Native Plants for the Mountains

Native Plant List for the Mountains

Small trees up to 25' - 

(deciduous) service berry, hornbeam, redbud, dogwood, fringe tree, Carolina silverbell, hornbeam

(evergreen) red cedar, arborvitae, American holly, Savannah holly

Large Trees over 25' - 

(deciduous) red maple, sugar maple, river birch, yellowwood, beech, birch, cucumber tree, oaks

(evergreen) spruce, hemlock, fir, pines, Atlantic white cedar, arborvitae, deodar cedar, southern magnolia

Shrubs under 4' - 

(deciduous) St. John's Wort, lowbush blueberry, cranberry, maple leaf viburnum, hydrangea, American Beautyberry

(evergreen) leucothoe, dwarf yaupon holly, american boxwood, quince

Mid-sized Shrubs over 4' under 10'- 

(deciduous) sweetshrub, red-twig dogwood, hearts-a-bustin', fothergilla, hypericum, winterberry, Virginia sweetspire, spicebush, native azaleas, elderberry, highbush blueberry, deciduous viburnum, leatherleaf viburnum, spirea

(evergreen) mountain laurel, rhododendron, inkberry

Large shrubs over 10' -

(deciduous) smooth sumac, arrowwood viburnum, bottlebrush buckeye, witch hazel

(evergreen)

Vines - 

(deciduous) crossvine, trumpet creeper, climbing hydrangea, coral honeysuckle, Virginia creeper, fox grape

Grasses - 

bluestem, broomsedge, river oats, switch grass, pink muhly grass, lovegrass

Groundcovers - 

(deciduous) pussy's toes, wild ginger, partridge berry, pachysandra, phlox, golden aster, Christmas fern, Oconee bells, yellow root

(evergreen) shore juniper, blue rug juniper

Wildflowers - 

annual wildflower seed mixes from Eden Brothers wildflower mix for the south (on Hwy 191 north of Mills River about 5 miles)

perennials - black-eyed Susan, coneflower, milkweed, asters, false indigo, coreopsis, Joe Pye weed, Carolina Geranium, swamp sunflower, bee balm, Carolina phlox, Cardinal Flower

Exotic Invasive plants to avoid - English ivy, vinca, Asiatic jasmine, leriope, Japanese stiltgrass, miscanthus grass, Chinese wisteria, oriental bittersweet, euonymous