Native Plants to the Midwest
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Perennials
- Aquilegia canadensis
- Aruncus dioicus (Goat’s Beard)
- Asclepias incarnate (Swamp Milkweed)
- Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
- Aster novae angliae ‘Purple Dome’ (New England Aster)
- Baptisia australis (Wild Indigo)
- Chelone glabra (Turtlehead)
- Echinacea ‘Ruby Star’
- Eupatorium dubium ‘Little Joe’ (Dwarf Joe Pye Weed)
- Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Summer Nights’ (Oxeye Daisy)
- Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’ (Alumroot)
- Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
- Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
- Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’ (Bee Balm)
- Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’
- Polemonium reptans ‘Stairway to Heaven’
- Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
- Polygonatum biflorum (Solomon’s Seal)
- Rudbeckia triloba (Three-lobed Coneflower)
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium ‘Lucerne’ (Blue-eyed Grass)
- Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’ (Goldenrod)
- Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’
- Crested Iris
- Eryngium yuccifolium ‘Rattlesnake Master’ (Button Snakeroot)
- Oenothera fruticosa ‘Fireworks’ (Evening Primrose)
- Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Pink’ (Moss Phlox)
- Athyrium ‘Lady in Red’
- Matteuccia struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern)
- Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)
- Polystichum acrostichoudes (Christmas Fern)
- Geranium maculatum ‘Espresso’
Ornamental Grasses
- Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed)
- Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’
- Chasmanthium latifolium
- Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Blues’ (Little Bluestem)
- Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’ and ‘Shenandoah’
Shrubs
- Diervilla lonicera
- Fothergilla major (Mountain Witchalder)
- Hamamelis virginiana (American Witchhazel)
- Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
- Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Hydrangea)
- Hypericum kalmianum
- Itea virginiana ‘Henry’s Garnet’
- Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
- Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Centerglow’ (Common Ninebark)
- Salix discolor (Pussy Willow)
- Sambucus canadensis ‘Adams’ (Elderberry)
- Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Viburnum)
Vines
- Aristolochia macrophyla (Dutchman’s Pipe)
- Campsis radicans (Trumpetvine)
- Lonicera ‘Major Wheeler’ (Climbing Honeysuckle)
- Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper)
- Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’ (American Wisteria)
Source: American Beauties Native Plants