Memekas Garden
Plant List
We were lucky to have a fabulous team who helped us design and plant our garden- Tom Cooney, Leslie Needham, and Andrea Spunberg. 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 varieties.
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To sourced a lot of our plants from Pleasant Run in Allentown NJ, which has a wide selection but sells wholesale only. We also recommend Shore River Gardens in Manasquan (ask for Richard Mohr), Sickles Market in Red Bank, and Molzons in Lincroft.
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Click plant photos for species information!
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Cedar
Juniperus virginiana
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Inkberry
Ilex glabra
Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Appalachian Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Swamp Rosemallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Smooth Blue Aster
Symphyotrichum laeve
Letterman's Ironweed
Vernonia lettermanii
New York Ironweed
Vernonia novaboracensis
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Northern Blue Flag
Iris versicolor
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed
Eutrochium fistulosum
Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium maculatum
Green-Headed Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Scarlet Beebalm
Monarda didyma
Pennsylvania Sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
Serviceberry
Amelanchier
St-John's Wort
Hypericum kalmianum
Trumpet Vine
Campsis radicans
Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Wild Rose
Rosa virginiana
Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Hoary Scullcap
Scutellaria incana
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida var.fulgida
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Grey Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Licorice-Leaved Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Big-Leaf Aster
Eurybia macrophilla
Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea
Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium dubium
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Lanceleaf Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata
Scarlet Rosemallow
Hibiscus coccineus
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Virginia Sweetspire
Itea virginica
Redtwig Dogwood
Cornus sericea 'Arctic Fire'
Sweet Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
Virgninia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginanum
Spotted Beebalm
Monarda punctata
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
Narrow-Leaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Giant Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
Grass-Leaved Goldenrod
Solidago graminifolia
Little Blue Stem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifloium
Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum
Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis
Virginia Meadow Beauty
Rhexia virginica
Early Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum nova-angliae
Short-Toothed M.Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Palm Sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Common Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum