2026 Share Plant List
Last updated: October 9, 2026. There will be others that are not on this list.
There are over 100 species in this list! Thank you to all the plant donors!
Trees
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Water Oak (Quercus nigra)
Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)
Wild black cherry (Prunus serotina)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Shrubs
Blue Star Amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana), a shrub-like perennial
Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Hazelnut/Filbert (Corylus americana)
Swamp Mallow (Hibiscus mosheutos)
Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
Aromatic Sumac (Rhus aromatica) - unsexed straight species
Prairie Willow (Salix humilis) - male plants
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica)
Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)
Vines
Virgin bowers (Clematis virginiana)
Honeyvine milkweed (Cynanchum laeve)
Climbing Hydrangea (Hydrangea barbara)
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) - fruits
Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea)
Ferns
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus)
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus histrix)
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Nimblewill (Muhlenbergia schreberi)
Sun Perennials (full sun is typically 6+ hours/day. Includes part sun plants)
Yarrow (Achillea borealis)
Yellow Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Canada Anemone (Anemonastrum canadense)
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
Dogbane (Apocynum cannibinum)
Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)
Poke milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) - seeds
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) - plants and seeds
Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) - seeds
Field Thistle (Circium discolor) - seeds
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Wild Basil (Clinopodium vulgare)
Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Fleabane (Erigeron spp)
Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium aquaticum)
Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium hyssopifolium)
Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)
Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
Joe Pye (Eutrochium spp)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Native Sunflowers (Helianthus angustifolius, Helianthus decapetalus)
American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
Lance-leaved Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata)
Scarlet Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)
Bee Balm/Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Spotted Bee Balm (Monarda punctata)
Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Clustered Mountain Mint (Pycnantheum muticum)
Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Wild Petunia (Ruellia spp.)
Lyre-leaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
Skullcap (Scutellaria spp)
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Goldenrod (Solidago spp), including S. caesia, S. nemoralis, S. altissima
Fringed Loosestrife (Steironema ciliatum)
Panicle Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
American Germander (Teucrium canadense)
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohioensis)
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
NY Ironweed (Vernonia novaboracensis)
Common blue violet (Viola sororia)
Golden Alexander (Zizea aurea)
Shade Perennials (Shade is 0-3 hours sun, most of these will do fine in part sun.)
Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum)
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianum)
Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata)
Partridge berry (Mitchella repens)
Golden Groundsel (Packera aurea)
Annuals
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Pond Plants
Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)
Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata)
Virginia Iris (Iris virginica)