Search Native Plants

  • Reset Search

Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Trillium catesbaei
  • PLANT TYPE: Perennial
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: TRIL-ee-um KAYTS-bee-eye

Catesby Trillium (Trillium catesbaei) grows in average to humusy but well-drained soil in light to deep shade; flowers point down or sideways and appear more prominent planted in groups of three or more or on slopes above a path; established plants prefer a summer dry period. Transplant tips: Relatively easy to transplant; dig about six inches deep to lift rhizomes...
read more

Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Halesia carolina
  • PLANT TYPE: Tree
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: HAYLZ-ee-uh kair-oh-LY-nuh

Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) grows in full sun to partial shade; needs more moisture in full sun; needs moist, acidic, well-drained soil that is high in organic material; is not tolerant of heat, drought, poor soil or alkaline pH. Nice yellow fall color; mid-spring blooms; pink variety available in nursery trade. Bark is distinctively although faintly...
read more

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
  • PLANT TYPE: Perennial
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: low-BEE-lee-uh kar-dih-NAL-iss

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) grows in full sun to partial shade; make sure that the basal rosette is not covered with leaves or other debris over the winter, as the plant depends on the winter sun and will decline and die if it cannot get it; not drought tolerant, but will tolerate average garden conditions. The showy red flowers attract and are pollinated...
read more

Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

  • SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asclepias tuberosa
  • PLANT TYPE: Perennial
  • SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONUNCIATION: (ass-KLE-pee-us tube-er-RO-suh)

Colorful and showy when in bloom, may rebloom later in summer. Drought tolerant when established. Monarch caterpillars may defoliate but leaves will grow back if early enough in the season.
read more

GNPS Menu

Pin It on Pinterest