Classification

Common Name

Height

Spread

Bloom Time

Bloom Color

Sun

Water

Maintenance

Page #

Trandescantia (ohiensis / virginiana)

Spiderwort

2-3’/1.5-3’

1.5-2.5’/1-1.5

May-July

Deep blue/violet blue

Full sun-part shade/ part shade to full shade

Dry-medium/medium

medium

Dodecatheon meadia

Shooting Star

1-2’

1’

May-June

White/pink

Full to partial

Medium- moist

Polygonatum canaliculated

Solomon’s Seal

2-4’

1-2’

May-June

Cream

Full to partial

Dry-medium

Dicentra

Bleeding Heart

12-30"

18"

Late spring- early summer

Red, Pink, white

Full shade-part sun

Geranium maculatum

Wild Geranium

1.5-2’

1-1.5’

April-May

pink

Full-partial shade

Medium

medium

Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Columbine

2-3’

1-1.5’

April-May

Pink-red/yellow

Full-partial shade

Medium

Medium

Podophyllum peltatum

Mayapple

1-1.5’

.75-1’

April

White

Partial- full shade

Medium

Medium

Uvularia perfoliata

Bellwort

6-18"

May-June

Pale yellow

Full to partial sahde

moist

Phlox divaricata

Woodland Phlox

.75-1’

.75-1’

April-May

Rose/lavender or violet/blue

Full shade to partial shade

Medium

medium

Metensia virginica

Virginia Bluebells

1.5-2’

1-1.5

March-April

Blue

Partial to full shade

medium

Medium

Sanquiinaria canadensis

Bloodroot

.5-.75’

.25-.5’

March-April

White- light pink

Partial to full shade

Medium

Medium

Viola palmata

Wood Violet

4-6"

April —May

Violet

Aster shortii

Short’s Aster

2-3.5’

July-fall

Lavender or pale blue/violet

Partial Sun

Mesic-slightly dry

Solidago ulmifolia

Elm-leaved Goldenrod

2-4.5’

Late summer-early fall

Yellow-orange

Light shade-partial sun

Moist-slightly dry conditions

Solidago flexicaulis

Zig-zag Goldenrod

2-4’

1’

August-September

Yellow

Full to partial shade

Dry-medium

Penstemon calycosus

Smooth Beard Tongue

1-3’

Late spring-early summer

Light violet or purple

Partial sun

Mesic conditions

Pulmanaria

(facts based on saccharata)

Lungwort

1-1.5’

1.5-2’

Mid spring

Pink, light blue, white

Partial-full shade

moist

Ferns

Higly variable

Stylophorum diphyllum

Celandine Poppy (Wood Poppy)

1-1.5’

.75-1’

April-June

yellow

Partial to full shade

Medium- wet

high