| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habit |
Height(ft) |
Flowering Time |
Flower Color |
Interesting Traits |
| American Lotus or Water Lotus |
Nelumbo lutea |
Herb |
2–4# |
July-Aug |
Pale Yellow |
Dried fruits for floral use |
| Blue Flag Iris |
Iris shrevei* |
Herb |
3–4 |
May-June |
Blue-Purple |
Cut flowers |
| Buttonbush |
Cephalanthus
occidentalis |
Shrub |
8–10 |
June-Aug |
White |
Ball-shaped flower cluster |
| Great Blue Lobelia |
Lobelia siphilitica
|
Herb |
1–4 |
Aug–Oct |
Blue- Purple |
Birds; Cut flowers |
| Halberd-Leaved Rose Mallow |
Hibiscus laevis |
Herb |
3–7# |
July-Sept |
White with Red Center |
Large, showy flowers |
| Pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
Herb |
1–3# |
May–Sept |
Blue-Purple |
Waterfowl; Dragonflies |
| Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata
|
Herb |
3–5 |
June–Aug |
Pink - Red |
Butterflies |
| Sweet Flag |
Acorus calamus |
Herb |
2–4# |
May–Aug |
Green |
Cut flowers (spadix); Fragrant leaves |
| White Turtlehead |
Chelone glabra |
Herb |
2–3 |
July–Oct |
White/ Cream |
Cut flowers; Birds |
| Wool Grass |
Scirpus cyperinus |
Sedge |
3–5 |
Aug-Oct |
Greenish-Brown |
Waterfowl |