Garden Obstacles: Sunny and Dry
Updated: Jan 25, 2022
Oh, where to begin with this one! Full sun is six or more hours of direct sunlight. Many of our native plants prefer this condition. This is just a small list to get you started. As always, deer and rabbit resistant is not a guarantee that they will not browse it.
Bulbs:
Allium cernuum - Nodding Onion 🦌🐇
Edibles:
Fragaria virginiana - Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana 'Intensity' - Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana 'Port Huron' - Wild Strawberry
Gaylussacia baccata - Black Huckleberry
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot 🦌
Vaccinium angustifolium - Lowbush Blueberry
Grasses:
Andropogon gerardii - Big Bluestem 🦌
Andropogon virginicus - Broomsedge 🦌
Eragrostis spectabilis - Purple Love Grass 🦌
Panicum virgatum - Switchgrass 🦌
Schizachyrium scoparium - Little Bluestem 🦌
Sorghastrum nutans - Indian Grass 🦌
Sporobolus heterolepsis - Prairie Dropseed 🦌
Perennials:
Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow 🦌
Baptisia tinctoria - Wild Indigo 🦌🐇
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed 🦌
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed 🦌🐇
Aster ericoides - Heath Aster 🦌🐇
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry' - Heath Aster Cultivar 🦌🐇
Aster oblongifolius - Aromatic Aster 🦌🐇
Aster oblongifolius 'October Skies' - Aromatic Aster Cultivar🦌🐇
Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite' - Aromatic Aster Cultivar 🦌🐇
Callirhoe involucrata - Poppy Mallow
Chrysopsis mariana - Maryland Aster 🦌
Echinacea pallida - Pale Purple Coneflower 🦌🐇
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master 🦌
Geum triflorum - Prairie Smoke 🦌🐇
Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae - New England Blazing Star 🦌
Liatris spicata - Blazing Star 🦌
Monarda bradburiana - Eastern Bee Balm 🦌🐇
Monarda punctata - Spotted Horsemint 🦌🐇
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum - Stiff Goldenrod
Optuntia humifusa - Prickly Pear 🦌
Penstemon hirsutus - Hairy Beardtongue 🦌🐇
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion Blue' - Creeping Phlox 🦌
Phlox subulata 'Fort Hill' - Creeping Phlox 🦌
Phlox subulata 'Snowflake' - Creeping Phlox 🦌
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Threadleaf Mountain Mint 🐇
Ratibida pinnata - Gray Coneflower 🐇
Solidago flexicaulis - Zig Zag Goldenrod 🦌
Solidago speciosa - Showy Goldenrod
Sedges:
Carex appalachica - Appalachian Sedge 🦌
Carex bicknellii - Bicknell's Sedge 🦌
Carex texensis - Texas Sedge 🦌
Shrubs:
Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny Serviceberry
Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi - Bearberry
Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts' - Bearberry Cultivar
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey Tea
Comptonia peregrina - Sweet Fern 🦌🐇
Diervilla lonicera - Bush Honeysuckle
Myrica pensylvanica - Bayberry
Potentilla fruticosa - Cinquefoil Cultivars 🦌
Prunus maritima - Beach Plum 🦌
Rhus aromatica 'Gro-Low' - Fragrant Sumac Cultivar 🐇
Rhus copallinum - Winged Sumac
Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose
Trees:
Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar 🦌
Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry
Vines:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper
Top Row: Spotted Horsemint, Zig Zag Goldenrod, Threadleaf Mountain Mint
Second Row: Bush Honeysuckle, Sweet Fern, Nodding Onion
Third Row: Winged Sumac, 'Snow Flurry' Heath Aster, Wild Bergamot
Bottom Row: Rattlesnake Master, 'Raydon's Favorite' Aromatic Aster, Gray Coneflower
photos: KMS Native Plants LLC
