This chart is to help you learn about some native plants that can be grown in our area and some of their characteristics.
We do not grow all of these at Elmore Roots but we always have some of them in stock. Feel free to ask for what you are interested in and let us know what your criteria are. We can help you find a good match.
| Native Plants List | |||||||||
| Plant | Climate requirements | Mature Ht | Comments | ||||||
| Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis | shade | 4-8" | Large white flowers, red fruits | ||||||
| Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens | Shade, acid | 2-4" | Shiny, evergreen leaves, red fruit | ||||||
| American Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens | Shade | Vine | Orange fruit for decoration | ||||||
| Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Shade | Vine | Fruit for wild birds, fast growing | ||||||
| Clematis | Shaded roots | Vine | Abundant Flowers | ||||||
| Swamp Azalea, Rhododendron viscosum | Wet, acid, sun to partial shade | 6-10' | Fragrant white flowers | ||||||
| Elderberry | Wet | 6-10' | Large white flower clusters; high vitamin purple fruit | ||||||
| Blueberry, highbush | acid soil | 3-8' | Fruit and flowers and rainbow fall foliage | ||||||
| Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum | Sun and partial shade | 6-8' | White flowers, Wildlife food, adaptable | ||||||
| American Highbush Cranberry, | |||||||||
| Viburnum trilobum | Wet, shade | 8-10' | White flowers, red fruit Sept-Dec, Fruit for wildlife | ||||||
| Speckled Alder, Alnus rugosa | Wet | 10-25' | Fixes nitrogen, wildlife cover and holds stream banks | ||||||
| Juneberry | Shade | 8-10' | White flowers, purple blueberry-like fruits in June or July, outstanding fall color | ||||||
| Pagoda Dogwood, Cornus alternifolia | Sun or partial shade | 10-20' | White flowers, purple fruit, fall color | ||||||
| Winterberry, Ilex verticillata | Wet | 5-10' | Red fruit in winter (Need male and female to produce fruit) | ||||||
| Northern Bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica | Dry, salt-tolerant | 6-8' | Fragrant leaves, waxy fruit for birds (Need male and female to produce fruit) | ||||||
| Hazelbert (Filbert), Corylus americana | Dry, Sun or shade | 6-9' | Wildlife food | ||||||
| Flowering Raspberry, Rubus odoratus | Sun or shade | 3-5' | Large purple flowers and red fruits | ||||||
| Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa | Wet or Dry | 3-6' | Red foliage in fall; wild bird food | ||||||
| Steeplebush, Spirea tomentosa | Dry or Wet | 2-4' | Pink flowers, grows anywhere | ||||||
| Meadowsweet, Spirea latifolia | Dry | 2-4' | White flowers, very adaptable | ||||||
| Potentilla, | Dry | 2-3' | White or yellow flowers all season | ||||||
| Cranberry (lowbush), | Wet, shade | 2-6" | Large cranberries for many uses. | ||||||
| Blueberry (Lowbush) | 12-18" | Well-drained, acidic soil high in organic matter | |||||||
| Rose, Rosa palustris | Wet | 4-6' | Pink flowers, red fruit | ||||||
| Virginia Rose, Rosa virginiana | Dry | 3-6' | Pink flowers, red fruit | ||||||
| Hawthorns | Dry | 10-25' | White flowers, red fruit | ||||||
| Witchhazel, Hamamelis virginiana | Shade or sun | 10-25' | Yellow flowers in fall | ||||||
| American Plum | Dry | 8-15' | Abundant white flowers, red fruit | ||||||
| Chokecherry | Sun or partial shade | 10-20' | White flowers, red or purple fruit, for song birds | ||||||
| Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina | Dry | 10-25' | Covers banks, birdfood, amazing orange red fall color | ||||||
| Smooth Sumac, Rhus glabra | Dry | 8-15' | |||||||
| Pussy Willow, Salix discolor | Wet, sun | 10-20' | Force new stems for catkins in early spring | ||||||
| Wild Raisin, Viburnum lentago | Shade or Sun | 8-15' | White flowers, blue-black fruit, purple-red fall foliage | ||||||
| Redosier dogwood, Cornus sericea | Wet | 5-8' | Red stems in winter, wild bird fruits | ||||||
| White Cedar, Arborvitae | Sun or Partial Shade | 20-35' | Fragrant twigs, great nesting site | ||||||
| White Ash | Sun | 100' | Purple fall foliage | ||||||
| Red Maple | Sun, wet | 100' | Red fall foliage | ||||||
| Sugar Maple | Sun | 100' | Yellow or Orange foliage | ||||||
| Moosewood Maple, Acer pennsylvanium | Partial shade | 35' | Yellow foliage, striped bark | ||||||
| Black Locust | Sun | 70' | Fragrant flowers | ||||||
| Tamarack/Larch | Sun, Wet | 60' | |||||||
| Bur Oak | Sun | 70' | The hardiest oak, wildlife feasts | ||||||
| Pin Oak | Sun | 70' | |||||||
| Red Oak | Sun | 70' | |||||||
| Birch - White, gray, or yellow | Sun | 30 | |||||||
| Apples | Sun | 15-25' | Fragrant flowers and edible fruit | ||||||
| American Mountain Ash | Sun | 20-30' | White flowers, orange-red berries for wild birds | ||||||
| Jerusalem Artichokes | Sun | 6-8' | Chocolate scented yellow sunflowers; in fall, edible tubers. | ||||||
| Excellent along road where snow will be piled- | |||||||||
| comes up again from roots each spring. Good under roof eaves. | |||||||||