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Evergreen Shrubs
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Evergreen Shrubs
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Spreading Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
6"-8"
6'-12'
full
part
Medium to Low
Blue
cone
fruit
Blue
Purple
2-4
Fragrant Garden
Groundcover
Ferns
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Oak Fern
out
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
6"-1'
1'
part
shade
Wet to Mesic
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
2'-3'
1'-3'
part
shade
Mesic to Dry
3-8
Groundcover
Grasses, Rushes, & Sedges
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Palm (Swamp Oval) Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
2'-3'
1'
full
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
May-June
Green
4-7
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pennsylvanica
6"-12'
full
part
shade
Mesic to Dry
4-5
Groundcover
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
4"-1'4"
1'
full
part
Mesic to Dry
Brown
2-5
Groundcover
Deciduous Shrubs
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Bearberry
ref
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
6"-1'
2'+
full
part
Mesic to Dry
April-May
Pink
White
Red
berry
Maroon
Bird
2-5
Groundcover
Bunchberry
ref
Cornus canadensis
6"-9"
6"+
part
shade
May-July
White
July-October
Red
berry
fruit
Red
Maroon
Purple
2-3
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens
6"
6"+
part
shade
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
May-August
White
Red
berry
Red
3-4
Ornamental Garden
Fragrant Garden
Groundcover
Creeping Dewberry
ref
Rubus spp.
6"-1'
1'+
part
shade
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
White
July-August
berry
fruit
Bird
3-5
Groundcover
Common Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
1'-2'
1'-2'
full
part
Medium
Mesic
May-June
White
July-September
Blue
berry
fruit
Red
Maroon
Bird
Bee
2-3
Groundcover
Vines
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Virgin's Bower
Clematis virginiana
12'-15'
6'-8'
full
part
Wet to Mesic
July-August
White
Cream
August-September
3-5
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Red Vine Honeysuckle
out
Lonicera dioica
5'-10'
part
shade
Wet-Mesic to Dry
May-June
Red
Red
Orange
berry
Bird
Bee
Hummingbird
Bumblebee
Groundcover
Yellow Vine Honeysuckle
out
Lonicera prolifera
10'-15'
4'-8'
full
part
shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
May-June
Yellow
Cream
Red
Orange
berry
Bird
Bee
Hummingbird
Bumblebee
4
Groundcover
Woodbine
out
Parthenocissus inserta
12'-20'
3'-6'
part
shade
Medium
Green
Blue
Black
berry
Red
Bird
3-8
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
50'
full
part
shade
Low
Wet-Mesic
May-June
Green
September
Blue
Black
berry
Red
Maroon
Bird
2-6
Deer Resistant
Groundcover
Wildflowers
Species Photo
Common Name
Scientific Name
Height
Width
Sun
Water Use
Moisture
Bloom Period
Flower Color
Fruit Period
Fruit Color
Fruit Type
Edible Parts
Fall Color
Wildlife
Zone
Recommended
Canada Mayflower
Anemone canadensis
1'-2'
1'+
full
part
Wet-Mesic
May-June
White
3-4
Groundcover
Rue Anemone
out
Anemonella thalictroides
4"-6"
1'
part
shade
Mesic
April-May
Pink
4
Groundcover
Prairie Pussy Toes
Antennaria neglecta
4"
6"+
full
part
Low
Mesic to Dry
April-June
White
Butterfly
3-5
Groundcover
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
6"-1'
part
shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
May-June
Pink
White
Maroon
Beetle
4-5
Groundcover
Ground Plum
out
Astragalus crassicarpus
6"-1'
1'
full
Low
Dry
April-May
Pink
Magenta
Purple
Red
Purple
pod
fruit
Groundcover
Partridge Pea
Chamaechrista fasciculata
6"-3'
1'
full
part
Mesic to Dry
July-September
Yellow
Brown
pod
Ant
Bee
Bumblebee
Groundcover
Cutleaf Toothwort
out
Dentaria laciniata
6"
1'
part
Mesic
April-May
Pink
White
White
3-7
Groundcover
Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
6"-1'
1'
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
April-May
White
Bee
Bumblebee
3-5
Groundcover
White Trout Lily
out
Erythronium albidum
4"-6"
4"+
part
shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
April-May
White
Groundcover
Yellow Trout Lily
Erythronium americanum
6"
6"-8"
shade
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
April-May
Yellow
Groundcover
Large-Leaved Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
2'-3'
1'+
full
part
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
September-October
Blue
White
Lavender
Butterfly
Groundcover
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
6"
8"+
full
Mesic to Dry
April-May
White
June-July
Red
fruit
Red
Maroon
3-5
Groundcover
Northern Bedstraw
out
Galium boreale
1'-2'
1'+
full
part
High to Medium
Wet-Mesic
June-July
White
4
Groundcover
Wild Geranium
out
Geranium maculatum
1'-2'
1'6"+
part
shade
Mesic
April-July
Pink
Lavender
Red
3-5
Groundcover
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
6"-1'
1'+
full
part
Mesic to Dry
April-June
Pink
Red
Silver
Red
Green
Maroon
Purple
4-5
Groundcover
Sharp-Lobed Hepatica
out
Hepatica acutiloba
4"-6"
6"-1'
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
March-May
Pink
Blue
White
Lavender
Red
Brown
Maroon
4
Groundcover
Alumroot (Prairie Coralbells)
Heuchera richardsonii
1'-3'
1'
full
part
Mesic to Dry
May-July
Red
Yellow
Green
Brown
Hummingbird
4
Groundcover
Goldenseal
Hydrastis canadensis
6"-1'4"
8"+
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
April-May
White
Red
berry
Yellow
Groundcover
Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum
6"-1'
2'+
part
shade
High to Medium
Wet-Mesic
April-May
White
Lavender
Bee
Bumblebee
4-5
Groundcover
Dwarf Crested Iris
out
Iris cristata
6"
1'+
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
April-May
Blue
3-5
Groundcover
False Rue Anemone
out
Isopyrum biternatum
4"-1'4"
part
shade
April-May
White
Groundcover
Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
4"-1'6"
6"-9"
part
shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic
April-May
White
pod
Groundcover
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
out
Maianthemum canadense
3"-6"
1'+
part
shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic to Dry
May-June
White
Red
Green
berry
Groundcover
Bishop's Cap
Mitella diphylla
10"-1'6"
part
shade
April-June
White
Groundcover
Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
1'-2'
1'+
part
Mesic
May-June
White
Yellow
berry
Bee
Bumblebee
4
Groundcover
Prairie Blue Eyed Grass
out
Sisyrinchium campestre
9"-1'
9"-1'
full
part
Mesic to Mesic-Dry
May-July
Blue
Violet
3-5
Groundcover
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
1'-2'
1'+
full
Low
Dry
September-October
Purple
Butterfly
4
Fragrant Garden
Groundcover
Longbract Spiderwort
Tradescantia bracteata
1'-1'6"
1'6"-2'
full
Mesic to Dry
May-July
Purple
Violet
Bee
4-9
Groundcover
Downy Yellow Violet
out
Viola pubescens
6"-1'
1'
part
shade
Wet-Mesic
April-May
Yellow
flowers
Butterfly
3-5
Groundcover