Ray’s Native Plants
Located in Chapel Hill, NC, I focus on growing plants native to North Carolina and the SE USA from seed.
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Thanks to all hose who visited us at the NCNPS 75th anniversary on September 26th in Pittsboro.
Our next open days are the Afternoons of 9-11 October .
See my updated inventory at: https://sites.google.com/view/rayshillito/native-plant-inventory
Its Aster Time!
Pollinator Garden Perennials:
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) - a few left
Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Bradbury’s Monarda (Monarda Bradburiana)
Green and Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe)
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum) - a few left
Scarlet Rose Mallow (Hibiscus coccineus) - 3ft tall!
Hoary vervain (Verbena stricta)
Zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia)
Get ready for Spring with....
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Two-flowered Cynthia (Krigia biflora)
Small numbers left of the following:
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Ditch Stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides)
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Blue vervain (Verbena hastata)
Bradbury’s Monarda (Monarda bradburiana)
Grasses and Sedges:
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) widely used iconic grass
Splitbeard Bluestem (Andropogon ternarius) - one left
Oval Leaf Sedge (Carex cephalophora) for dry woodlands!
Stout Wood Reed (Cinna arundinacea) for shade - few left
Bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix)
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus) - few left
Side-oats Gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Poverty Oat Grass (Danthonia spicata) - low growing grass ground cover
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Coming later - seedlings in the greenhouse!
More Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis)
Various Goldenrods
Registered Nursery NC#9371
Sneezeweed, Hibiscus etc in the Pollinator garden
I have grasses like Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Splitbeard Bluestem (Andropogon ternarius), Side Oats Gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula), along with several others.
Looking for plants for shady spots? I have Oval Leaf Sedge (Carex cephalophora), Bottlebrush grass (Elymus hystrix).
Scarlet Rose Mallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii)
Planting Plants Native to NC provides value to pollinators (like bees, butterflies, flies, dragonflies, native predatory and pollinating wasps, and even midges and beetles), and also to birds and other wildlife. I have seen a range of native bumblebees, carpenter bees, sweat bees, and solitary bees, as well as Monarch and other butterflies on my native plants. Those butterflies need native plants on which to lay eggs that develop into the next generation of butterflies. Leaving the stems in place during the winter provides places for bees and other insects to overwinter.
Having a wide range of native plants in your garden/yard means that pests are less likely to be around. I have had no issue with pests and don't have to use use insecticides at all. There is damage to plants by caterpillars, as that is the purpose of Native plants, but it has never yet reached epidemic proportions. Even if you grow vegetables, having locally adapted plants will encourage pest control and attract pollinators to maximize your yield.
We are located on the East edge of Chapel Hill convenient for Durham, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, Mebane, Burlington, Orange, Alamance and Chatham counties, and the rest of Research Triangle Park (RTP) including Raleigh, Apex and Cary.
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