Plant Lists for Central Ohio
Here are a few lists of plants that I use to help me design gardens. I wouldn’t necessarily use all of these plants in a project, but they help me keep in mind plants that I’ve used, or seen used successfully here. I can’t guarantee that these will work in all situations, but this can be a helpful place to start.
SHRUBS FOR SUN TO PART SUN
HYDRANGEA PANICULATA
CORNUS SERICEA
LILAC MEYERII
VIBURNUM CARLESII
VIBURNUM PRAGENSE
SUNNY CUTTING GARDEN
CROCOSMIA
LAVENDER ‘HIDCOTE’
LEUCANTHEMUM ‘BECKY’
SALVIA ‘CARADONNA’
ALLIUM ‘GLOBEMASTER’, ‘GLADIATOR’
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
PEONY ‘SARAH BERNHARDT’, ALEXANDER FLEMMING,
LILY ‘STARGAZER’
DRY TO MEDIUM, SUN TO PART SUN POLLINATOR GARDEN, NATIVE
GRASSES
PRAIRIE DROPSEED
LITTLE BLUESTEM
SWITCHGRASS
SPRING
BAPTISIA
IRIS VERSICOLOR
EARLY SUMMER
BUTTERFLY WEED
MONARDA FISTULOSA
MONARDA DIDYMA
SUMMER
PURPLE CONEFLOWER
RUDBECKIA HIRTA
MEADOW BLAZING STAR – LIATRIS LIGULISTYLIS
LATE SUMMER/FALL
SHOWY GOLDENROD – SOLIDAGO SPECIOSA
NEW ENGLAND ASTER
RAIN GARDEN MIX
PUSSY WILLOW
BEE BALM – MONARDA DIDYMA
MONARDA FISTULOSA
CULVER’S ROOT
SWAMP MILKWEED
JOE PYE WEED – EUTROCHIUM MACULATUM
SHADE PLANTS
SHRUBS FOR SHADE
BOTTLEBRUSH BUCKEYE
SPICEBUSH
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
ARROWWOOD VIBURNUM
ITEA VIRGINICA
INKBERRY
CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS ‘INCREDIBALL’
FERNS
OSTRICH FERN
AUTUMN FERN
SPRING
BRUNNERA
HELLEBORE (X)
AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS
VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS
DAFFODIL
CORAL BELLS - PARIS, OBSIDIAN
SUMMER
HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS
MONARDA FISTULOSA
MONARDA DIDYMA
LIRIOPE ‘VARIEGATA’
LIRIOPE ‘BIG BLUE
PACHYSANDRA
FALL
WINDFLOWER ‘SEPTEMBER CHARM’OR ‘HONORINE JOBERT’
TREES
LARGE SHADE TREES, SHADE TOLERANT
RED OAK
WHITE OAK
TULIP TREE
LONDON PLANETREE
SUGAR MAPLE
LARGE SHADE TREES FOR SUN
HONEYLOCUST
RIVER BIRCH
SMALL TREES FOR SHADE
EASTERN REDBUD
FLOWERING DOGWOOD
PAW PAW
MUSCLEWOOD
EASTERN HOPHORNBEAM - OSTRYA VIRGINIANA - DRY SOIL
AMERICAN HORNBEAM
SMALL TREES FOR SUN
CRABAPPLE
HAWTHORN