Revered for its bright red branches that add a bold kick to the winter landscape, especially when piercing a blanket of snow. Similar habit to silky...
Plants
Corylus americana-American hazlenut
American hazelnut is an important food source for wildlife and a great plant to include in your edible native landscape design. The nuts are small...
Corylus cornuta-Beaked hazlenut
This is one of two species of hazelnut in Maine; they lead completely different lifestyles, which is convenient, because it gives us landscaping...
Diervilla lonicera-Bush honeysuckle
Honeysuckles! Our first thought is non-native invasive Asiatic species like Morrow's. Relax; we do have a few native species of honeysuckle, like...
Doellingeria umbellata-Tall white aster
Yup, the common name nails it, this is a tall white aster! I remember looking forward to this imposing plant as a child, knowing that school was...
Dryopteris marginalis-Marginal wood fern
Don't let the name fool you, the only thing "marginal" about this superb fern is the location of the sori on the pinnae. The sori, or spore bearing...
Echinacea pupurea-Purple coneflower
Purple coneflower is a species that is native to the Ozark and mid-western areas of our country and and can be found across MI, KY, TN, GA and into...
Eupatorium perfoliatum-Boneset
This is one of my favorite natives. The appearance of the plant is so intriguing; the stem seems to shoot right up through multiple whorls of...
Eurybia macrophylla-Big leaf aster
This is an ecotonal species; defined as the transitional area of vegetation between two plant communities. It grows on the edge of the field/ forest...
Eutrochium pupureum-Purple Joe Pye
This species of Joe pye is tolerant of much more shade than the previous two species. It can be found growing in the woods in wet to drier, mesic...
Gaylussacia baccata-Black huckleberry
This is one of the hardiest plants growing in the woods. Rarely solitary, it is most often found growing in who-knows-how-big colonies covering...
Geranium maculatum-Wild geranium
An ecotonal species, liking the area at the forest field edge or in a forested glade. Likes the shade but not too much, likes a bit of sun, but only...
Hamamelis virginiana-Witch hazel
Tall multi-stemmed understory shrub of deciduous forests. I have one growing in my front yard that started its life in shade, but is now in full sun...
Ilex verticilata-Winterberry
A common shrub of wetlands and poorly drained areas. I have a wonderful scrub-shrub/Black tupelo wetland in back on my property with lots of winter...
Iris versicolor-Blue flag
When in bloom, you can't just walk by this blue flag, the mesmerizing purpley-blue color will have you staring in admiration for a few spell bound...
Juniperus communis-Pasture juniper
We native plant folks are always on our soapbox telling you "Don't plant this, plant this!" You don't have to plant those non-native cultivar big...
Juniperus virginiana-Eastern red cedar
Slow growing, medium sized conifer tolerant of poor sandy and salty soils; found growing on the coastline here in southern Maine, the further south...
Kalmia angustifolia-Sheep laurel
Excuse me as I turn on my megaphone, "To all the goats and sheep reading this, please resist the urge to eat the sheep laurel." Okay, now we have...
Larix laricina-Larch
This is a deciduous conifer; we associate conifers as being evergreen, like pines and hemlocks, but not this one. The needle shedding probably...
Lindera benzoin-Spicebush
Splendid medium to large shrub of shady forested wetlands. At the northern end of its range here in southern Maine, it's starting to pop up more and...