Bioretention Plants

Outstanding grass for use as ground cover. Deer resistant.

Snowcloud Serviceberry has a upright narrow habit with blue-green foliage that turns to a copper-orange in the fall.

An easy-to-grow native that is adaptable to a wide range of soils.  Displays an abundance of brilliant red fruit in the fall.

Purple berries in the fall make this native plant a showpiece in the landscape.  Easy to grow and drought tolerant.

Ivory colored berries in the fall distinguish this form of American Beauty Berry. Berries persist well into winter. 

An easy-to-grow native plant adaptable to wide range of conditions.  Flowers have a pleasing scent of strawberries to bananas and should be planted close to a walk where it can be enjoyed when in bloom.

A small to medium sized deciduous shrub with fragrant white flowers. Useful for native plantings and shrub borders.

This native wetland plant will grow in a wide range of conditions. 

A popular choice for naturalizing. Easy-to-grow shrub has fragrant, white flowers and medium-sized growth habit.

An improved form of the traditional summer sweet. This variety has deep pink flowers and a pleasing fragrance. It works well in natural areas, planted near the back where it has plenty of room to grow. 

Often used in mass plantings, this plant's fall color and red stems brighten the winter landscape.

Shrub dogwood with yellow branches that stand out in the winter.

This wispy grass is perfect for meadow plantings or for use in soil retention and erosion control.

This unique looking perennial Hibiscus features dark purple-green leaves and large plum colored flowers.

An excellent native alternative to the Boxwood, Gem Box Inkberry forms a dense, mounding shrub.

Needs pollinator for female flowers to produce pea-sized black fruit.

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

The fall foliage color on this variety is stunning. Plant retains leaves well into winter, even in the north. 

Very showy, yellow fall color and the red berries truly decorate the fall landscape.

The scent of the foliage is most evident in the spring.

A grass that can withstand strong winds without lodging.

Outstanding fall display will delight all who see it.

This native, deciduous azalea can tolerate wet soil.

A very dramatic and graceful tree that needs ample space to grow.

Native deciduous shrub that can tolerate wet areas.

Taxodium ascendens (syn. Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium) is a wetland tolerant Baldcypress that grows very tall.

A stately tree with feathery, bright green foliage turning gold to orange in the fall. 

Much more narrow habit than the true species. Same bright green foliage that turns gold to orange in the fall. 

Viburnum dentatum offers excellent winter interest with its attractive blue berries.

A great viburnum that provides year round interest with its large white flower clusters and blue and red berries.