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    NC Native Plants to Grow in 2022

    Joe Pye Weed

    Last fall, we asked our customers what they would like to see at the nursery in the future. Many of you said NATIVE PLANTS! We’ve compiled a list of the plants we carry here that are native to North Carolina. The best times to plant trees, shrubs, and cold weather flowers are in late fall, winter & early spring. The cold allows the plants to establish strong root systems without the stress that summer heat can bring. 

     

    NC Native Trees:

    Acer rubrum, Red Maple

    Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple

    Betula nigra, Riverbirch 

    Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Slender Silhouette’, American Sweetgum

    Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’, Southern Magnolia

    Quercus virginiana, Live Oak

    Quercus phellos, Willow Oak

    Quercus nutallii, Nuttall Oak

    Taxodium distichum, Bald Cypress & Weeping Bald Cypress

     

    NC Native Herbs & Wildflowers:

    Asclepias Tuberosa- Butterfly Weed

    Coreopsis verticillata, Threadleaf Coreopsis- Moonbeam & Zagreb

    Echinacea purpurea, Powwow Wild Berry Cone flower

    Eupatorium dubium ‘Baby Joe’, Joe Pye Weed

    Gaillardia, Arizonia Sun

    Heuchera Purple Palace

    Monarda didyma ‘Balbalmose’, Beebalm ‘Balmy Rose’, 

    Phlox Paniculata- Garden Phlox, Red, Purple,

    Phlox subulata, creeping phlox, scarlet, white, blue, purple, pink,

    Pycnanthemum muticum, Mountain Mint

    Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii ‘Goldsturm Select’, Black Eyed Susan

     

    NC Native Small Trees & Shrubs:

    Amelanchier canadensis, Serviceberry

    Calycanthus , Aphrodite

    Carpinus caroliniana, Ironwood

    Cercis canadensis, Eastern Redbud, Flame Thrower, Rising Sun, Forest Pansy, 

    Chionanthus virginicus, White Fringetree, Grancy Graybeard, Granddaddy Graybeard

    Clethra alnifolia, Summersweet

    Cornus florida, Flowering Dogwood, Cherokee Chief and Cherokee Princess

    Fothergilla major “Mount Airy”, Bottlebrush

    Hydrangea arborescens, Wild Hydrangea

    Ilex glabra, Inkberry

    lex verticillata, Berry Poppins®  & Mr. Poppins Winterberry Holly

    Itea virginica, Little Henry Sweetspire

    Juniperus virginiana ‘Grey Owl’, Grey Owl Juniper

    Leucothoe fontaaesiana Girard’s Rainbow

    Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

    Rhododendron, Flame Azalea, Klondyke

    Rhododendron catawbiense-  Album, Chinoides, Roseum Elegans, Nova Zemble, English Roseum

    Rubus, Blackberry

    Sambucus canadensis, elderberry

    Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Peach Sorbet’, Highbush Blueberry

    Vaccinium ashei- Climax, Tifblue, Powder Blue, Premier, Takes the Cake

    Vitus rotundifolia- Southland, Carlos, Nesbit

    Yucca filamentosa Color Guard- Adam’s needle

     

    NC Native Vines:

    Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’, Cross Vine

    Gelsemium sempervirens, Carolina Jasmine

    Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’, Coral Honeysuckle

     

    NC Native Grasses:

    Schizachyrium scoparium, ‘The Blues’ Little Bluestem

     

     

    We hope this list of NC Natives at Mitchell’s will help you surround yourself with the spirit of the Carolinas, invigorate our local environment and provide shelter and food sources for some of our valued Carolina critters!  Happy Planting! 

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