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Anemone canadensis
Anemone canadensis
Common Name: Canadian anemone

A strong-growing plant that needs room to move. Clear white single flowers top out at 18" from mid spring to early summer. A robust and competitive native plant that brightens up woodland edges and shady corners of the garden. Combines well with other spring-blooming perennials such as Polemonium, Sisyrinchium and Mertensia.

Height: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Carex laxiculmus Bunny Blue® 'HOBB'
Carex laxiculmus Bunny Blue® 'HOBB'
Common Name: Bunny Blue sedge

Bunny Blue® is a low growing, evergreen, native sedge with silver-blue foliage. Use as a ground cover or specimen plant for moist to average shady areas. 

Height: 8-12 Inches
Spread: 12-16 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Carex pensylvanica
Carex pensylvanica
Common Name: oak sedge

With its tough disposition and spreading habit, this native sedge makes an excellent shade groundcover. Fine texture and fountaining habit give this sedge a soft appearance that is lovely as an underplanting for bolder shade perennials or on its own as a shade lawn. Great in containers too! Easy to grow. Happiest in the company of oaks, but who isn't?

Height: 8-10 Inches
Spread: 12-18 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8

Chasmanthium latifolium
Chasmanthium latifolium
Common Name: northern sea oats

A versatile native grass with bamboo-like foliage and delightful nodding seed heads that rustle in the breeze from late summer to winter. It grows in most sites and is a quite vigorous groundcover when given consistent moisture and sun. It is better behaved in average garden conditions and in shade. A unique cut flower in fresh or dry arrangements.

Height: 3 Feet
Spread: 2-3 Feet
USDA Hardiness Zone: 5-8

Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet'
Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet'
Common Name: Robin's plantain

We love this form of E. pulchellus which has large grey-green foliage and a mat-forming habit. It thrives in a wide range of conditions and forms a tight groundcover that is less than 6" tall. An easy to grow, carefree native perennial perfectly suited for moderate sunlight to full shade. 

Height: 12-15 Inches
Spread: 18-24 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Steel'
Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Steel'
Common Name: Russian sage

A seed cultivar with upright silver stems covered in a mist of lavender-blue flowers. The perfect plant to intermingle textures in flower borders, it is tough as steel and adds cool color through the late summer. A favorite of butterflies and bumblebees, avoided by deer, and able to withstand the baking and sweltering temperatures of summerwhat’s not to like?

Height: 28-34 Inches
Spread: 36 Inches
USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-9