Maiden-hair Fern

Adinatum capilus-verneris

7

Perennial

Soft, fine-textured fern. Bright, yellow-green fan-shaped leaflets on dark purple to black stems

Partial to full shade.

Bentgrass

Agrostis sp.

Cool season, perennial grass

Bushy bluestem

Andropogon glomeeratus

Perennial

native grass

Canna Lily

Canna generalis

7

Perennial

Upright growth with red, yellow, pink, white, orange or mottled gladiolus type large flowers.

Full sun.

Elephant ear

Colocasia esculenta

8

Perennial

Upright Bright-green, heart shaped 2 foot long leaves with wavy edges.

Full sun to partial shade.

Swamp Lilly

Crinum sp.

7

Perennial

Showy, trumpet-shaped white, pink or red flowers.

Sun to partial shade

Umbrella Palm

Cyperus alternifolius

8

Perennial

Upright, spiral, umbrella-shaped foliage

Full sun to partial shade

Cyperus Haspans

9-10

Perennial

Uprightn foliage forms umbrella-shaped clusters

Full sun to partial shade

Cyperus papyrus

9-10

Perennial

Umbrella-shaped cluster of spiral, upright foliage

Full sun to partial shade

Spike Grass, Alkali grass

Distichlis spicata

Perennial

low growing peerennial with extensive rhizomes up to 6 -7 dm tall

wood fern

Dryopteris normalis

9-10

Deciduous Perennial

Medium to fine textured fern

Partial to full shade

Dulichium arandinaceum

Dwarf Perennial

resembles bamboo

Jungle rice

Echinochloa colonum

Annual

introduced grass

Water Grasses

Echinochloa walteri

Annual

native emergent grass

Horsetail Reed

Equisetum hyemale

Perennial

Slender, hollow, vertical stems.  Green with black rings at each joint

sun to part shade

mist flower

Eupatorium coelestinum

7

Upright perennial

Soft, small light-blue to light-purple flowers in bloom in midsummer

Full sun to light shade

Day Lily

Hemerocallis sp.

4

Perennial

Various color flowers bloom throughout summer and fall

Full sun to partial shade

Rose Mallow

Hibiscus coccinius

7-9

Deciduous perennial

Upright foliage with large funnel-shaped flowers

full sun

Rose Mallow

Hibiscus mosheutos

5

Deciduous Perennial

Upright growth, large red, white, pink or bicolor flowers bloom midsummer

full sun to partial shade.

Lily Family

Hosta sp.

3-8

Perennial

White to lavender funnel-shaped flowers, Unique foliage

Partial to full shade

Spider lily

Hymenocallis liriosome

perennial

bulb that forms white blooms in spring

Sun to part shade

Iris

Iris sp.

7

Perennial

Large, unique, blue-purple, yellow or white flowers.

Full sun to partial shade.

Catchfly Grass

Leersia lenticularis

Perennial

stems to 1.5 meters tall

Rice Cutgrass

Leersia oryzoides

Perennial

stems to 1.5 meters tall

Red Sprangle-top

Leptochloa fascicularis

Annual

Native grass with stems 3 to 10 dm tall

Sprangletops

Leptocloa uninervia

Perennial

stems 3 to 10 dm tall

Daisy family

Ligularia sp.

Perennial

Yellow  to orange daisy-like flowers bloom midsummer

Partial shade

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia  cardinalis

7

Perennial

Upright growth with tubular flowers in red, pink or white bloom in summer

Full sun to partial shade

Aquatic Mint

Mentha aquatica

Perennial

sweet herbs with vigorous undergroun runners

Sun or shade

narcissus, daffodils, jonquil

Narcissus sp.

5

Perennial

White, yellow, orange, pink, green spring blooming flowers

Full sun to partial shade.

Paspallum sp.

Perennial

Water Arum

Peltandra virginica

5

Perennial

Red, pink, white or lavender flower spikes bloom early to midsummer

Full sun to  partial shade

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Perennial

Rhizomatous grass. Stems 6 to 15 dm tall.

False Dragonhead

Physostegia virginiana

2-9

Perennial

Funnel shaped purple or white flowers

Full sun to partial shade

Rabbit Foot

Polypogon monospeliensis

Perennial

solitary stems 1.5 to 3.5 dm long

Pickerel weed

Pontederia cordata

Perennial

Dark blue to purple spike-like flowers bloom in spring and summer

Primrose Family

Primula florindae

5-8

Perennial

White, red, pink, lavender or purple fragrant, pendulous, bell-shaped flowers. Upright, grey-green, decorative foliage

Partial shade

Rose Family

Rosa palustris

Deciduous Perennial

Shrub has soft-pink flowers have strong fragrant and blooming late spring.

Full sun to partial shade

Daisy Family

Rudbeckia

3-9

Annual, biennial or perennial

Yellow to orange flowers have brown to black cone-like center and bloom late summer to early fall

Full sun

Sage Family

Salvia eulic

8

Perennial

Upright growth with red flower spikes bloom from early spring to late fall

Partial shade

thalia

Thalia dealbata

Perennial

Purple flowers

cattails

Typha domingensis

Perennial

native emergent forb with creeping rhizomes; narrow, smooth leaveswith lond dense cylindrical spike flower

Arrowhead

Sagittaria spp.

Perennial

have 3 petaled white flowers whorled in threes. Leaves vary greatly in size and shape

Giant Reed

Arundo donax

Perennial

common Reed

Phragmites australis

Perennial

thick creeping rhizomes; smooth flat elongate leaves with rough margins plant 2 to 4 m tall

Soft Rush

Juncus effusus

Perennial

Southern bullrush

Scirpus sp.

Perennial

1 to 3 m tall

Azalea

Rhododendron sp.

native shrub