Scarlet Beebalm

Plants > Herbaceous Perennials

Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma), famously celebrated in American history as Oswego Tea, is an electrifying, crimson-flowered perennial wildflower native to the shaded stream valleys of the Appalachian Mountains. With its fiery scarlet crown of fireworks-like tubular...

Canada Goldenrod

Plants > Herbaceous Perennials

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) is an iconic, golden-plumed wildflower that transforms North American prairies and meadows into dazzling seas of radiant yellow in late summer and autumn. Revered by beekeepers as a critical late-season nectar lifeline for...

Black-eyed Susan

Plants > Herbaceous Plants

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is one of the most beloved, cheerful, and iconic wildflowers in North America. Widely celebrated as the state flower of Maryland and an enduring symbol of the American prairie, this sun-loving member of the sunflower family...

Common Milkweed

Plants > Herbaceous Plants

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is an irreplaceable, majestic wildflower native to the prairies and meadows of eastern North America. Famed across the continent as the primary, indispensable host plant of the iconic Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), this...

Speckled Alder

Plants > Trees & Shrubs

The Speckled Alder (Alnus incana), also known as the Grey Alder, is a hardy, wetland pioneer shrub and small tree ubiquitous across the stream corridors and bogs of northern North America and Eurasia. Instantly identified by its smooth, grey-brown bark marked by...