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Natives

 

Most plants are native to somewhere.  Even the parents of hybridized perennials (even annuals) have a home.  The interest of native gardening is growing, whether you want a few Trilliums for your woodland garden or want to restore gardens to their natural state.  Native gardening probably is more associated with the woodland plants such as Trilliums, Ginger, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Hepatica, Bloodroot, Ferns, ect  but don’t forget the meadow plants;  Lupines, Asters, Coneflowers, Joe-Pye-Weed, Butterfly Weed, ect

 

This is a native list, but it does not mean everything is native to Nova Scotia.  Not everyone has the same definition of native.  If you are serious, you will look them up. 

 

Prices range from $4.00 - $12.00 depending on the plant with most in the $5 - $8 range.  Cypridpedium is $30.00.           

 

     

Native Plant list 2011              

           

Actea

pachypoda  

White Baneberry

Actea

rubra

Red Baneberry

Adiantum

pedatum

Maidenhair Fern

Anemone

sylvestris

Snowdrop Anemone

Anemone

virginiana

Thimbleweed

Aquilegia

canadense

Red Columbine

Aralia

nudicaulis

Wild Sasperilla

Aralia 

racemosa

American Spikenard

Arisaema

Various Species 

Jack in the Pulpit

Artemisia

stelleriana

Beach wormwood

Asarum

canadense

Native Ginger

Asarum

european

European Ginger

Asclepias

incarnata  

Showy Milkweed

Aster  

 n.a. 

Pink and Violet

Athyrium

filix-femina

Lady Fern

Campanula

rotundifolia

Harebell

Chelone

glabra

White Turtle Head

Clintonia

borealis

Blue Bead Lily

Cornus

canadensis  

Bunchberry

Cypridpedium

calceolus var pubenscens

Yellow Lady Slipper

Dicentra

cucullaria

Dutchman’s Breeches

Dryopteris

disjuncta

Oak Fern

Dryopteris

goldiana

Goldie’s Fern

Dryopteris

marginalis

Wood Fern

Erythronium

americanum

Trout lily

Eupatorium

maculatum "atropurpureum" 

Joe-Pye Weed

Eupatorium

rugosum 

White Snakeroot

Geum

rival

Water Avens

Hepatica

acutiloba

Sharp Lobed Hepatica

Hieracium

aurantiacum

Orange Hawkweed

Iris

pseudacorus

Yellow Flag Iris

Iris

 versicolour

Blue Flag Iris

Lilium *

canadense

Canada lily

Lychnis

flos-cuculi

Ragged Robin

Maianthemum

canadense

Wild lily of the Valley

Matteuccia

struthiopteris

Ostrich Fern

Mertensia

virginica

Virginia Bluebells

Onoclea

sensibilis

Sensitive Fern

Opuntia

humifusa

Eastern Prickly-Pear Cactus

Opuntia

rutilans

Prickly-Pear Cactus

Opuntia

fragilis

Brittle Prickly-Pear Cactus

Opuntia

macrorhiza

Plains Prickly-Pear Cactus

Opuntia

polyacantha

Plains Prickly-Pear Cactus

Osmunda

cinnamomea

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda

claytoniana

Interrupted Fern

Osmunda

regalis

Royal Fern

Podophyllum

peltatuim

Mayapple

Polygonatum

biflorum

Solomon's Seal

Polystichum

acrostichoides

Christmas Fern

Ranunculus

acris var. multiplicipetalus 

Dbl Flowering Buttercup

Sanguinaria

canadensis

Bloodroot

Sisyrinchium

augustifolium

Blue eyed Grass

Smilacina

racemosa

False Solomon Seal

Streptopus  *

roseus

Rosy Twisted Stalk

Stylophorum

diphylla 

Wood Poppy

Symplocarpus

foetidus

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Thyme

serpyllum

PEI Thyme

Tiarella  *

cordifolia

Foamflower

Trientalis  *

borealis

Star Flower

Trillium

erectum

Purple Trillium

Trillium

grandifolia

White Trillium

Trillium

sessile  luteum 

Yellow Trillium

Univularia

grandiflora

Merrybells

Veronicastrum

virginicum

Culver’s Root

Viola

 

Blue Violets

Viola  

 

White Violets

                         

* Not available this year    

           

See also Ferns    

     

 

 

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