Wildlife Garden Plants

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

This Agapanthus shoots up a tall, blue flowering spike.

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 that persist through the winter.

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

Slightly slower-growing than the species, this cultivar has pleasing blue-green foliage.

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

A spreading plum yew with yellow highlighted foliage that forms a nice upright vase shape.

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

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.

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

A dwarf Joe Pye Weed with purple flowers.

This Fig has a dwarf, compact habit yet still produces many fruit per season.

White bottle-brush type flowers are both fragrant and showy.  Dark green foliage in summer that becomes an array of yellow, orange, and red 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.

Wonderful native shrub that can be used in shrub borders, or as a specimen planting.

Dark purple flowering daylily.

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

Beautiful rose pink flowers with a dark red center. 

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.

Large white and fragrant flowers.

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.

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

A native, upright and pyramidal evergreen holly.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

This is a female selection and will need male pollinator for berry production.

Dwarf winterberry that holds its berries long into the winter.

Southern Gentleman is another male cultivar that can be used for berry production for the female Winter Red Holly.

Winter Red is a female Winterberry Holly that produces branches loaded with bright red berries in the winter. Requires a male pollinator.

Bright red berries mature in the fall and persist into winter.