Virginia native plants
Virginia reaches from the Atlantic coast through the Piedmont to the Blue Ridge and the Valley, and its native flora spans all of it. Hot humid summers, mild winters, clay in the Piedmont, and deer pressure heavy enough to plan around.
Bedfellow lists 790 of these.
The 30 most-observed are listed here — see all 790 in search.
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
- Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
- Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
- Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
- Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
- False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
- Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
- Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
- Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
- American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
- Boxelder (Acer negundo)
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)
- Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
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- Native plants for pollinators
- Native plants for butterflies
- Caterpillar host plants
- Milkweeds: monarch host plants
- Native plants for hummingbirds
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- Native plants for rain gardens
- Native groundcover plants
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- Native plants for hedges and screens
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