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Plant List for the Virginia Tech Hampton Roads AREC BayScape Garden

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Trees

Betula nigra - river birch

Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam, ironwood

Cercis canadensis - Eastern redbud

Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree

Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash

Halesia tetraptera - Carolina silverbell

Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia

Pinus palustris - longleaf pine

Taxodium distichum - baldcypress

Bulbs

Zephyranthes atamasco - atamasco lily  

Grasses and Grasslike Plants

Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' - variegated sweet flag

Juncus effusus - rush

Vines

Bignonia capreolata - crossvine

Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton' - coral honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens - trumpet honeysuckle

Ferns

Athyrium felix-femina - lady fern

Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern

Osmunda regalis - royal fern

Thelypteris nove boracensis - New York fern

Perennials

Amsonia tabemaemontana var. salicifolia - blue star, willow amsonia

Asclepias incarnata - swamp milkweed

Aster grandiflorus - large flower aster

Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite'

Babtisia pendula - false indigo

Boltonia asteriods 'Snowbank' - white boltonia

Caltha palustris - marsh marigold

Chelone lyonii - turtlehead

Chrysogynum virginianum - green & gold

Echinacea purpurea - purple coneflower

white coneflower

Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' - Joe Pye weed

Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' - white snakeroot

Geranium sanguineum 'Album' - white cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum var. Striatum - pink cranesbill

Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' - American alumroot

Heuchera americana 'Green Spice' - coral bells

Iris brevicaulis - zig zag iris

Iris cristata 'Alba' - crested iris

Iris louisiana 'Clara Goula', 'Full Eclipse' - Lousiana iris

Iris virginica - Virginia blue iris

Iris versicolor - blue flag iris

Liatria spicata - gayfeather

Lobelia cardinalis - cardinal flower

Lobelia siphilitica - great blue lobelia

Marshallia grandiflora - Barbara's buttons

Mertensia virginica - Virginia bluebells

Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny pachysandra

Penstemon digitalis - beardtongue

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldstrum' - orange coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata - green/cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia triloba - three-lobed coneflower

Sarururus cernuus - lizard's tail

Solidage rugosa 'Fireworks' - goldenrod

Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece' - goldenrod

Solidago x 'Golden Spangles', 'Sweetie' - goldenrod

Spiranthes cernua var. odorata - nodding lady's tresses

Tradescantia x andersoniana - spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana - 'Innocence', white spiderwort

Shrubs

Amelanchier canadensis - shadblow, serviceberry

Aronia arbutifolia 'Autumn Magic', 'Brilliantiantissima' - red chokeberry

Baccharis halimifolia - baccharis

Callicarpa americana - beautyberry

Calycanthus floridus 'Athens' - sweetshrub

Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush

Clethra ainifolia 'Rosea', 'Ruby Spice' - sweet pepperbush, summersweet

Comus amomum - silky dogwood

Comus racemosa - gray dogwood

Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf fothergilla

Hamamelis virginiana - witchhazel

Hibiscus moscheutos - rose mallow

Hibiscus coccinea - swamp hibiscus

Hypericum calycinum - St. Johnswort

Ilex glabra - inkberry holly Ilex verticillata - winterberry

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' - sweetspire

Iva frutescens - iva

Leucothoe axillaris - coastal leucothoe

Lindera benzoin - spicebush

Myrica cerifera - Southern wax myrtle

Rhododendron atlanticum - coast azalea

Spiraea tomentosa - steeplebush

Viburnum nudum - possumhaw, witherod

Viburnum prunifolium - black haw viburnum