Selection list for ground covers and shrubs
GROUND COVERS | |
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Asclepias tuberosum | Butterfly Weed |
Calamagrostis stricta | Slimstem Reedgrass |
Comptonia peregrina | Sweetfern |
Cortaderia selloana “Pumilla” | Dwarf Pampas Grass |
Euonymus coloratus | Euonymus |
Festuca glauca | Blue Fescue Grass |
Juniperus horizentalis | Creeping Juniper |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Swamp Rose Mallow* |
Iris pallida | Sweet Iris |
Iris sibirica | Siberian Iris |
Iris versicolor | Blue Flag Iris |
SHRUBS | |
BOTANICAL NAME | COMMON NAME |
Abeliax grandiflora | Glossy Abelia |
Aesculus parviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye |
Andromeda polifolia | Bog-rosemary |
Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry |
Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry |
Baccharis halimifolia | Eastern Baccharis |
Betula nana | Dwarf Birch |
Betula pumila | Bog Birch |
Calluna vulgaris | Scotch Heather |
Castanea pumila | Chinkapin |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush |
Chamaecyparis spp. | Chamaecyparis |
Clethra alnifolia | Summersweet |
Cornus sericea | Redtwig Dogwood |
Cornus sericea “Flaviramea” | Yellowtwig Dogwood |
Cotoneaster dammeri | Bearberry Cotoneaster |
Daphne cneorum | Rose Daphne |
Daphne caucasica | Caucasian Daphne |
Ericacarnea | Spring Heath |
Euonymus fortunei | Wintercreeper Euonymus |
Eubotrys racemosa | Swamp Doghobble |
Gaylussaciabrachycera | Box Huckleberry |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea |
Ilex crenata | Japanese Holly |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry |
Ilex verticillata | Winterberry |
Itea virginica“Henry’s Garnet” | Virginia Sweetspire |
Juniperus procumbens | Japgarden Juniper |
Juniperus sabina | Savin Juniper |
Juniperus squamata | Singleseed Juniper |
Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep Laurel |
Ledum groenlandicum | Labrador Tea |
Leiophyllum buxifolium | Box Sandmyrtle |
Leucothoe racemosa | Sweetbells Leucothoe |
Microbiota decussata | Russian Arborvitae |
Myrica gale | Sweetgale |
Paxistima canbyi | Canby Paxistima |
Pieris floribunda | Mountain Pieris |
Rhododendron canadense | Rhodora |
Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea |
Rhododendron atlanticum | Coast Azalea |
Rhus aromatica “Gro-Lo” | Gro-Lo Sumac |
Rosa Palustris | Swamp Rose |
Spirea x bumaldi ”Anthony Waterer” | Goldflame Spirea |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | American Cranberry |
Zenobia pulverenta | Dusty Zenobia |
* Asian Longhorn Beetle quarantine species - planting not recommended in parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island