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North American Native Plants

Every one of these 135 plants is recorded as native to North America in the USDA PLANTS database — not "naturalized," not "well-behaved exotic," but part of the food web here before any garden was. They span USDA zones 2–11 and every layer, from canopy oaks to groundcover strawberries.

Why it matters is concrete, not sentimental: most plant-eating insects can only digest the plants they evolved with, and those insects — especially caterpillars — are what songbirds raise their young on. A yard's worth of natives is measurably more alive. The guides note which species are keystone hosts and what each one feeds, so you can pick the plants that do the most work.

Natives are not automatically low-maintenance — a wetland sedge still needs wet feet — but matched to the right spot they need no fertilizer, less water, and no pest program. 21 of these are deer-resistant too. 95 are in stock at a nursery right now — the terracotta price tags go straight to those product pages, not to a search.

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Zones describe winter hardiness. Native ranges vary across North America; open a plant's guide for the details.

Adam's Needle (Hardy Yucca)Adam's Needle (Hardy Yucca)Yucca filamentosaFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaAmerican Elm (Disease-Resistant)From $91.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.American Elm (Disease-Resistant)Ulmus americanaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaAmerican GinsengAmerican GinsengPanax quinquefoliusSHADE — 70-80%: north-slope hardwood understory or shade clothModerate waterVERY slow — roots reach harvest at 7-10+ YEARS growthNative to North AmericaAmerican GroundnutAmerican GroundnutApios americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaAmerican HollyFrom $97.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.American HollyIlex opacaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaAmerican Linden (Basswood)American Linden (Basswood)Tilia americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaAmerican SycamoreFrom $81.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.American SycamorePlatanus occidentalisFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaAmsonia (Bluestar)From $17 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Amsonia (Bluestar)Amsonia hubrichtiiFull Sun to Light ShadeLow waterSlow to establish growthDeer-resistantAnise HyssopFrom $2.90 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Anise HyssopAgastache foeniculumFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaArborvitaeFrom $19.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis / 'Green Giant'Full Sun to Light ShadeModerate water'EG' slow-moderate growthNative to North AmericaAronia (Chokeberry) — ImprovedAronia (Chokeberry) — ImprovedAronia melanocarpa 'Viking'Full Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaArrowwood ViburnumFrom $81.92 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Arrowwood ViburnumViburnum dentatumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaBald CypressFrom $10.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bald CypressTaxodium distichumFull SunModerate waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaBeach PlumFrom $64.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Beach PlumPrunus maritimaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaBearberry (Kinnikinnick)From $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bearberry (Kinnikinnick)Arctostaphylos uva-ursiFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaBeautyberryFrom $19.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.BeautyberryCallicarpa americanaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaBee BalmFrom $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Bee BalmMonarda didymaFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaBlack CherryBlack CherryPrunus serotinaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaBlack Gum (Tupelo)From $25 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Black Gum (Tupelo)Nyssa sylvaticaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaBlack LocustFrom $14.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Black LocustRobinia pseudoacaciaFull SunLow waterVERY FAST growthDeer-resistantBlack-eyed SusanBlack-eyed SusanRudbeckia fulgidaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaBlazing Star (Liatris)From $4.39 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Blazing Star (Liatris)Liatris spicataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaBlue VervainFrom $5.89 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Blue VervainVerbena hastataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaBoston FernFrom $42.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Boston FernNephrolepis exaltataBright indirectHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaButtonbushFrom $56.32 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ButtonbushCephalanthus occidentalisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaCalifornia PoppyFrom $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.California PoppyEschscholzia californicaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterFast growthNative to North AmericaCamasFrom $10.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CamasCamassia quamashFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSpring bulb growthNative to North AmericaCardinal FlowerFrom $14.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthDeer-resistantChokeberryFrom $26.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ChokeberryAronia melanocarpaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaColorado Blue SpruceFrom $45.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Colorado Blue SprucePicea pungensFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaColumbineFrom $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ColumbineAquilegia canadensisPart ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaCommon MilkweedCommon MilkweedAsclepias syriaca / tuberosaFull SunLow waterFast growthDeer-resistantCoral HoneysuckleCoral HoneysuckleLonicera sempervirensFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaCoreopsisFrom $2.50 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CoreopsisCoreopsis verticillataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaCranberryFrom $15.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.CranberryVaccinium macrocarponFull SunHigh waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaCreeping Phlox (Moss Phlox)From $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Creeping Phlox (Moss Phlox)Phlox subulataFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaCulver's RootFrom $35.63 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Culver's RootVeronicastrum virginicumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantCup PlantFrom $1.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Cup PlantSilphium perfoliatumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaDuck Potato (Wapato)Duck Potato (Wapato)Sagittaria latifoliaFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaEastern HemlockEastern HemlockTsuga canadensisPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaEastern RedbudFrom $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Eastern RedbudCercis canadensisFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaEastern RedcedarEastern RedcedarJuniperus virginianaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaEastern White PineFrom $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Eastern White PinePinus strobusFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterFAST growthNative to North AmericaEchinaceaFrom $2.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.EchinaceaEchinacea purpureaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaElderberryFrom $7.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.ElderberrySambucus canadensisFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterFast growthNative to North AmericaFalse Indigo (Baptisia)From $15.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.False Indigo (Baptisia)Baptisia australisFull Sun to Light ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow to establish growthDeer-resistantFlowering DogwoodFrom $14.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Flowering DogwoodCornus floridaMORNING sun / afternoon shade — a forest-edge treeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaFoamflowerFrom $35.73 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.FoamflowerTiarella cordifoliaPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantFraser FirFraser FirAbies fraseriFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaFrench TarragonFrench TarragonArtemisia dracunculus 'Sativa'Full SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaFringe TreeFrom $189.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Fringe TreeChionanthus virginicusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaGarden PhloxFrom $19.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Garden PhloxPhlox paniculataFull SunModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaGolden AlexandersFrom $4.75 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Golden AlexandersZizia aureaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaGrapeGrapeVitis spp.Full SunFast growthExcellent edibleGreat Blue LobeliaFrom $5.79 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Great Blue LobeliaLobelia siphiliticaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantGround CherryFrom $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ground CherryPhysalis pruinosaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaHackberryFrom $142.80 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HackberryCeltis occidentalisFull SunLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaHawthornFrom $26.49 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HawthornCrataegus viridis 'Winter King'Full SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaHazelnutHazelnutCorylus americanaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaHelen's Flower (Sneezeweed)Helen's Flower (Sneezeweed)Helenium autumnaleFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaHibiscusHibiscusHighbush CranberryFrom $24.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Highbush CranberryViburnum trilobumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaHoneyberryFrom $21.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HoneyberryLonicera caeruleaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaHydrangeaFrom $19.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.HydrangeaIronweedFrom $18 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.IronweedVernonia noveboracensisFull SunModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistantJerusalem ArtichokeJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North AmericaJoe Pye WeedFrom $3.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Joe Pye WeedEutrochium purpureumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaKentucky CoffeetreeFrom $28 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Kentucky CoffeetreeGymnocladus dioicusFull SunLow waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaLingonberryFrom $15.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaeaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaLittle BluestemFrom $19.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Little BluestemSchizachyrium scopariumFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaMapleMapleModerate waterMayappleMayapplePodophyllum peltatumPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaMaypop (Hardy Passionflower)From $28 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Maypop (Hardy Passionflower)Passiflora incarnataFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaMiner's Lettuce (Claytonia)From $4.45 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia)Claytonia perfoliataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaMoonflowerFrom $2.90 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.MoonflowerIpomoea albaFull SunModerate waterVery Fast growthNative to North AmericaMountain LaurelFrom $101.68 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mountain LaurelKalmia latifoliaPart Shade / morning sun — like its cousin rhododendronModerate waterSlow growthDeer-resistantMountain MintFrom $4.75 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Mountain MintPycnanthemum muticumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthDeer-resistantNew England AsterFrom $29.73 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaeFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaNew Jersey TeaNew Jersey TeaCeanothus americanusFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaNinebarkFrom $26.29 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.NinebarkPhysocarpus opulifoliusFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaNorthern CatalpaNorthern CatalpaCatalpa speciosaFull SunLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaNorthern Sea OatsFrom $16 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Northern Sea OatsChasmanthium latifoliumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaOakOakFull SunLow waterNative to North AmericaObedient PlantFrom $34.67 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Obedient PlantPhysostegia virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaOregon GrapeFrom $19.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Oregon GrapeMahonia aquifoliumPart Shade to ShadeLow waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistantOstrich FernFrom $31.80 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Ostrich FernMatteuccia struthiopterisShade to Part ShadeHigh waterFast spreader once settled growthNative to North AmericaPawpawFrom $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PawpawAsimina trilobaShade when youngHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaPecanFrom $39.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PecanCarya illinoinensisFull SunHigh waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaPenstemon (Beardtongue)From $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Penstemon (Beardtongue)Penstemon digitalisFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaPersimmonFrom $34.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PersimmonFull Sun to Part ShadeExcellent ediblePhacelia (Lacy Phacelia)From $5.79 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Phacelia (Lacy Phacelia)Phacelia tanacetifoliaFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North AmericaPickerelweedPickerelweedPontederia cordataFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaPlumFrom $9.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.PlumFull SunExcellent ediblePotentilla (Shrubby Cinquefoil)From $53.98 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Potentilla (Shrubby Cinquefoil)Dasiphora fruticosaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaPrairie DropseedPrairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepisFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaPrairie SmokePrairie SmokeGeum triflorumFull SunLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaPurple Prairie CloverPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureaFull SunDrought-tolerant · low waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaRamps (Wild Leek)Ramps (Wild Leek)Allium tricoccumDeciduous SHADEModerate waterVERY slow growthNative to North AmericaRattlesnake MasterFrom $4.75 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Rattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifoliumFull SunLow waterSlow growthDeer-resistantRed BuckeyeRed BuckeyeAesculus paviaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaRedtwig DogwoodFrom $45.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Redtwig DogwoodCornus sericeaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaRhododendronFrom $26.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.RhododendronRhododendron catawbiense hybridsDappled / morning sunModerate waterSlow growthDeer-resistantRiver BirchFrom $10.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.River BirchBetula nigraFull SunHigh waterFast growthNative to North AmericaSassafrasFrom $49.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SassafrasSassafras albidumFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterModerate-Fast growthNative to North AmericaShagbark HickoryFrom $8.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Shagbark HickoryCarya ovataFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaSilver BuffaloberrySilver BuffaloberryShepherdia argenteaFull SunLow waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaSkullcapFrom $4.39 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SkullcapScutellaria laterifloraFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaSolomon's SealSolomon's SealPolygonatum biflorumPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistantSourwoodFrom $109.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SourwoodOxydendrum arboreumFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaSouthern MagnoliaFrom $71.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandifloraFull Sun to Light ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaSpicebushSpicebushLindera benzoinPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaStrawberryStrawberryFragaria × ananassaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaSummersweetFrom $86.91 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SummersweetClethra alnifoliaFull Sun to SHADEModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistantSunflowerFrom $2.70 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SunflowerHelianthus annuusFull SunLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North AmericaSweet Violet & Native VioletsSweet Violet & Native VioletsViola sororia / odorataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaSweetbay MagnoliaFrom $9.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweetbay MagnoliaMagnolia virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthNative to North AmericaSweetgumFrom $97.90 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SweetgumLiquidambar styracifluaFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaSweetshrub (Carolina Allspice)From $23 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Sweetshrub (Carolina Allspice)Calycanthus floridusFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantSwitchgrassFrom $19.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.SwitchgrassPanicum virgatumFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaTrumpet VineFrom $24.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Trumpet VineCampsis radicansFull SunLow waterVery Fast — aggressive growthNative to North AmericaTulip PoplarFrom $9.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Tulip PoplarLiriodendron tulipiferaFull SunModerate waterFAST growthNative to North AmericaTurtleheadFrom $19.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.TurtleheadChelone glabraFull Sun to Part ShadeHigh waterModerate growthDeer-resistantVirginia BluebellsFrom $16.99 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginicaPart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantVirginia CreeperVirginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefoliaFull Sun to full shadeLow waterVery Fast growthNative to North AmericaVirginia SweetspireFrom $25 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Virginia SweetspireItea virginicaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterModerate growthDeer-resistantWalnutWalnutFull SunModerate growthExcellent edibleWild BergamotFrom $2.69 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosaFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterFast growthNative to North AmericaWild GingerFrom $40.98 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Wild GingerAsarum canadensePart Shade to Full ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthDeer-resistantWild LupineWild LupineLupinus perennisFull Sun to Part ShadeLow waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaWild SennaWild SennaSenna hebecarpaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaWinterberry HollyFrom $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Winterberry HollyIlex verticillataFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaWintergreen (Teaberry)From $12.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Wintergreen (Teaberry)Gaultheria procumbensPart Shade to ShadeModerate waterSlow growthNative to North AmericaWisteriaWisteriaWisteria frutescensFull SunModerate waterFast growthNative to North AmericaWitch HazelFrom $102.40 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Witch HazelHamamelis virginianaFull Sun to Part ShadeModerate waterSlow-Moderate growthNative to North AmericaYaupon HollyFrom $29.95 at a third-party nursery — not a Story Thyme Farms price.Yaupon HollyIlex vomitoriaFull Sun to Part ShadeDrought-tolerant · low waterModerate growthNative to North America

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