Landscaping in Small Places
It’s not as hard as you think… planting native plant gardens can be grown in small spaces such as a townhouse yard or apartment. As with any other situation, having a small space garden requires that you acknowledge the amount of space you have and only plant what’s need. However, when considering the space for your plants, don’t forget their roots so they can grow into healthy plants after planting. Landscaping in small places is pretty easy. On apartment balconies a diverse mix of potted perennials vines, small grasses and ferns can provide a great pollinator habitat for bees. Mixing spring, summer and fall blooming plants in a planter or group of planters can provide beauty and color throughout the growing season in your small places. The important thing to remember is have fun and enjoy what you have. Here are a few suggestions on what you can use when “Landscaping in Small Places”.
Perennials
Aquilegia canadensis Canadian Wild Columbine
Actaea racemosa Black Cohosh
Asarum canadense Wild Ginger
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed
Chrysogonum virginicum Green and Gold
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Tickseed
Dicentra eximia Fringed Bleeding Heart
Eurybia (Aster) divaricata White Wood Aster
Geranium maculatum Wild Geranium
Heuchera americana American Alumroot
Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia
Maianthemum racemosum Solomon’s Plume
Penstemon digitalis Beardtounge Penstemon
Phlox divaricata Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox stolonifera Creeping Phlox
Polygonatum biflorum Solomon’s Seal
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint
Salvia lyrata Lyre-leaf Sage
Sedum ternatum Wild Stonecrop
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-eyed Grass
Tiarella cordifolia Foamflower
Grasses
Elymus hystrix Bottlebrush Grass
Carex pennsylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex stricta Tussock or upright Sedge
Schizachyrium scoparuim Little Bluestem
Ferns
Adiantum pedatum Maidenhair Fern
Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort
Athyrium asplenoides Southern Lady Fern
Dryopteris marginalis Evergreen Shield or
Wood Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern
Vines
Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle
Passiflora lutea Yellow Passion flower
