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Perennials
Native to James City County, New Kent and Charles
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S = spring
SM
= summer
F = fall
E = early
L = late |
W =
wet (near water)
M =
moist
D =
dry
DT =
drought tolerant
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SU = full sun
SH = shade
PS = partial shade |
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Flower Color |
Bloom Time |
Soil |
Light |
Plant Height |
Riparian Zones |
Comments |
VA Wildflower of the YEAR |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana |
blue star |
Pale Blue |
S |
M, DT |
SU |
3' |
3-4 |
tolerates clay, good for slope |
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Aquilegia canadensis |
columbine |
red & yellow |
S |
M |
PS-SH |
1-2' |
4 |
calcareous |
1998 WF |
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Asarum canadense |
wild ginger |
brownish purple |
S |
M |
PS-SH |
.5' |
4 |
calcareous, ground cover |
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Asclepias incarnata |
swamp milkweed |
purple, pink |
SM |
W-M |
PS-SU |
4-6' |
1-2 |
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Asclepias syriaca |
common milkweed |
Pink, Purple |
SM |
D-M, DT |
SU |
3-6' |
3-4 |
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Asclepias tuberosa |
butterfly weed |
Orange |
SM |
D, DT |
SU-PS |
1-3' |
4 |
Deer Resistant, good for slope |
1992 WF |
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Baptisia australis |
blue false indigo |
Blue |
S |
M, DT |
SU-PS |
3'-5' |
3-4 |
not native in JC, NK, CC |
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Baptisia tinctoria |
yellow wild indigo |
Yellow |
S |
D |
SU |
1-3' |
4 |
tolerates poor soil |
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Boltonia asteroides |
white doll daisy, false aster |
White, Lavendar |
SM |
M |
SU |
.5' - 2’ |
1-3 |
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Chamaecrista fasciculata (Cassia fasciculata) |
partidge pea |
yellow |
SM |
M |
SU |
.5'-1' |
4 |
aggressive, good for slope near water |
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Chelone glabra |
white turtlehead |
White |
SM |
M-W |
SU-PS |
1.5-6' |
2-3 |
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Chrysogonum virginianum |
green & gold |
yellow |
S |
M |
SU-SH |
.5-1' |
4 |
ground cover |
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Chrysopsis mariana |
Maryland golden aster |
yellow |
SM-F |
D |
SU |
.5-2' |
4 |
ground cover |
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Conoclinium coelestinum
(Eupatorium coelestinum) |
mistflower, wild ageratum |
Blue, lavender |
L SM |
D-W |
PS-SH |
1'-3’ |
3-4 |
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Coreopsis lanceolata |
lanceleaf coreopsis |
yellow |
SM |
D, DT |
SU |
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4 |
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Coreopsis tripteris |
tall coreopsis |
yellow |
SM |
D-M |
SU-PS |
3.5'-10' |
2-4 |
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Coreopsis verticillata |
threadleft coreopsis |
yellow |
SM |
D-M, DT |
SU-PS |
.5'-3' |
4 |
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Coreopsis auriculata |
lobed tickseed |
Golden Orange |
L S |
M |
SU |
0.5'-2' |
4 |
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Echinacea sp
(E. purpurea) |
coneflower (purple) |
White, Yellow, Pink-purple |
SM |
M-D |
SU-SH |
3’ |
3-4 |
not native to coastal VA |
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Erigeron pulchellus |
robin's plantain |
blue, pink, white |
S-F |
D-M |
PS-SH |
0.5-1.5 |
4 |
calcareous |
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Eupatorium fistulosum
Barratt
(Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus) |
Joe-pye weed, trumpetweed |
pink, purple |
SM |
D-W |
SU-PS |
1.5'-10' |
2-4 |
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Eupatorium perfoliatum |
common boneset |
white |
SM |
M-W |
SU-PS |
1'-5' |
1-3 |
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