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Plant for its beautiful, bright red fall foliage. Needs something sturdy to climb on. Climbs by creating sucker discs that attach it to whatever it's climbing on (hopefully not your house). Will also creep along the ground. Fruits attract many species of birds; esp thrushes and woodpeckers, but other song birds as well.

Light green spots on early spring leaves look like water droplets, giving the name "waterleaf." Those spots disspear later in the season. Bees love this forest flower.

A cool-season grass for a shady or sunny, moist area.

Can grow in water depths of a few inches to 5 feet. Very aggressive, especially in shallow ponds. Very fragrant blooms that range from white to pink (usually white). Provides habitat for frogs, turtles, fish, and several insects.

Can grow in water depths of a few inches to 7 feet. Best used potted and managed in smaller water features; can spread aggressively in ponds. Cute little flowers are wind pollenated.

Sometimes called naked-stem sunflower because the flower stem has very few leaves, giving the impression that the flowers are floating in the air. May form rhizomial colony over time.

Use as a groundcover. We love the long-blooming tiny flowers and puff-ball like seed heads. But, seeds will get caught in your socks if you walk through the garden in the fall. Basal leaves can have a purple hue. Not preferred by deer.

A shrub-like form with wonderful seedpods. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers and host to several skippers, butterflies and moths.

A large specimen for moist shade or part shade but may also tolerate full sun. Male and female flowers on separate plants; both have white flowers. Male flowers are fuller; female flower produces brown seed capsales in the summer. Plants sold unsexed.

A very large, slow-growing, stately tree that can get as wide as it is tall in an open space. Oak trees support the most number of Lepidoptera species in our area.

Interesting bloom, similar to Dalea purpurea, but white flowers and broader leaves. Drought tolerant once the deep roots are established.

Very aggressively spreads by rhizomes and will also selfseed. Wind pollinated. Prefers poor, well-drained, even rocky, soil. Has a wonderful smell.

A late-season bloom for your shady garden. But it can spread aggressively through rhizomes and self-seeding.

Good choice for a dry shade spot and still tolerates heat.

A wonderful ground cover for your shade garden. The heartshaped leaves come up in the spring and quickly cover the ground. They prefer rich, moist, but well drained soil.