Maryland Natives for Your Garden
Native plants have evolved and adapted to local conditions over thousands of years. There are great choices for your landscape, a lot of which we carry to help support Maryland’s natural environment. Planting natives is rising in popularity for the advantages of supporting local wildlife, pollinators, birds, and Maryland’s biodiversity.
The Benefits
Natives are fantastic for your yard in numerous ways:
They are resistant to most pests and diseases.
They are vigorous and hardy, able to survive in the winter cold and summer heat.
They provide food and shelter for birds, butterflies and other desirable wildlife.
Many help to enrich the soil.
Their root systems help rainfall percolate into the soil, reducing erosion and runoff.
They typically require less irrigation or fertilization.
Native Perennials
These are some great native plants that we reguarly carry and recommend. If you’re interested in more, check out this Native Perennials sheet for a full list.
Sun-Loving
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed Monarda didyma - Beebalm
Baptisia australis - False Blue Indigo Oenothera fruticosa - Sundrops
Chelone glabra - White Turtlehead Penstemon digitalis - Beardtongue
Coreopsis verticillata - Threadleaf Coreopsis Phlox subulata - Creeping Phlox
Eupatorium dubium or fistulosum - Joe Pye Weed Solidago - Goldenrod
Helenium autumnale - Sneezeweed Symphyotrichum - New England Aster
Liatris spicata - Gayfeather
Shade-Loving
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine Polemonium reptans - Jacob’s Ladder
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia Polygonatum biflorum - Solomon’s Seal
Itea virginica - Virginia Sweet Spire Tradescantia virginiana - Spiderwort
Ilex verticillata - Winterberry Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower
Ilex opaca - American Holly
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
Native Trees & Shrubs
These are a few of the varieties we carry. If you are looking for a specific native, email us at gepotomacstore@gmail.com with your request and we will see if we can get it.
Cercis canadensis - Easter Redbud
Flowering Dogwood
Ilex opaca - American Holly
Thuja occidentalis - Arborvitae