Memekas Garden
Plant List
We were lucky to have a fabulous team who helped us design and plant our garden. They selected species that are native, beautiful, and of course that support the pollinators! A plant list is included below. Our garden is ever changing so this list is not exhaustive, but it includes most of our main varieties.
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To purchase native plants locally, we recommend Shore River Gardens in Manasquan (ask for Richard Mohr), Sickles Market in Red Bank, and Molzons in Lincroft. These stores offer some natives but tend to carry a limited supply, so may require special ordering. We also sourced a lot of our plants from Pleasant Run in Allentown NJ, which has a wide selection but sells wholesale only.
Trees
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana







Shrubs & Vines
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa











Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Redtwig Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Arctic Fire'
Wild Rose
Rosa virginiana
Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
St. John's Wort
Hypericum kalmianum 'Gemo'
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans 'Stromboli'
Perennials






Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum






Little Blue Stem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Short-Toothed Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Appalachian Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginanum
Northern Blue Flag
Iris versicolor






Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Big-Leaf Aster
Eurybia macrophilla 'Twilight'
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Scarlet Rosemallow
Hibiscus coccineus
Swamp Rosemallow
Hibiscus moscheutos






Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Scarlet Beebalm
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine'
Monarda didyma 'Jacon Cline'
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa






Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
Common Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium dubium
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Hollow Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum






Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
Physostegia virginiana
New York Ironweed
Vernonia novaboracensis
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Letterman's Ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii 'Iron butterfly'
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New England Aster
Symphyotrichum nova-angliae
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Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
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Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
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Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifloium
Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Grey Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Grass-Leaved Goldenrod
Solidago graminifolia
Licorice-Leaved Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago odora






Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia fulgida varfulgida
Early Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
Giant Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
Green-Headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum






Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Storm Cloud'
Hoary Scullcap
Scutellaria incana
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana


Virginia Meadow Beauty
Rhexia virginica
Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Fragaria virginiana