Elymus virginicus (Virginia Wild Rye)

A mound of cymes bearing beautiful delicate yellow flowers and yellow-chartreuse bracts, along with green leaves, makes attractive spring foliage.  Yellow, purple, red, and orange foliage with green undergrowth turns a brilliant shade of red in the fall. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms mid-spring to early summer
1 ft tall x 1-1.5 ft spread
Deer and rabbit resistant
Drought tolerant
Attracts butterflies
Moderate salt tolerance

Clusters of violet purple saucer-shaped flowers grow on green foliage and create a dense spreading mound. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms early summer to mid fall
1-2 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft spread
Attracts butterflies
Drought tolerant
Deer and rabbit resistant
Groundcover

Red-orange petals with a deeper red eye and green throat rise high above full green foliage. Slow growth rate.

The common name comes from the fact that each flower only lasts for no more than 24 hours- they open in the morning and wither before the following evening- some to be replaced by another flower on the same scape.

Blooms early to mid-summer
2 ft tall x 1-2 ft spread
Diploid
Rebloomer
Extended Bloom
HARDY to -40°F (-40°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Rabbit resistant
Tolerant to juglone
Drought tolerant
Dormant
Salt tolerant

This perennial features upright stems bearing pale lilac flowers and small, hairy gray-green aromatic leaves growing in a compact, mounding, low-growing habit. Moderate growth rate.

Blooms early summer
0.75-1.5 ft tall x 1-1.5 ft spread
HARDY to -40°F (-40°C)
Drought tolerant
Deer and rabbit resistant
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Fragrant

(DWARF) White flowers in spring followed by red fruit in fall. New foliage is lemon yellow and matures to chartreuse. Exfoliating bark adds interest to winter landscape. Compact bushy multi-stemmed form. 1.5-2.5′ tall x 2-3′ spread Full Sun/Part Shade

Rose changing to red, green leaves, fast growth rate, tighter habit and thicker foliage than Autumn Joy, blooms late summer to late fall, 2-2.5 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft wide, full sun.