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Moist Sun Garden
  • Summer color is my garden specialty.
  • Easy to grow plants that hang tough in the hot sun.
  • Plenty of food and cover for my bird friends and me.
    • Moist Sun Garden -
    Moist Sun Garden
    Soil Requirements
    Moist
    Sun/Shade Requirements
    Sun

    Moist Sun Garden Plant List

    Ornamental Grasses

    Low Grasses

    Deschampsia cespitosa (Pixie Fountain Tufted Hair Grass) Deschampsia cespitosa (Pixie Fountain Tufted Hair Grass)

    Medium to Tall Grasses

    Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
    Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)

    Perennials

    Medium Perennials

    Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern) Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)

    Medium to Tall Perennials

    Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower) Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower)
    Asclepias incarnata (Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed) Asclepias incarnata (Ice Ballet Swamp Milkweed)
    Rudbeckia triloba (Three-lobed Coneflower) Rudbeckia triloba (Three-lobed Coneflower)
    Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
    Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant) Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
    Eupatorium dubium (Dwarf Joe Pye Weed) Eupatorium dubium (Dwarf Joe Pye Weed)
    Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
    Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard) Aruncus dioicus (Goat's Beard)
    Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)

    Trees and Shrubs

    Conifers

    Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar) Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Cedar)
    Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic White Cedar) Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic White Cedar)

    Deciduous Trees

    Amelanchier canadensis (Shadblow) Amelanchier canadensis (Shadblow)
    Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia) Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia)
    Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum) Nyssa sylvatica (Black Gum)
    Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak) Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak)
    Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood) Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood)
    Betula nigra (River Birch) Betula nigra (River Birch)

    Medium to Tall Shrubs

    Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry) Sambucus racemosa (Red Elderberry)
    Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood) Viburnum dentatum (Arrowwood)
    Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Viburnum) Viburnum trilobum (American Cranberry Viburnum)
    Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire) Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire)
    Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
    Salix discolor (Pussy Willow) Salix discolor (Pussy Willow)
    Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry) Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
    Cephalanthus occidentalis (Button Bush) Cephalanthus occidentalis (Button Bush)
    Clethra alnifolia (Summer Sweet Bush) Clethra alnifolia (Summer Sweet Bush)
    Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood) Cornus sericea (Red-Osier Dogwood)
    Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) Ilex verticillata (Winterberry)
    Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark) Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)
    Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry) Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)

    Small Shrubs

    Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry) Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry)
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    1170 Old Lancaster Pike  ·  Hockessin, DE 19707