Lauren’s Top Spring Plants
~ Natives ~
Sweet Bay Magnolia
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Description: White
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Low
Cucumber Magnolia
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Greenish yellow
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Nice small flowering ornamental shrub with edible berries
Redbud
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Description: Pink
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Nice small flowering ornamental tree- won’t get too large
Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: White (bracts)
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Nice small flowering ornamental tree- won’t get too large
Creeping Phlox
Bloom Time: July to September
Bloom Description: Purple/violet
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Good part shade ground cover
Moss Phlox
Bloom Time: March to May
Bloom Description: Red-purple to violet-purple to pink to white
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Good sunny location ground cover, will work for erosion on slopes
Wild Ginger
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Purplish brown
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Low
Good shade ground cover
Wild Pinks
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Pink
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Maintenance: Medium
Bloodroot
Bloom Time: March to April
Bloom Description: White or pink tinged
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Good woodland shade native
Trillium
Bloom Time: April to June
Bloom Description: White
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Good woodland shade native
Violets
Bloom Time: March – Fall
Bloom Description: Purple
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Violets come in many varieties
Caramel Heuchera
Heuchera villosa Caramel ®
Bloom Time: June to July
Bloom Description: Light pink
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Great shade plant to add color, semi deer resistant
~ Non-Natives ~
~ but still lovely and non-invasive ~
Pulmonaria
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Dark violet-blue
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Deer resistant and good for shade beds
‘Looking Glass’ Brunnera
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Blue
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Great deer resistant shade flower for early spring, goes well with variegated Pieris
Pieris Japonica
Bloom Time: April
Bloom Description: White
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: High
Great deer resistant shade shrub
Primrose
Bloom Time: Early spring
Bloom Description: Pale yellow
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low