Native Plant Sale Catalogue - Delaware Nature Society Native Plant Sale Catalogue 2019 | Page 8

Dryopteris cristata
Dryopteris marginalis
Decodon verticillatus
Aquatics
PS | SH M
PS M
Dryopteris cristata
Height: 1-2’ | Width: 2’ | Range: P, C Height: 18-24” | Width: 12-18” | Range: P, C
planted among low flowers.
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Crested Wood-fern . Unique, vertical shape;
good with Rhododendron viscosum,
Arisaema.
Anchistea (Woodwardia) virginica
Height: 18-24” | Width: 2-3’ | Range: C
Virginia Chainfern . Forms groundcover in wet
soils; less assertive in average soil.
Height: 18-36” | Width: 18-36” | Range: P, C
Evergreen Wood-fern . Graceful, arching
fronds with lacy texture; takes drought, clay.
Dulichium arundinaceum Nuphar advena (lutea)
Height: 2-5’ | Width: 2-3’ | Range: P, C Height: 24-42” | Width: 1-2’ | Range: P, C Royal Fern . Huge and lovely; good with Threeway Sedge . Bamboo-like foliage; Height: 6-8” | Width: 3-6’ | Range: P, C
Iris versicolor, Lobelia cardinalis. waterfowl food; plant at water’s edge.
Heart-shaped leaves; globular flowers;
submerge 6-24”. CAD
C
PS M | W
Osmundastrum (Osmunda)
cinnamomeum
FS | PS M | W
Height: 2-5’ | Width: 2-4’ | Range: P, C
Cinnamon Fern . Cinnamon-colored spikes;
graceful.
Height: 2-3’ | Width: 3-4’ | Range: P, C Orontium aquaticum
Tall Scouring-rush (Horsetail) . Oriental Height: 1-2’ | Width: 1-2’ | Range: C, EP
flair; keep in a container to control;
wet soil or water’s edge. leaves; water’s edge or bog. A
Dryopteris marginalis Height: 18-30” | Width: 18-24” | Range: P, C Height: 1-2’ | Width: 1-2’ | Range: P, C Polystichum acrostichoides Northern Lady Fern . Vibrant burgundy stems Marginal (Eastern) Wood-fern . Evergreen; Height: 1-2’ | Width: 1-2’ | Range: P, C Hydrocotyle verticillata
accent other plants’ red blooms or leaves. vase-shaped; takes dry shade or floodplain. Christmas Fern . Leathery, evergreen; Height: 6” | Width: | Range: C, EP
good for slopes; mix with delicate plants.
Cheilanthes lanosa Matteuccia struthiopteris
Height: 6-8” | Width: 6-8” | Range: P, EC Height: 3-6’ | Width: 3-6’ | Range: EP
Hairy Lip Fern . Extirpated from Del.; Ostrich Fern . Magnificent; groundcover,
fuzzy foliage; for rock gardens, slopes, walls. erosion control; likes moist, takes dry. D
White July-Aug FS W
Limnobium spongia
Height: 1-2” | Width: 2-4” | Range: C
June-Sept PS W
Height: 2-3’ | Width: 1’ | Range: C Height: 12-18” | Width: 8-12” | Range: P, C Height: | Width: | Range: P, C
Marsh Marigold . Large, buttercup-like Coontail . Useful oxygenator in ponds;
good cover for fish; submerge 6-24”.
White July-Aug FS W | M
Red-brn May-Jun FS | PS | SH M | W
Height: 8” | Width: 12-24” | Range: C
Water Depth Tips
Hybrid Pitcherplant . S. purpurea x S.
flava; yellow pitchers with red veins,
for bogs. A
Menyanthes trifoliata
Yellow July-Sept FS | PS W
Deep pink July FS W | M
Nelumbo lutea
Decodon verticillatus Height: 8-40” | Width: 18-24” | Range: P, C Height: 14-32” | Width: 24-40” | Range: P, C Height: 1-8’ | Width: Spreads | Range: P, C American Lotus . Magnificent flowers,
American Water Plantain . A haze of Upright (Tufted) Sedge . Highly attractive to Swamp-loosestrife (Water-Willow) . flowers like those of baby’s breath;
pond edge or bog. A wildlife; for water’s edge or rain garden. Arching blossoms; red fall color;
pond edges or large bog gardens. CA leaves, seedpods; plant in 6-12”
of water. AD
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Height: 3-6’ | Width: 3-4’ | Range: C, EP
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Plant in saturated soils
0 – 4 inches below the mean
water line
Saturated acid soils, but well
drained – good for containers
open to white fringed flowers; for
water’s edge or bog. AD
Carex stricta
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shaped foliage; for water’s edge,
bog; spreads. C
BOG
Marsh Trefoil (Bogbean) . Pink buds
Alisma subcordatum
CB
Height: 12-18” | Width: 12-18” | Range: EC
SUBMERGED
Plant 6 – 24 inches below
the mean water line
FLOATING
No planting needed, best in
12 – 24 inches of water
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Ceratophyllum demersum
flowers; for wet soil or water’s edge. A
Sarracenia x catesbaei
Height: 2’ | Width: 1-2’ | Range: C, EP
WATER’S EDGE
Caltha palustris
iris-like foliage; water’s edge or boggy area.
Red Apr-May FS W
Saturated or wet meadow
White April FS | PS W
Acorus americanus
American Calumus (Sweetflag) . Scented,
Purple Pitcherplant . Carnivorous bog
plant with cupped leaves,
distinctive flowers. A
WET SOIL
with thick spongy tissue;
rare in Del.; reseeds. C
Menyanthes trifoliata (photo at right)
Yellow Apr-June FS | PS W | M
Inconspic June-July FS | PS W
Sarracenia purpurea
Aquatics
American Frog’s-bit . Floating leaf,
Broadleaf Arrowhead . Draws beneficial
insects; bog, water’s edge. CBAD
Peltandra virginica
Green Arrow-arum . Glossy, arrow-
upright, round foliage; edges of ponds,
water gardens, streams.
Sagittaria latifolia
Height: 1-2’ | Width: 1-3’ | Range: P, C
PS | SH M | W
Green June FS W
White/green Mar-May FS | PS W
Whorled Marsh-pennywort . Small,
White July-Aug FS | PS W
Height: 6-12” | Width: 12” | Range: P, C
Golden Club . Striking in bloom; attractive
PS | SH M
Athyrium angustum ‘Lady in Red’
spikes; attracts dragonflies;
water’s edge. BAD
Dark red May FS | PS W
White/gold Apr-May FS | PS W
Equisetum hyemale
PS | SH M
PS D
Broadleaf Pondlily (Spatterdock) .
Pickerel Weed . Deeply colored flower
PS | SH M
Yellow June-Aug FS | PS W
Osmunda spectabilis
PS | SH M
Dryopteris intermedia
Greenish July-Aug FS | PS W
Pontederia cordata
Height: 2-4’ | Width: 1-2’ | Range: P, C
SH | PS M | W
PS | SH M | W
Violet-blue June-Oct FS | PS W
Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair Fern . Delicate fronds; dramatic if
Sagittaria latifolia
Ferns
Nelumbo lutea
Adiantum pedatum
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