Typha angustifolia
NARROWLEAF CATTAIL
- Clumping spreading stands of narrow sword-like leaves
- Central flower stalks are equal to the height of the leaves
- Male and female flowers are held separately
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 200-500 cm
Typha latifolia
BROADLEAF CATTAIL
- Clumping spreading stands of sword-like leaves
- Central flower stalks, equal to the height of the leaves, hold male and female flowers
- Cylindrical flowers turn brown after fertilization
HEIGHT: 125-200 cm · SPREAD: 200-500 cm
Typha latifolia 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED CATTAIL
- Clumping spreading stands of sword-like leaves have creamy-white centre stripes
- Central flower stalks are equal to the height of the leaves and hold male and female flowers
- Cylindrical flowers turn brown after fertilization
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Typha laxmannii
DWARF CATTAIL / GRACEFUL CATTAIL
- Clumping, spreading stands of narrow sword-like leaves
- Central flower stalks equal to the height of the leaves
- Male and female flowers are held separately
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 200-500 cm
Uvularia grandiflora
LARGE-FLOWERED BELLWORT
- Clump forming upright native wildflower
- Long bell-shaped yellow flowers
- Flowers have six slightly twisted petals
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Vaccinium angustifolium
LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY
- Clusters of white flowers
- Small sweet dark blue fruit
- Glossy blue-green leaves turn purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Verbena hastata
BLUE VERVAIN
- Clump forming with a stiff upright habit
- Candelabra-like flowers on pencil-like spikes
- Blooms are purplish-blue
HEIGHT: 125-200 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Verbena stricta
HOARY VERVAIN
- Clump forming perennial
- Gray-green foliage and stems
- Blue-purple flowers are densely packed on pencil-like stems
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Vernonia noveboracensis
NEW YORK IRONWEED
- Tall coarse upright form
- Tiny deep purple composite blooms
- Stiff stems hold pointed lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Veronicastrum virginicum
CULVER'S ROOT
- AKA Leptandra virginica, Veronica virginica
- Large upright perennial
- Tubular white or pink flowers form dense spikes atop the stems
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
CULVER'S ROOT
- Tall upright clumping habit
- Tubular soft lavender flowers form dense spikes atop the stems
- Lance-shaped dark green leaves with a reddish tinge
HEIGHT: 70-75 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Veronicastrum virginicum Lavender Towers ('Lavendelturm')
LAVENDER TOWERS CULVER'S ROOT
- Tall upright clumping habit
- Tubular pale purple flowers form dense spikes atop the stems
- Lance-shaped dark green leaves with a reddish tinge
HEIGHT: 150 cm · SPREAD: 100 cm
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Red Arrows'
CULVER'S ROOT
- Tall upright clumping habit
- Flower buds are deep pink to red
- Spiked buds open to lilac flowers
HEIGHT: 75-110 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum 'Pink Glow'
CULVER'S ROOT
- Tall upright clumping habit
- Tubular pale pink flowers form dense spikes atop the stems
- Lance-shaped dark green leaves with a reddish tinge
HEIGHT: 70-75 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Viburnum acerifolium
MAPLELEAF VIBURNUM
- Tiny white flowers in long-stalked flat-topped cymes
- Medium green maple-like leaves turn reddish-purple to magenta in fall
- Pea-sized fruit ripen to bluish-black in late summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Viburnum cassinoides
WITHEROD
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
- Green fruit turns pink to red to blue to black in fall persisting after leaf drop
- Leaves emerge with bronze tones, maturing to a glossy dark green
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Viburnum dentatum
ARROWWOOD
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers in spring
- Bluish-black fruit in fall attractive to birds
- Glossy dark green leaves turning yellow to reddish-purple in fall
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Viburnum lantana
WAYFARING TREE
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
- Fruit starts off pinkish-red maturing to bluish-black
- The fruit ripens in the fall and is highly attractive to birds
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Viburnum lentago
NANNYBERRY
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
- Bluish-black fruit in the fall is attractive to birds
- Glossy green leaves turn reddish-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Viburnum trilobum
HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY
- Flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
- Red berries are attractive to birds
- Textured three-lobed green leaves turn reddish-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Vitis riparia
FROST GRAPE
- Drooping panicles of small five-petaled yellowish-green flowers
- Blooms have a sweet musky fragrance
- Small green berries age to deep purple
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Waldsteinia fragarioides
BARREN STRAWBERRY
- AKA Geum fragarioides
- Mat-forming rhizomatous perennial
- Dark green to bronze strawberry-like leaves
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Woodsia obtusa
CLIFF FERN
- Feathery dull green mounding fronds
- Leaflets are blunt-lobed
- Leaflets have hairy undersides when young
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 25-40 cm
Woodwardia virginica
VIRGINIA CHAIN FERN
- AKA Anchistea virginica
- Deeply cut leathery green fronds
- Thick black central stem
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Zizia aurea
GOLDEN ALEXANDER
- Branching erect reddish stems
- Each tiny flower is composed of five sepals, five petals and five stamens
- These tiny flowers form a large flat-topped cluster
HEIGHT: 75-80 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm