Plants for Buffers and Water's Edge

Remember, the most important thing is to select the right plant for the right place.

(1) First, determine the characteristics and growing conditions of the area of your yard that you plan to landscape.

• What is the soil like? Is it sandy or clay? How well does it drain?
• Is the site dry, moist, or wet?
• Does the site receive full sun, partial sun, or is it shady?
• What are the temperature ranges for your area?

(2) Second, select plants that are appropriate for the characteristics of your yard, require little maintenance, and will help prevent runoff.

• What is the soil like? Is it sandy or clay? How well does it drain?
• Is the site dry, moist, or wet?
• Does the site receive full sun, partial sun, or is it shady?
• What are the temperature ranges for your area?

For more information about selecting the right plants for your yard, visit our Resources page.

The following plant recommendations were provided by Leslie Pierpont of Native and Uncommon Plants .

* marked are native
Plants for MOIST SHADE	Plants for MOIST SUN
Cinnamon Fern * Royal Fern * Senecio/Packera Aurea/ Groundsel Violets * Ajuga repens ‘Bronze Beauty’ River Oats/Chasmanthium latifolium * Chrysoganum virginiana/Green ‘n Gold * Carex Heuchera Lobelia cardinalis/Cardinal Flower * Phlox divaricata * Ilex glabra/Inkberry * Walter’s Viburnum dwarf *	Juncus effuses/ Softrush * Canna flaccida/ Yellow Canna * Iris/Blue Flag * Louisiana Iris Spartina bakeri/ Sand Cordgrass * Hibiscus coccinea/Scarlet Hibiscus * Lyonia lucida/Fetterbush * Sisyrinchium/Blue-eyed Grass * Rhexia mariana/Meadowbeauty * Hydrolea corymbosa/ Skyflower Ilex glabra/Inkberry * Walter’s Viburnum  dwarf * Darrow’s Blueberry/Vaccineum darrowii * Tripsacum dactyloides & T. floridanum/ Fakahachee Grass & Dwarf Gamagrass *

Plants for DRY SUN

Plants for DRY SHADE

Aptenia /Sun Rose Physostegia/Obedient Plant Paspalum Grass Penstemon laevigata * Stokesia laevis/ Stokes aster * Achillea/Yarrow Dianella – lots of varieties Bulbine Eragrostis – Elliott’s & Purple Lovegrass Eupatorium/Joe Pye Weed * Zamia pumila/Coontie palms * Salvias * Rudbeckias Beach Sunflower/Helianthus debilis * Lonicera sempervirens/Coral Honeysuckle * Trachelospermum jasminoides/Confederate Jasmine Liriope Asparagus meyerii/Foxtail Fern

Dianella tasmanica variegata Zamia pumila/Coontie palms * Trachelospermum jasminoides/Confederate Jasmine Asiatic Jasmine/T. asiaticum Sarcococca hookerana humilis Liriope Cast Iron Plant Mondo Grass