Shrubs & Ground Covers

Shrubs 8 Feet or Over
  • Bottlebrush Plant: Fothergilla major
  • Possum Haw: Viburnum prunifolium
  • Winterberry: Ilex verticillata  tolerates moist soils
  • Bottlebrush Buckeye Aesculus parviflora  suckers and forms wide stand
Shrubs 8 Feet or Under
  • Sweet Pepper Bush: Clethra alnifolia  tolerates moist soil and moderate shade
  • Swarf Bottlebrush: Fothergilla gardenii
  • Shrubby St. Johnswort: Hypericum prolificum
  • Blueberry: Vaccinum corymbosum, V.angustifolium
  • Virginia Rose: Rosa virginiana
  • Sweetfern: Comptonia peregrina
  • American Cranberry: Viburnum trilobum
  • Red Chokeberry: Anonia arbutifolia
  • Bayberry: Myrica pensylvanica
  • Hardhack: Spiraea tomentosa
  • Gray Dogwood: Cornus racemosa, suckering, for large area
  • Swamp Azalea: Rhododendron viscosum
Evergreen Shrubs
  • Inkberry: Ilex glabra
  • Mountain Laurel: Kalmia latifolia
  • Hobblebush: Leucothoe fontanesiana
  • Canada Yew: Taxus canadensis  tolerates moisture
  • Common Juniper: Juniperus communis
Herbaceous Ground Covers
  • Hayscented Fern: Dennstaedtia punctilobula
  • Grasses: Deschampsia caespitosa, Luzula sylvatica
  • Andropogon: Schizachrium scoparius
  • Tawny Daylily: Hemercocallis fulva
  • Common Polypody: Polypodium vulgare is good for ledge

Vibrant Plants
Flowers Next to a Rock Wall