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Carex albicans (white-tinted sedge)
$6.00It would seem that no matter what you throw at it, this tough little sedge can handle it.
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Carex glaucodea (blue sedge)
$6.00Bunny Blue Hobb isn’t the only blue sedge in town. Carex glaucodea, actually called blue sedge, commonly grows in damp shady eastern woodlands.
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Ilex opaca
$8.00 – $16.00American holly trees are extremely slow-growing trees. However, as a keystone species, it is worth growing at least one or two on your property.
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Lupinus perennis (sundial lupines)
$8.00Sundial lupines are the only lupines native to the mid-atlantic and northeastern region. These are the host plants for the endangered Karner Blue butterfly.
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Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny spurge)
Invasive Japanese pachysandra is out, and the American native Pachysandra procumbens is in, with far more attractive foliage and showy fragrant blooms.
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Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple, American mandrake)
$10.00This spring ephemeral groundcover has a close association with the state-vulnerable eastern box turtle, which favors its fruit and disperses it in the wild.
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Potentilla canadensis (running five-fingers)
$6.00Cute yellow-flowering ground cover that doubles a native lawn alternative that can grow in a wide variety of conditions, including full sun and drought.
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Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)
$10.00Purple meadow-rue is one of the tallest of the meadow-rues with its purple stems, hosts 15 species of caterpillars, and isn’t particularly favored by deer.