
A few of the native plants of Maryland
There are extensive lists of native plants (for example, the U. Md. Extension's Native Plants; the National Park Service's Plant Lists for Maryland Regions; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping).
The short list below includes some of the native plants commonly found in home gardens in our area and made available to us for fundraising sales. These plants are deer-resistant with the exception of the Symphyotrichum and others marked by an asterisk.
Latin name (common name) bloom time, flower description, light preference, moisture preference
Agastache foeniculum (anise hyssop) summer, purple spears, sun to part, moist to dry
Ageratina altissima (white snakeroot) fall, white fuzzy, part sun, moist
Agrimonia pubescens (downy agrimony) late summer, yellow petals, part sun, moist to dry
Allium cernuum (nodding onion) summer, pink bells, sun to part, moist to dry
Anemone canadensis (windflower) spring, white petals, sun to part, wet to moist
Aquilegia canadensis (red columbine) spring, red trumpets,part to shade, moist to dry
Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit) spring "jack", fall red berries, part to shade, wet to moist
Asarum canadense (wild ginger) spring small brown flower, part to shade, wet to moist
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed) summer, orange trumpets, sun, moist to dry
Asclepius incarnata (swamp milkweed) summer, pinkish clusters, sun, wet to moist
Asclepius syriaca (common milkweed) summer, pinkish clusters, sun, moist to dry
Baptisia australis (blue false indigo) spring, blue flowers, sun to part, moist to dry
Campsis radicans (trumpet vine) summer, red trumpets, sun to part, moist
Carex glaucodea (blue sedge) none, none, part to shade, moist to dry
Cercis canadensis (redbud shrub) spring, pink blossoms, sun, moist
Chasmanthium latifolium (wood oats) fall seedheads, part to shade, moist
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) summer, pink-white turtleheads, sun to part, wet to moist
Chrysogonum virginianum (golden knees) spring, yellow daisy, part sun, moist
Conoclinium coelestinum (mistflower) fall, blue fuzzy, sun to part, moist
Coreopsis verticillata (thread-leaf coreopsis) summer, yellow daisy, sun, moist to dry
Delphinium exaltatum (tall larkspur) summer, purple bloom, sun to part, moist
Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) summer, purple daisy, sun to part, moist to dry
Epilobium coloratum (cinnamon willow herb) summer, pink daisy, part sun, moist
Eragrostis spectabilis (purple lovegrass) fall, pink seedheads, sun, moist to dry
Erigeron philadelphicus (common fleabane) spring, white daisy, part sun, moist
Erigeron pulchellus (Robin's plantain) spring, lavender daisy, part sun, moist to dry
Eupatorium serotinum (thoroughwort) fall, white fuzzy, part sun, moist
Eurybia divaricata (wood aster) fall, white daisy, part to shade, moist to dry
Eutrochium purpureum (Joe-Pye weed) summer, mauve clusters, sun to part, moist
Helenium autumnale (sneezeweed) summer and fall, yellow daisy, sun, moist
Helianthus tuberosum (sunflower, Jerusalem artichoke) summer, yellow daisy, sun to part, moist
Heuchera americana (American alumroot) spring-summer, yellow flower, part to shade, moist to dry
Hypericum mutilum (dwarf St. John's wort) summer, yellow daisy, sun to part, wet to moist
Iris versicolor (blue flag) spring, violet iris, sun to part, wet to moist
Liatris spicata (blazing star) fall, violet spikes, sun, moist
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) summer and fall, red tubes, sun to part, wet to moist
Lobelia siphillitica (blue lobelia) summer, blue trumpets, sun to part, wet to moist
Lonicera sempervirens (coral honeysuckle) spring and summer, red trumpets, sun, moist
Matteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich fern) none, none, part to shade, wet to moist
Menthis arvensis (common mint) summer, violet flowers, sun to part, moist
Mertensia virginica (Virginia bluebells) spring, blue trumpets, part to shade, moist
Monarda didyma (scarlet bee balm) summer, red globe, sun to part, wet to moist
Monarda fistulosa (bergamot bee balm) summer, red-violet globe, sun to part, moist to dry
Monarda punctata (horsemint) summer, purple and yellow layers, sun to part, moist to dry
Oenothera fruticosa (sundrops) spring, yellow flowers, sun, moist to dry
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern) none, none, part to shade, wet to moist
Osmunda regalus (royal fern) none, none, part sun to shade, wet to moist
Packera (Senecio) aurea (golden ragwort) spring, yellow daisy, sun to shade, wet to dry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) fall, red leaves, sun to shade, moist
Passiflora incarnata (maypops; passionflower vine) summer, purple flower, sun to part, moist to dry
Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue) spring, white trumpets, sun, moist to dry
Phlox paniculata (tall garden phlox) summer, white or pink flowers,sun to part, moist
Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant) summer, pink flowers, sun, moist
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern) none none, part to shade, moist to dry
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) summer, purple spires, sun to part, moist
Pycnanthemum muticum (blunt mountain mint) summer, pink clusters, sun to part, moist to dry
Rosa carolina (pasture rose) spring, pink roses, sun, moist
Rudbeckia fulgida (yellow coneflower) summer, yellow daisy, sun, moist to dry
Rudbeckia hirta (black-eyed susan) summer, yellow daisy, sun, moist
Rudbeckia laciniata (cutleaf coneflower) summer, yellow daisy, sun to shade, moist
Salvia lyrata (lyreleaf sage) spring, pink trumpets, sun to shade, moist to dry
Sedum ternatum (stonecrop) spring, tiny white flowers, sun to shade, moist
Senna marylandica (Maryland senna) summer, yellow flowers, sun, moist
Silene caroliniana* (wild pink) spring, pink flowers, sun to part, moist to dry
Sisyrinchium augustifolium (blue-eyed grass) spring, blue daisy, sun, moist
Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod) fall, yellow sprays, sun, wet to moist
Symphyotrichum cordifolium* (blue wood aster) summer, blue daisy, sun to part, moist to dry
Symphyotrichum ericoides* (many-flowered aster) fall, white daisy, sun, moist to dry
Symphyotrichum laeve* (smooth aster) fall, purple daisy, sun, moist to dry
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum* (panicled aster) fall; white daisy, sun, moist to dry
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae* (New England aster) fall, purple daisy, sun, moist
Symphyotrichum pilosum* (heath aster) fall, white daisy, sun, moist to dry
Teucrium canadense (American germander) summer, lavender raceme, part sun, moist
Tiarella cordifolia (foam flower) spring, white tiny daisy, part to shade, moist to dry
Tradescantia ohiensis* (Ohio spiderwort) summer, purple flower, sun to part, moist to dry
Vernonia novaboracensis (New York ironweed) fall, purple fuzzy, sun, wet to moist
*browsed by deer