Purple-rose Aug FS M | W | D
Panicum virgatum ‘ Dallas Blues ’ ( photo pg 18 ) Height : 4-6 ’ | Width : 2-3 ’ | Range : C , EP Switch Grass . Like blue fireworks ; full , exuberant habit ; no flopping ; adaptable . C
Dark pink Aug-Sep FS | PS M
Apios americana ‘ Meadows ’ ( photo above ) Height : 6-10 ’ | Width : 3-4 ’ | Range : P , C Common Groundnut . Raspberry-scented flowers ; edible , very nutritious tubers .
BAD
Purple Jul-Oct FS | PS M
Aristolochia macrophylla Height : 20-30 ’ | Width : 4-6 ’ | Range : EP Dutchman ’ s-pipe . Unusually shaped flowers ; food for Pipevine Swallowtail larvae . B
Orange Jun FS | PS M
Bignonia capreolata ‘ Tangerine Beauty ’ Height : 10-30 ’ | Width : 6-9 ’ | Range : EP , EC Cross Vine . Brings hummingbirds ;
spectacular , fragrant blooms ; evergreen .
CBA
Campsis radicans ‘ Flamenco ’ Height : 20-35 ’ | Width : 3 ’ | Range : P , C
Trumpet-creeper . Flowers bright red with orange center . CBA
Apios americana Muhlenbergia capillaris Gelsemium sempervirens ‘ Margarita ’
Grasses Purple / bronze Sep-frost FS D
Schizachyrium scoparium Blue Heaven TM ( photo pg 18 ) Height : 2-4 ’ | Width : 2 ’ | Range : P , C Little Bluestem . Bluish foliage , goldenorange in fall ; narrow , upright habit .
CB
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Copper / Yellow Aug-Oct FS D | M
Red Jul-Sep FS D | M
White Jul-Sep FS | PS M
Clematis virginiana Height : 3-8 ’ | Width : 3-5 ’ | Range : P , C Virgin ’ s Bower . Ornamental seedheads ; vigorous ; good fence cover ; takes dry .
BA
Yellow Apr-May FS | PS M
Gelsemium sempervirens ‘ Margarita ’ ( photo above ) Height : 8-12 ’ | Width : 1-5 ’ | Range : EC Evening Trumpetflower . Fragrant , daffodil-yellow trumpets ; evergreen ; adaptable . A
Yellow May-frost FS | PS M
Lonicera sempervirens ‘ John Clayton ’ Height : 6-12 ’ | Width : 3-5 ’ | Range : P , C Trumpet Honeysuckle . Lightly fragrant ; semi-evergreen ; berries for birds after flowers . CBA
Sorghastrum nutans ‘ Indian Steel ’ ( photo on cover ) Height : 4-6 ’ | Width : 2-3 ’ | Range : P , C Yellow Indian Grass . Intense blue foliage , copper-tan in winter ; seed and cover for birds . C
Salmon-red May-frost FS | PS M
Lonicera sempervirens ‘ Major Wheeler ’ Height : 3-8 ’ | Width : 1-10 ’ | Range : P , C Trumpet Honeysuckle . Resists powdery mildew ; many flowers ; hummingbirds love it ! CBA
White Jun FS | PS | SH D | W
Parthenocissus quinquefolia Height : 10-40 ’ | Width : 3-15 ’ | Range : P , C
Virginia-creeper . Leaves turn firey scarlet in fall ; groundcover ; berries for wildlife . CBA
Lilac blue May-Jun FS | PS M | W
Wisteria frutescens ‘ Amethyst Falls ’ Height : 10-30 ’ | Width : 6-8 ’ | Range : EP American Wisteria . Cascading blooms ; less aggressive than Asian species .
BA
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