Ampelaster carolinianus | Climbing Aster | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Moist | 10' | Purple, Fall | Host pearl crescent butterfly | Learn More |
Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet, Medium | 3-5' | Pink, Summer | Host monarch buttterfly | Learn More |
Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed | ✓ | | | | Sun | Medium | 3-5' | Pink, Summer | Host monarch buttterfly | Learn More |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Milkweed | ✓ | | | | Sun | Medium, Dry | 2-3' | Orange, Summer | Host monarch buttterfly | Learn More |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw | | ✓ | ✓ | | Shade, Sun | Medium, Moist | 15-30' | Maroon, Early spring | Host zebra swallowtail butterfly | Learn More |
Baptisia alba | White False Indigo | ✓ | | | | Sun | Medium, Dry | 2-4' | White, Spring | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Baptisia australis | Blue False Indigo | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 1-3' | Blue, Spring | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 2-3' | Yellow, Early spring | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 3-8' | Purple, Summer-Berry | Attracts butterflies and birds | Learn More |
Calycanthus floridus | Carolina Allspice | | ✓ | | | Sun, Shade | Medium, Wet | 6-12' | Red, Early spring | Attracts butterflies and beetles | Learn More |
Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa | | | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 30-60' | White, Summer | Host catalpa + tersa sphinx moths | Learn More |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Button bush | | ✓ | ✓ | | Shade, Sun | Wet, Medium | 6-12' | White, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Chrysopsis mariana | Goldenaster | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 1-3' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Mistflower | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 1-3' | Blue, Fall | Attracts butterflies, moths, bees | Learn More |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 1-2' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Dyers Coreopsis | ✓ | | | | Sun | Medium, Dry | 2-4' | Yellow/Red, Summer | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | | ✓ | | | Partial Sun, Sun | Medium, Wet | 6-12' | White, Spring-Drupes | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Corylus americana | American Hazelnut | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 9-12' | Catakins, Early spring | Attracts butterflies and birds | Learn More |
Crataegus sp | Mayhaw | | | ✓ | | Sun, Shade | Medium, Wet | 15-36' | White, Spring-Red fruit | Attracts bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 1-3' | Purple, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Elephantopus tomentosus | Elephantsfoot | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 1-2' | Purple, Summer | Attracts butterflies | Learn More |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouringrush Horsetail | ✓ | ✓ | | | Partial Sun, Sun | Medium, Wet | 2-4' | | | Learn More |
Eryngium aquaticum | Marsh Rattlesnake Master | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 1-4' | Blue, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Erythrina herbacea | Coral Bean | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Dry, Medium | 3-6' | Red, Spring | Attracts hummingbirds | Learn More |
Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush | | ✓ | | | Sun, Shade | Medium, Moist | 4-6' | Coral seeds, Fall | Attracts birds | Learn More |
Gaillardia pulchella | Blanket Flower | ✓ | | | | Sun | Dry, Medium | 1-2' | Red-Yellow, Summer | Attracts butterflies and birds | Learn More |
Gelsemium sermpervirens | Carolina Jessamine | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 15-20' | Yellow, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun | Medium | 6' | Yellow, Fall | Attracts butterflies and birds | Learn More |
Hibiscus coccineus | Texas Star Hibiscus White | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 4-7' | White, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Hibiscus coccineus | Texas Star Hibiscus Scarlet | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun | Medium, Wet | 6-8' | Red, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Hibiscus grandiflorus | Swamp Hibiscus | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 6-15' | Pink, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson Eyed Rosemallow | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 3-6' | White-Red, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | ✓ | | | | Partial Sun | Medium | 4-9" | Blue, Spring | Attracts bees and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Iris virginica | Southern Blueflag Iris | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet, Medium | 2-3' | Purple, Spring | | Learn More |
Justicia americana | American Water-Willow | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet | 2-4' | Purple, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, wasps, birds | Learn More |
Lindera benzoin | Spicebush | | ✓ | | | Partial Sun | Medium, Moist | 8-15' | Yellow, Spring | Host spicebush swallowtail butterfly | Learn More |
Lobelia gerardii | Purple Lobelia | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 2-4' | Purple, Late Summer | Attracts bees and birds | Learn More |
Lobelia siphilitica | Blue Lobelia | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 3-4' | Blue, Summer | Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Ludwigia alternifolia | Seedbox | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 3-4' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, moths | Learn More |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Bee Balm | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 1-3' | Pink, Summer | Host gray marvel+ snout moths. Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Myrica cerifera | Wax Myrtle | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 4-12' | White, Spring | Host red-banded hairstreak butterfly. Attracts bee butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Primrose | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 3-12" | Pink, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Opuntia spp. | Prickly Pear Cactus | | ✓ | | | Sun | Dry | 3-20'' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds | Learn More |
Passiflora incarnata | Purple Passionflower | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 6-30' | Purple, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, birds | Learn More |
Penstemon digitalis | Foxglove Beardtongue | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Moist, Dry | 2-4' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, birds | Learn More |
Phyla nodiflora | Frogfruit | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 3-6" | Purple, Spring | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant, White | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 3-4' | White, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet | 2-4' | Purple, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds, moths | Learn More |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 4-15' | White, Spring Fruit | Host plant for a number of butterflies and moths! Attracts bees and birds | Learn More |
Pycnanthemum muticum | Clustered Mountain Mint | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medim, Moist | 3-4' | White, Summer | Attracts bees and butterflies | Learn More |
Rhynchospora colorata | White Top Sedge | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet | 1-2' | White, Summer | Attracts birds | Learn More |
Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medim, Moist | 1-5' | Pink, Spring Hips | Attracts bees, butterflies, moths, and birds | Learn More |
Rubus spp. | Thornless Blackberry | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | | White, Summer | Attracts bees and birds | Learn More |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 2-3' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black Eyed Susan | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 2-3' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 3-9' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Rudbeckia triloba | Brown Eyed Susan | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 3-5' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Ruellia humilis | Wild Petunia | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 1-2' | Purple, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Sagittaria lancifolia | Bull Tongue Arrowhead | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Wet | 1-6' | White, Spring | Attracts birds | Learn More |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 1-3' | Red, Spring-Fall | Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 18" | Lilac, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Sambucus canadensis | Wyldewood American Elderberry | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 5-8' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Sambucus canadensis | Ranch American Elderberry | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 5-8' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Sambucus canadensis | Nova American Elderberry | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 5-8' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Sambucus canadensis | Bob Gordon American Elderberry | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 5-8' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Sambucus canadensis | Adams American Elderberry | | ✓ | ✓ | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 5-8' | White, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds | Learn More |
Silphium asteriscus | False Sunflower | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium | 2-5' | Yellow, Fall | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Smallanthus uvedalius | Bear's Foot | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 3-8" | Yellow, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds | Learn More |
Spigelia marilandica | Indian Pink | ✓ | | | | Partial Sun | Medim, Moist | 2-3' | Red+Yellow, Summer | Attracts Hummingbirds | Learn More |
Tradescantia virginiana | Common Spiderwort | ✓ | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Moist | 1-3' | Purple, Spring | Attracts bees, butterflies | Learn More |
Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Yellow Root | | ✓ | | | Partial Sun, Shade | Medim, Moist | 2-4' | Yellow, Summer | Attracts birds | Learn More |
Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Dagger | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Dry | 10-15' | White, Summer | Attracts bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle Yucca | | ✓ | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Dry, Medium | 3-8' | White, Late Spring | Attracts bees, birds, moths, hummingbirds | Learn More |
Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander | ✓ | | | | Sun, Partial Sun | Medium, Wet | 1-2' | Yellow, Spring | Attracts bees. Host for black swallowtail butterfly | Learn More |