Plants Used in Our 2009 Philadelphia Flower Show Exhibit
. Mid-Atlantic Wetland Types & Notable Sites
. Top 10 Native Plants for the Northeast - National Wildlife Federation
Our Philadelphia Flower Show exhibits highlight native plants and how they can be used in your landscaping. Here are the plants used in this year's exhibit.
All of the links below go to the PLANTS database of the Natural Resources Conservation Service at the US Department of Agriculture.
Growth Habit |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
fern | Adiantum pedatum | Maidenhair fern |
fern | Athyrium filix-femina 'Lady in Red' | Northern Lady Fern |
fern | Osmunda regalis | Royal fern |
fern | Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern |
fern | Thelypteris palustris | Marsh fern |
grass | Carex crinita | Fringed sedge |
grass | Carex flaccosperma | Thinfruit sedge |
herb | Aplectrum hyemale | Putty Root |
herb | Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort |
herb | Cornus canadensis | Bunchberry |
herb | Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman breeches |
herb | Dicentra eximia | Wild bleeding heart |
herb | Dodecatheon meadia | Shooting star |
herb | Gaultheria procumbens | Teaberry |
herb | Geranium maculatum | Wild geranium |
herb | Hepatica acutiloba | Sharp lobed hepatica |
herb | Heuchera americana | Alumroot |
herb | Heuchera longifolia | Longflowered alumroot |
herb | Hexastylis shuttleworthii | Heartleaf |
herb | Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris |
herb | Iris prismatica | Slender blue iris |
herb | Iris versicolor | Harlequin blueflag |
herb | Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf |
herb | Lysimachia terrestris | Swamp candles |
herb | Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny spurge |
herb | Panax quinquefolius | Ginseng |
herb | Phlox divaricata 'May Breeze' | Wild blue phlox |
herb | Phlox divaricata 'Laphamii' | Wild blue phlox |
herb | Phlox stolonifera 'Linc's Pink' | Creeping phlox |
herb | Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple' | Creeping phlox |
herb | Sabatia kennedyana | Marsh Pink |
herb | Sarracenia purpurea | Purple pitcher plant |
herb | Sarracenia rubra | Sweet pitcher plant |
herb | Shortia galacifolia | Oconee bells |
herb | Spiranthes cernua | Ladies tress orchid |
herb | Tiarella cordifolia | Foamflower |
herb | Tiarella cordifolia 'Oakleaf' | Foamflower |
herb | Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry' | Foamflower |
herb | Trillium cuneatum | Toad trillium |
herb | Trillium erectum | Wakerobin trillium |
herb | Trillium grandiflorum | Snow trillium |
herb | Trillium luteum | Yellow trillium |
herb | Viola pedata | Birdfoot violet |
shrub | Amelanchier canadensis | Shadbush |
shrub | Chamaedaphne calyculata | Leatherleaf |
shrub | Gaylussacia brachycera | Box huckleberry |
shrub | Ilex verticillata | Winterberry |
shrub | Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep laurel |
shrub | Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel |
shrub | Leucothoe racemosa | Swamp leucothoe |
shrub | Lindera benzoin | Spicebush |
shrub | Rhododendron arborescens | Sweet azalea |
shrub | Rhododendron atlanticum | Dwarf azalea |
shrub | Rhododendron maximum | Rosebay rhododendron |
shrub | Rhododendron minus 'var. minus' | Piedmont rhododendron |
shrub | Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pinxterbloom azalea |
shrub | Rhododendron tomentosum | Marsh tea |
shrub | Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush |
shrub | Staphylea trifolia | Bladdernut |
shrub | Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush blueberry |
shrub | Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush blueberry |
shrub | Vaccinium crassifolium | Creeping blueberry |
shrub | Vaccinium macrocarpom | Cranberry |
shrub | Vaccinium vacillans | Huckleberry |
tree | Acer pensylvanicum | Striped maple |
tree | Acer rubrum | Red maple |
tree | Alnus rugosa | Speckled alder |
tree | Betula nigra | River birch |
tree | Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud |
tree | Cornus florida | Dogwood |
tree | Larix laricina | Tamarack |
tree | Nyssa sylvatica | Black gum |