Grow Aquilegia canadensis in eastern perennial gardens or informal woodland plantings for its delicate foliage and uncommon red flowers

Plant black chokeberry in moist sites in eastern U.S. gardens for colorful spring flowers, red fall foliage and dark blue berries

In eastern North America, plant gray dogwood for erosion control or privacy, and you'll get flowers, berries and maroon fall foliage too

These 3 groups of plants will support masses of beneficial insects come autumn

Buttonbush is an adaptable woody shrub with delightful pincushion flowers

Creamy white blossoms give way to splashes of scarlet with this energetic, dramatic ground cover

A shortgrass prairie native wildflower fit for pollinators and dry trouble spots offers benefits all year long

Plant Canadian anemone along pond, lake or stream edges for a splash of white flowers in late spring

Vivacious orange flowers for you, nectar for the butterflies and bees. Asclepias tuberosa is worth planting for more reasons than one

Plant chokecherry for showy white flowers favored by native bees in spring, and to provide nesting habitat and food for birds