Plant Palette
The Plant Palette provides a list of approved trees and plants and should be used for landscaping within open spaces, lots, buffers, screens, streetscapes, etc. as required by this ordinance.
Latin Name | Common Name | Native/ Adaptive | Notes |
Latin Name | Common Name | Native/ Adaptive | Notes |
Tall Trees (>30') | |||
Acer floridanum | Southern Sugar Maple | native | beautiful bark |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple | native | great Fall color |
Retula nigra | River Birch | native | beautiful bark/deer resistant |
Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White Cedar | native | evergreen |
Fagus gradifolia | American Beech | native | silver bark |
Ilexopaca | American Holly | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cyprus | native | street tree/deer resistant |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust | adaptive | street tree/deer resistant |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum | adaptive | evergreen/street tree |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay | native | |
Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum | native | good fall color |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Pinus serotina | Pond Pine | native | evergreen |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine | native | evergreen |
Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore | native | |
Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak | native | street tree |
Quercus falcate | Southern Red Oak | native | |
Quercus pagoda | Cherrybark Oak | native | |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak | native | |
Quercus rubra | Red Oak | native | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak | native | |
Tilia americana | Basswood | native | good for pollinators |
Ulmus americana | American Elm | native | street tree/use disease resistant |
Small Trees (10 - 30 ft) | |||
Alnus serrulata | Alder | native | good for wet soils |
Amelanchier arborea | Serviceberry | native | flowering |
Amelanchier canadensis | Juneberry | native | flowering |
Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam | native | |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern redbud | native | flowering |
Chionanthus virginicus | Fringe Tree | native | flowering |
Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda dogwood | adaptive | flowering |
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood | native | flowering : use disease resistant |
Crataegus spp. | Hawthorn | native | flowering/deer resistant |
Halesia carolina | Carolina Silverbell | native | flowering/deer resistant |
Hamamelis virainiana | Witch-hazel | native | flowering in Jan/Feb /deer resistant |
Magnoliavirqiniana 'Moon Glow' | Moon Glow Sweetbay | native | evergreen |
Magnolia x soulangiana | Magnolia | adaptive | flowering |
Ostrya virginiana* | Hophornbeam | native | |
Oxydendrum arboreum* | Sourwood | native | |
Large shrubs (6-12 ft) | |||
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye* | native | deer resistant |
Buxus semp. 'Dee Runk' | Fastigate American Boxwood | adaptive | evergreen |
Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood | native | |
Ilex Conaf | Oakleaf Holly | adaptive | evergreen |
Ilex deciduas | Possumhaw | native | good winter berries |
Ilex verticillata | Winterberry | native | good winter berries |
Myrica cerifera | Wax Myrtle | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Rhododendron arborescens | Sweet azalea | native | |
Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame azalea | native | |
Rhododendron catawbiense | Mountain rosebay | native | evergreen |
Rhus copallina | Winged Sumac | native | |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac | native | |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw | native | keep off sidewalks due to fruit |
Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Allegheny' | LeatherleafViburnum | adaptive | evergreen |
Medium Shrubs (4-6ft) | |||
Camellia japonica | Camellia | adaptive | evergreen |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel | native | evergreen |
Rhododendron carolinianum | Carolina Rhododendron | native | evergreen |
Rhododendron periclymenoides | Wild or Pinxter azalea | native | |
Rhododendron vaseyi | Pinkshell azalea | native | evergreen |
Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Cree' | Dwarf Leatherleaf Viburnum | adaptive | evergreen |
Low Shrubs (Under 4 ft) | |||
Abelia x grandiflora | Glossy Abelia | adaptive | deer resistant |
Buxus mic. Winter Gem' | Korean Boxwood | adaptive | evergreen |
Buxus mic. 'Wintergreen' | Korean Boxwood | adaptive | evergreen |
Low Shrubs (Under 4 ft)
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Clethera alnifolia | Summersweet Clethra | native | |
Cornus sericea | Redosier Dogwood | adaptive | |
Hydranea aborescens | Snowhill Hydrangea | native | flowering |
Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's Wort | native | flowering |
Ilex glabra 'Compacta ' | Compact Inkberry Holly | adaptive | evergreen |
Leucothoe fontanesiana | Drooping leucothoe | native | evergreen |
Rosa carolina | Carolina rose | native | flowering |
Rosa palustris | Swamp rose | native | flowering |
Vaccinium macrocarpon | Cranberry | native | evergreen |
Vaccinium pallidum | Lowbush blueberry | native | |
Viburnum acerifolium | Maple-leaf Viburnum | native | |
Ferns | |||
Adiantum pedatum | Maidenhair fern | native | deer resistant |
Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort | native | evergreen |
Athyrium felix-feimina | Lady fern | native | deer resistant |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-scented fern | native | |
Dryopteris marginalis | Wood fern | native | evergreen |
Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive fern | native | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | native | deer resistant |
Polystichum-acrostichoides | Christmas fern | native | evergreen/deer resistant |
Grasses | |||
Andropogon gerardii | Bio bluestem | native | |
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge | native | |
Arundinaria gigantea | River cane | ||
Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania sedge | native | |
Carex plantaginea | Plantain-leaved sedge | native | |
Chasmanthium latifolium | River Oats | native | |
Grasses
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Panicum virgatum | Switch-grass | native | deer resistant |
Schizachyrium- scoparium | Little bluestem | native | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian grass | native | deer resistant |
Perennials | |||
Amsonia spp. | Blue star | adaptive | |
Aquilegia canadensis | Wild columbine | native | deer resistant |
Asclepiasincarnata | Swamp milkweed | native | |
Asclepiastuberosa | Butterfly-weed | native | |
Aster novea angliae | New England aster | native | |
Astilbe spp. | Astilbe | adaptive | |
Baptisia spp. | Wild indigo | adaptive | |
Chelone lyonii | Pink turtlehead | native | |
Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' | Coreopsis | adaptive | deer resistant |
Dicentra eximia | Bleeding heart | native | |
Echinacea spp. | Coneflower | adaptive | deer resistant |
Geranium 'Rozanne' | Wild geranium | adaptive | |
Helianthus resinosus | Sunflower | native | |
Hemerocallis spp. | Daylily | adaptive | |
Heuchera americana | Alumroot | native | |
Heuchera 'Palace Purple' | Coral Bells | adaptive | |
Hosta spp. | Hosta | adaptive | |
Iris cristata | Dwarf crested iris | native | |
Liatris spicata | Blazing star | native | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | native | deer resistant |
Monarda didyma | Bee-balm | native | deer resistant |
Nepeta faassenii | Catmint | adaptive | deer resistant |
Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny spurge | native | |
Perennials
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Phlox carolina | Carolina phlox | native | |
Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox | native | |
Phlox paniculata | Garden phlox | native | |
Polygonatum billorum | Solomon's seal | native | |
Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' | Black-eyed Susan | adaptive | |
Salvia 'May Night' | May Night Salvia | adaptive | deer resistant |
Silene virginica | Fire pink | native | |
Solidago rugosa | Winkle-leaf goldenrod | native | |
Tiarella cordifolia | Foamflower | native | |
Vernonia novehoracensis | New York ironweed | native | |
(Ord. 14-35, passed 09-24-2014; Ord. 23-13, passed 5-23-2023))