Wood is prized for furniture and fine woodworking. Plant parts are toxic, except for the fruit and inner bark, which is used to flavor cough syrup
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Best grown in full to partial shade in a humus-y well-drained soil that is consistently moist; leaves will scorch if soil is allowed to dry out. Divided leaves provide interest, and tall flower spikes are showy, particularly against a dark background. Other Common Names: Black Bugbane, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candles Other Scientific Names: Cimicifuga racemosa ...
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Large showy flowers; makes an excellent naturalizing plant; nectar source for hummingbirds. Grows best in rich, moist, but well-drained soil; if the usually red flowers are pale it might have hybridized with painted buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica).
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Slender Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) is a smooth-stemmed, clumping goldenrod with one or more blooming stems branching from a single stalk. Foliage and stem may be burgundy colored, especially in late fall. This handsome perennial pairs well with other fall blooming flowers like blazing stars (Liatris pilosa, for example) and native grasses. Contrary to popular...
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Whorled Coreopsis (Coreopsis major) grows in sun to part shade with plant blooming heaviest in sun; dry to average soil. Other Common Names: Whorled Leaf Coreopsis, Greater Tickseed, Wood Tickseed, Whorled Tickseed
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