Northern-Piedmont Native
If you garden based on local ecotype rather than political borders, these are listed as native for the Piedmont region based on BPlant lists.
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Carex albicans (white-tinted sedge)
$6.00Add to basketIt 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)
$6.00Add to basketBunny 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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Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud)
Read moreShowy, easy-to-grow, spring blooming shrub that hosts 24 diverse species of caterpillars, provides nesting material for leaf-cutter bees, and feeds wildlife with its numerous seed pods.
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Claytonia virginica (spring beauty)
$6.00 – $12.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageEdible spring ephemeral that provides an early food source for pollinators, including the specialist spring beauty miner.
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Corylus americana (American hazelnut)
$18.00Add to basketSeed-grown American hazelnut, also known as the American filbert, is a keystone species that produces choice edible nuts.
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Danthonia spicata (poverty oatgrass)
$6.00Add to basketOne of the top performing grasses in Cornell’s native lawn demonstration area, try replacing your exotic turf with our native Danthonia spicata.
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Dodecatheon amethystinum (amethyst shooting star)
$10.00Add to basketYour wish for a beautiful native garden is granted with this amethyst shooting star!
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Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star)
$10.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageYour wish for a beautiful native garden is granted with this midland shooting star!
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Hierochloe odorata (sweetgrass)
$6.00 – $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Ilex opaca
$8.00 – $16.00Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageAmerican 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)
$8.00Add to basketSundial lupines are the only lupines native to the mid-atlantic and northeastern region. These are the host plants for the endangered Karner Blue butterfly.
