Inner Garden Plants

american cranberry

A ground shrub bush that produces cranberries. Grows to be 6 ft.

bee balm

Produces beautiful centerpiece flowers of red, pink, and white. Prefers full sun or afternoon shade. Grows to be 3 ft.

new england aster

Produces pompon flowers of red and white mixtures that remain colorful and large with time. 32-36” tall.

sneezeweed

Produces bunches of bright, yellow, daisy-like, perennial flowers. (3-5’ tall)

meadow anemone

Vibrant, large (4-5” in diameter) white flowers that are deer-resistant and salt-tolerant. They have a longer harvest window, blossoming in late spring. 2’ tall.

butterfly weed

Woody bushes with colorful flowers that prefer partial sun and are cold-hardy. 2-4 ft tall and wide.

Arrowwood

Bell-shaped, white flowers that grow in flat-topped corymbs with extruding stamens wth yellow anthers. They are potential hosts for Spring Azure butterflies. 5-10 ft tall.

Dwarf fothergilla

Showy, cream-white flowers that produce a sweet honey aroma that lasts April through May. 1-3 ft tall.

common bearberry

Pink or white bell-shaped flowers that have a long bloom season in the spring. Butterflies and hummingbirds are often attracted to the flower. 0.5-1 ft tall.

coral bells

Tall flowers can range from green, lavender, to white and bell, cup, or funnel shapes. As a warning, they can produce a musky odor when first opened, but are showy flowers. 25-30 ft tall.

Foamflower

A shade-preferring plant that provides good ground coverage with their clumps of pink and white buds. 0.5-1 ft tall.