A cultivar of one of the mid-Atlantic’s best spring-flowering small native trees, ‘Appalachian Red’ has clear, bright rose-pink flowers for two to three weeks in April, cloaking the tree’s bare branches before the foliage emerges. Appropriate as a street or yard tree for compact spaces, it grows to be 15 to 25 feet.   

Planting information: full sun, part shade, medium water, wildlife value, deer resistant  

This slightly more compact selection of the native black-eyed Susan, with smaller foliage, is resistant to disease. The cheerful perennial blooms from July to September. It grows to be 24 inches.   
Planting information: sun, low water, medium water, pollinator, native, deer resistant 

A hybrid between a tree and herbaceous peony, this selection features dozens of fragrant, semi-double, sulfur-yellow, 8-inch flowers arranged on sturdy stems that don’t require staking. After flowering, foliage retains its green throughout the season. It grows to be 4 feet.   
Planting information: sun, medium water, deer resistant 

A miniature variety, this heavily flowering shrub features large conical clusters of white flowers beginning in midsummer, which fade to pink and persist into the fall. It blooms on new wood, and is tolerant of hard freezes and over-pruning. It is appropriate for the front of the border or in a container. It grows to be 30 to 36 inches.   
Planting information: full sun, part shade, medium water, deer resistant 

For more than a century, the London planetree has been a classic tree in the urban landscape, prized for its grand proportions, pollution tolerance, and beautiful exfoliating bark. Exclamation! is an improved cultivar. It is lightly fruiting, has an upright pyramidal habit, and most importantly, is resistant to anthracnose, which causes premature foliage drop. It grows to be 60 feet.   
Planting information: full sun, part sun, shade, high water, medium water, low water  

An elegant evergreen groundcover with small, glossy foliage, this slowly spreading suckering shrub is perfect for dry shade. It is a more compact, uniform selection with minuscule, wonderfully fragrant flowers in March. It grows to be 18 inches.   
Planting information: part shade, shade, medium water, low water, deer resistant 

A statuesque vertical element in the shade garden, Dixie wood fern has bright green, glossy, upright fronds that are mostly evergreen in winter. It grows to be 4 to 5 feet.   
Planting information: full shade, part shade, medium water, deer resistant, native