Native plants in Cary

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Carolina Sweetheart Redbud

Cercis canadensis 'Carolina Sweetheart'

River Birch

Betula nigra

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Tulip Poplar

Liriodendron tulipifera

Worplesdon Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida 'Rubra'

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

Freeman Maple

Acer freemanii 'Bailston'

Black Tupelo, Black Gum, Sour Gum

Nyssa sylvatica

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Southern Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Sourwood

Oxydendrum arboreum

Carolina Cherry-laurel

Prunus caroliniana

Pin Oak

Quercus palustris

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

White Oak

Quercus alba

Sensation Boxelder

Acer negundo 'Sensation'

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Common Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Scarlet Oak

Quercus coccinea

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Cucumbertree Magnolia

Magnolia acuminata

American Linden

Tilia americana

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

Smooth Hydrangea, Wild Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

Little Henry Sweetspire

Itea virginica 'Sprich'

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Summersweet

Clethra alnifolia

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

Glitters and Glows Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Glitters Glows Arrowwood'

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Serviceberry

Amelanchier canadensis

Squeeze Box Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'Squeeze Box'

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Common Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus

Timm Success Serviceberry

Amelanchier arborea 'Timm Success'

Dwarf Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii

Smooth Witherod

Viburnum nudum

Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana 'Early Amethyst'

Carolina Cherry-laurel

Prunus caroliniana

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Elf Mountain Laurel

Kalmia latifolia 'Elf'

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Spicebush

Lindera benzoin

New Jersey Tea

Ceanothus americanus

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens

American Hazelnut

Corylus americana

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Little Bluestem

Schizachyrium scoparium

'Rain Dance' Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii 'Rain Dance'

Northern Sea Oats

Chasmanthium latifolium

Pink Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Golden Sunset Yellow Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans 'Golden Sunset Yellow'

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

Gray Sedge

Carex grayi

Creeping Sedge

Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'

Splitbeard Bluestem

Andropogon ternarius

Blue Wood Sedge

Carex flaccosperma

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

Bottlebrush Grass

Elymus hystrix

Path Rush

Juncus tenuis

Virginia Wild Rye

Elymus virginicus

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Fringed Sedge

Carex crinita

Rosy Sedge

Carex rosea

Whitetinge Sedge

Carex albicans

Fox Sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

Eastern Woodland Sedge

Carex blanda

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Bottlebrush Sedge

Carex lurida

Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

Garden Phlox

Phlox paniculata

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Threadleaf Coreopsis

Coreopsis verticillata

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

Bee Balm Oswego Tea

Monarda didyma

Obedient Plant Miss Manners

Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Hardy Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos

Lanceleaf Tickseed

Coreopsis lanceolata

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Eastern Red Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Great Blue Lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Woodland Phlox

Phlox divaricata

Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica 'Carl Amason'

Bugbane 'Brunette'

Actaea racemosa 'Brunnette Black'

rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Green Spice Coral Bells

Heuchera americana 'Green Spice'

Virginia Bluebell

Mertensia virginica

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum

Golden Alexanders

Zizia aurea

Fiesta White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata 'Fiesta'

Clustered Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum muticum

Trumpet Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Crossvine

Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'

Carolina Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens

Clematis Candida

Clematis virginiana 'Candida'

Trumpet Creeper

Campsis radicans

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

Swamp Leather Flower

Clematis crispa

Midori Clematis

Clematis viorna 'Midori'

Northern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum pedatum

Christmas Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Marginal Wood Fern

Dryopteris marginalis

Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Sensitive Fern

Onoclea sensibilis

Hay-scented Fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Brunswick Giant Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron 'Brunswick Giant'

Log Fern

Dryopteris x celsa

Broad Beech Fern

Phegopteris hexagonoptera

New York Fern

Parathelypteris noveboracensis

Meadow Spikemoss

Selaginella apoda

Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Adam's Needle

Yucca filamentosa

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

Whorled Stonecrop

Sedum ternatum