia: Indian physic; bowman's root
Goodyera: orchid
Gymnocarpium: oak fern
Gypsophila: clumping baby's breath

H

Halesia: Carolina silverbell tree
Hamamelis: common witch hazel
Hedyotis: bluets; Quaker ladies
Helianthus: Sunflower
Helictotrichon: blue oat grass
Hemerocallis: daylily
Herniaria: herniary
Heuchera: rock geranium
Hibanobambusa: bamboo
Hibiscus
Hierochloe: Seneca grass; holy grass; sweet grass; vanilla grass
Hypoxis: star grass
Hystrix: bottlebrush grass

I

Indocalamus: bamboo
Iris: iris; blue flag; yellow flag
Itea: Virginia willow; sweetspire; tassel-white

J

Juncus: Japanese-mat rush; soft rush

K

Kalmia: mountain laurel; calico bush; sheep laurel
Kerria: kerria

L

Lamiastrum: yellow archangel
Lamium: Dead nettle
Laportea: wood nettle
Laurentia: blue star creeper
Lavandula: lavender
Ledum: Labrador tea
Liatris: Blazing star
Lilium: Turk's-cap lily
Lindera: spicebush
Liriope: creeping lilyturf
Lobelia: cardinal flower; great blue lobelia
Lonicera: honeysuckle
Ludwigia: False loosestrife
Luzula: common wood-rush
Lycopodium: ground cedar; tree club moss
Lygodium: climbing fern; Hartford fern
Lyonia: swamp andromeda
Lysimachia: loosestrife

M

Magnolia: sweet bay magnolia
Maianthemum: Canada mayflower
Manfreda: false aloe
Marshallia: large-flowered Barbara's button
Matteuccia: American ostrich fern; ostrich fern
Meehania: Meehan's mint; creeping mint
Melissa: lemon balm
Mentha: Corsican mint; applemint; horsemint; peppermint; spearmint
Mertensia: Bluebells; lungwort
Mimulus: Alleghany monkeyflower
Miscanthus: silver grass; maiden grass; variegated eulalia; maiden grass
Mitchella: partridgeberry
Monarda: Oswego tea; bee balm; dotted mint; horsemint; purple bergamot; wild bergamot
Morus: mulberry
Muhlenbergia: purple hairgrass
Musa: hardy banana

N

Nepeta: catmint
Nymphaea: fragrant water lily

O

Oenothera: showy evening primrose
Onoclea: sensitive fern
Ophiopogon: dwarf lillyturf; mondo grass
Opuntia: prickly pear; Indian fig; chain-link cactus; cholla
Origanum: marjoram; oregano
Osmunda: cinnamon fern; interrupted fern; royal fern

P

Pachysandra: Alleghany pachysandra; Japanese pachysandra
Panicum: switch-grass
Parthenium: wild quinine
Parthenocissus: Virginia creeper; woodbine
Passiflora: passionflower; Maypop; apricot vine
Paxistima: cliff green; mountain lover
Peltandra: arrow-arum; tuckahoe
Pennisetum: Chinese pennisetum
Penstemon: St. Joseph's wand; pine-leaved penstemon
Petasites: fuki; sweet coltsfoot
Phalaris: ribbon grass
Philadelphus: mock orange
Phlox: phlox; flowering moss; ground pink; wild sweet William
Phragmites: variegated common reed grass
Phyllostachys: bamboo
Physostegia: obedient plant
Pleioblastus: bamboo
Podophyllum: Mayapple; wild lemon
Polemonium: Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; bluebell
Polygonatum: hairy Solomon's-seal
Polygonum: knotweed
Polypodium: polypody
Polystichum: Christmas fern
Polytrichum: (soft haircap moss); common haircap moss
Poncirus: hardy orange; trifoliate orange
Pontederia: pickerel weed
Potentilla: bush cinquefoil; golden cinquefoil; shrubby cinquefoil; three-toothed cinquefoil
Prunus: wild plum; wild cherry
Pseudosasa: bamboo
Psidium: Cattley guava; purple strawberry guava
Pycnanthemum: mountain mint
Pyrola: shinleaf; wild lily-of-the-valley

R

Rhododendron: rosebay rhododendron; great laurel; white swamp azalea
Rosa: Virginia rose
Rudbeckia: coneflower
Ruellia: wild petunia

S

Sagina: Corsican moss
Salvia: lyre-leafed sage; pineapple sage
Sambucus: sweet elderberry
Sanguinaria: bloodroot
Sasa: bamboo
Sasaella: bamboo
Sassafras: sassafras
Saururus: lizard's tail
Saxifraga: strawberry begonia
Schizachyrium: bunchgrass; little bluestem
Scirpus: bulrush
Sedum: (sedum); (trailing sedum); October plant; Siebold stonecrop; golden moss; wall pepper; wild stonecrop; worm grass; yellow stonecrop
Semiarundinaria: bamboo
Sempervivum: cobweb houseleek; common houseleek; hens-and-chickens
Senecio: golden groundsel
Shibataea: bamboo
Silene: fire pink
Silphium: cup plant
Sisyrinchium: pointed blue-eyed grass
Solidago: goldenrod
Sorghastrum: Indian grass
Spartina: variegated prairie cordgrass
Sphagnum: sphagnum moss
Spigelia: Indian pink
Spiraea: meadowsweet
Sporobolus: prairie dropseed
Stachys: Betony; hedge nettle; woundwort
Stokesia: Stokes' aster
Stylophorum: celandine poppy; wood poppy
Styrax: Japanese snowbell tree
Symphytum: comfrey

T

Tanacetum: common tansy; golden buttons
Thalia: water canna
Thelypteris: New York fern; marsh fern
Thuidium: feather moss
Thymus: bear's breech
Tiarella: Wherry's foamflower; foamflower
Tradescantia: hairy spiderwort
Tripsacum: eastern gama grass
Typha: cat-tail

U

Urtica: stinging nettle
Uvularia: sessile bellwort; wild oats

V

Vaccinium: cranberry; early sweet blueberry
Verbena: Simpler's joy; blue vervain
Veronica: Speedwell; brooklime
Veronicastrum: culver's root
Vetiveria: khas-khas; khus-khus; vetiver
Viburnum: black haw; highbush cranberry; maple-leaved viburnum; nannyberry; northern arrow-wood; sheepberry; wild raisin; withe-rod viburnum
Vinca: periwinkle
Viola: violet

W

Waldsteinia: barren strawberry; waldsteinia
Woodwardia

Y

Yucca: bear grass, Adam's needle; needle palm, Adam's needle

Z

Zizania: wild rice
Zizia: golden alexanders

Catalog as of August 06, 2008

Aster

(Compositae - daisy family)

Somewhere between 250 and 500 species of mostly summer- and fall-flowering perennial herbs. Many of these are popular ornamentals. The following native species are well suited to meadows and wild gardens. Can't ship to CA, OR, or WA.

carolinianus

peren • ht to 10' (with support) • zones 5-9

climbing aster

native, fragrant, dry - moist, sun - part shade
se US

An interesting, vine-like aster with narrow, grayish-green leaves. Bears an abundance of pink to pale purple flowers beginning in August. Flowers peak in their showiness in October, and can last through November in milder climates. The sweet almond scent of the flowers is strongest on sunny days. Climbs trellises or other structures with ease, sometimes reaching a height of 10'. Stems that are not killed by the winter should not be cut back in spring to encourage bushier growth.

cat # 6O2C
$8.95 each / 3+, $8.50 ea

cordifolius

peren • ht 2-5' • zones 4-8

blue wood aster

new, native, dry - moist, sun - part shade
e North Amer

Clouds of small, daisy-like asters (to frac34" diameter) with pale blue rays and yellow centers bloom, often profusely, from late summer to early fall. Leaves are sharply-toothed, with the lower ones being heart-shaped (to 5" long) and the upper ones being smaller and more ovate. Grows in rich, dry or moist woodlands, bluff bases, stream banks and moist ledges. Flowers are attractive to butterflies. Deer resistant.

cat # 6O2D
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea

divaricatus

peren • ht 2' • zones 4-8

white wood aster

native, ground cover, sun - shade
e US

A woodland species with heart-shaped leaves. Clusters of white flowers about 1" across appear in late summer. Prefers moist soil and partial shade. Makes an interesting ground cover.

cat # 6O2E
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea

laevis

peren • ht 2-4' • zones 4-8

smooth aster

native, dry - moist, sun - part shade
e and cent N Amer

Brings forth a profusion lavender-blue flowers in late summer and early fall. Notable for its clean-looking, almost waxy-smooth leaves.

cat # 6O2I
$7.95 each

lateriflorus

peren • ht 3' • zones 3-8

calico aster

native, sun
e and cent N Amer

Tiny leaves and a dense growth habit distinguish this species. Multitudes of small white flowers with yellow and purple centers appear in late summer and fall.

cat # 6O2J
$7.95 each

linariifolius

peren • ht 1-1½' • zones 3-9

stiff aster; bristly aster

native, rock garden, dry - moist, sun
e and cent US

With its very narrow, closely spaced leaves, this unusual Aster looks almost like a small conifer when not in flower. Clusters of blue-violet flowers appear in late summer or fall. A fine native species, it is tolerant of poor, dry, sandy or rocky soil.

cat # 6O2K
$7.95 each

novae-angliae

peren • ht 4-5' • zones 3-9

New England aster

native, moist - wet, sun - part shade
N Amer

Upright, with clusters of deep purple flowers 1-2" across in late summer and early fall. A showy plant; one of the best of the native asters. Very attractive to butterflies, while in flower.

cat # 6O2M
$7.95 each

novae-angliae 'Roseus'

peren • ht 4-5' • zones 3-9

pink-flowered New England aster

native, moist - wet, sun - part shade

Like the species, above, but with pink flowers. Complements the purple form nicely. Very attractive to butterflies, while in flower.

cat # 6O2N
$7.95 each

puniceus

peren • ht 4-7' • zones 3-9

swamp aster

native, moist - wet, sun - shade
e and cent N Amer

A clump-forming species with light purple flowers 1 to 1" across in late summer and early fall. A well-grown plant of this species can be outstanding when in flower.

cat # 6O2P
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea

simplex

peren • ht 5' • zones 4-8

panicled aster

native, moist - wet, sun - shade
e and cent N Amer

Bears numerous white flowers frac34" to 1" across from late summer into fall. Spreads to form a colony.

cat # 6O2S
$7.95 each

spectabilis

peren • ht 1-2' • zones 4-8

showy aster

native, rock garden, dry - moist, sun - part shade
e US, MA to SC

The combination of relatively short stature and large (to 1½" across), showy, violet-purple flowers make this a particularly desirable species for cultivation in gardens. Blossoms in late summer and fall. Should have plenty of sun for best flower production. Often grows naturally in dry, sandy soil, and is quite tolerant of such conditions.

cat # 6O2T
$8.95 each