Wildlife Garden Plants

Great native shrub with large white flower spikes that extend above the foliage.

Great for training on a fence, arbor or walls, but also good as ground cover in shady woodland gardens.

This native is the result of a cross between arborea and laevis.  Nice growth habit, white flowers in the spring followed by red foliage in the fall.

Wonderful orange flowering milkweed that attracts butterflies.

Compact ornamental grass that provides cool-season interest with its flower heads the persist through the winter.

Compact ornamental grass that provides cool-season interest with its flower heads the persist through the winter.

Low growing Buddleia with blue flowers accented against silver foliage makes this a good choice for any landscape site with sun.

This new dwarf butterfly bush stays compact and has beautiful blue-lavender flowers.

Spectacular pink flowers that will bloom all season long.

Dark purple flowers accent a background of green foliage on this large, flowering plant. Will bloom continuously through the summer if spent flowers are removed.

Dark lavender flowers on a moderate growing Butterfly Bush with finer-textured foliage. A good choice for summer long interest in the landscape.

Large growing dense plant with an abundance of fragrant white flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds.

Purple berries in the fall make this native plant a showpiece in the landscape.  Easy to grow and drought tolerant.

Ivory colored berries in the fall distinguish this form of American Beauty Berry. Berries persist well into winter. 

Issai Callicarpa is a vigorous selection of Beautyberry that works well in a decidous border.

This native wetland plant will grow in a wide range of conditions. 

Yellow foliage spreading plum yew that forms a nice upright vase shape.

A semi-dwarf (10 feet in 15 years) redbud that showcases a spectacular floral display.

A popular choice for naturalizing. Easy-to-grow shrub has fragrant, white flowers and medium-sized growth habit.

The most popular of the red dogwoods.  Good red flower color along with red foliage in the fall make this a good choice to add color in a woodland planting.

Shrub dogwood with yellow branches that stand out in the winter.

A great evergreen foundation shrub that produces red, witch-hazel like flowers.

Cascading Distylium that flowers in late winter.

Bronze-red new foliage makes a stunning woodland display.

This hardy plant makes a great screen,, somewhat irregular in appearance but becomes an impenetrable hedge in time. Silver gray foliage and fragrant flowers are a plus for this screen plant.

Cold hardy plant frequently planted in large masses. A breathtaking display of fall color when in a hedge or mass planting.

White bottle-brush type flowers are both fragrant and showy.  Dark green foliage in summer that becomes yellow to orange in the fall.

This evergreen vine blooms heavily in the spring and in the fall with sporadic yellow flowers during the summer.  Grows slightly slower than Carolina Jasmine.

This native twining vine has fragrant yellow flowers in the spring.  Hardy and easily grown in just about any conditions.

Easy to grow climbing vine with sweet smelling bright yellow flowers.

An easy-to-grow perennial with ability to withstand the toughest of harsh growing conditions.

An easy-to-grow perennial with ability to withstand the toughest of harsh growing conditions.

Compact cultivar with large showy red flowers.

A tall shrub with long-blooming ruffled flowers. Pretty and reliably tough once established.

One of the best blue flowering Rose of Sharon.

A shrub with showy, blue flowers and dark eye. Pretty and reliably tough once established.

Beautiful, long-blooming shrub with large white flowers. 

An excellent First Edition Hibiscus with large white flowers and pink edges.

One of the largest blue foliage Hostas available.

This slow growing hosta has beautiful blue-green foliage.

Wonderful yellow leaves with a wide green margin.

'Patriot' is one of the tougher Hostas with its ability to handle the heat.

A new paniculata Hydrangea from Southern Living, White Wedding has a large white blooming flower heads. Excellent choice for specimen planting.

Compact, but still large evergreen shrub with red berries. More berries are produced with a pollenizer.

Evergreen leaves are dark green with gold margin. Red berries in large clusters persist into winter.

Tough, tall evergreen ideal for the shrub border or as hedge. Heat and drought tolerant.