From Here Originally

American Beautyberry stuns in fall with clusters of electric-purple berries lining its arching branches - a native favorite for birds.American Beautyberry is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and...

Bald cypress handles standing water and dry ground alike, then closes the year with rust-orange fall needles before dropping them clean.Bald cypress is a native deciduous conifer with soft, feathery needles that turn coppery orange in autumn and fall, revealing a strong buttressed trunk...

Black-Eyed Susan lights up summer and fall with golden, dark-centered daisies - a native, deer-resistant perennial that blooms for weeks.Black-Eyed Susan Bare-Root is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Available in Bare-Root...

Blazing star sends up vertical purple wands that bloom top-down in midsummer heat, pulling in monarchs and swallowtails from across the yard.This tough native prairie perennial grows from a corm, handles Alabama drought and clay once established, and returns reliably every year. The stiff...

Carolina jessamine covers a fence or mailbox in fragrant yellow trumpets in late winter, then stays glossy and evergreen all year.Alabama's own native twining vine, Carolina jessamine blankets itself in bright yellow, sweetly scented flowers from February into April while holding narrow evergreen leaves...

Coral honeysuckle covers a mailbox or fence in scarlet trumpet flowers that hummingbirds visit from spring through frost, without ever taking over.This is our well-behaved native honeysuckle, not the aggressive Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) that smothers Alabama woodlands - coral honeysuckle is a modest...

The Eastern Redbud erupts in a cloud of rosy-pink blooms along its branches each spring - a native harbinger of the season.The eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a native understory tree that erupts in pink-purple blooms along its branches each spring. A pollinator favorite...

Elderberry gives you creamy summer flower plates, dark berry clusters for syrup and jelly, and a native shrub pollinators and songbirds work all season.American elderberry is a fast, suckering native shrub that tolerates the damp, heavy spots most fruit refuses - ditch edges, creek...

The Flowering Dogwood is a beloved Southern ornamental, blanketed in white or pink spring blooms and rich red fall foliage.The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a native ornamental tree famous for its spring bracts and red fall color. A four-season beauty and wildlife favorite,...

Gasteria forms fans of thick, tongue-shaped, speckled leaves and tolerates lower light than most succulents - an easygoing, pet-safe choice.Gasteria is a forgiving, low-light succulent with thick, tongue-shaped leaves. It handles shadier spots better than most succulents, making it a great low-fuss indoor pick....

Native golden plumes that light up the fall garden and feed late-season pollinators.Goldenrod (Solidago) blazes with arching gold flower sprays in late summer and fall - a tough, native perennial and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Offered in 4" Pot and 1-Gallon Pot,...

Gulf Muhly Grass erupts each fall in a breathtaking cloud of pink, cotton-candy plumes - a native, drought-tough showstopper.Gulf Muhly Grass is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and...

Joe Pye weed towers at the back of a border with dusty-rose flower domes that swallowtails and monarchs cover through late summer.This big native perennial is the plant for damp, low spots where other perennials sulk, forming a strong upright clump topped with vanilla-scented...

Milkweed is the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat, so a few clumps turn a sunny bed into a working monarch nursery.Plant the right natives: butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) for dry, sunny, well-drained spots, and swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) for beds that stay moist...

Mountain laurel opens clusters of cupped pink and white flowers in late spring above leathery evergreen leaves that hold their looks all winter.Mountain laurel is a native evergreen of Appalachian slopes, prized for intricately marked flowers and handsome year-round foliage. Be honest with yourself...

The muscadine is the South's signature grape - thick-skinned, intensely sweet, and disease-resistant, thriving in Southern heat and humidity.Muscadine Grape Vine Sapling is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4"...

Thick-skinned Southern grapes bursting with musky, intensely floral juice - one bite and you understand why the South never traded them for table grapes.Muscadines are our native Southern grape and the one fruit that shrugs off Alabama humidity entirely, which is why they taste...

The New England Aster closes the season with a burst of purple, daisy-like blooms that pollinators mob before winter.New England Aster is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and...

Ninebark gives you burgundy, gold, or lime foliage from spring to fall, white flower clusters in May, and peeling winter bark.Ninebark is a native, four-season shrub grown mainly for its colored foliage, with clusters of white or pink flowers in late spring and shredding,...

The native Pawpaw yields the largest edible fruit in North America - custardy, tropical-tasting, and impossible to find in stores.Pawpaw Tree Sapling is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4"...