|
Scientific name |
Common name (flower color) |
Recommended Space Between Plants |
|
Overstory Trees |
|
Picea glauca |
White Spruce |
15 feet |
|
Pinus strobus |
Eastern White Pine |
15 feet |
|
Thuja occidentalis |
White Cedar or American Arborvitae |
10 feet |
|
Shrubs |
|
Tall (average mature height over 15 feet) |
|
Amelanchier laevis |
Allegheny Serviceberry |
10 feet |
|
Viburnum lentago |
Nannyberry |
15 feet |
|
Medium (average mature height: 6-15 feet) |
|
Amelanchier alnifolia |
Regent Serviceberry |
5 feet |
|
Cornus sericea |
Isanti Dogwood |
10 feet |
|
Ilex verticillata |
Winterberry |
5 feet |
|
Viburnum rafinesquianum |
Arrowwood |
5-10 feet |
|
Low (average mature height: 2-5 feet) |
|
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
Bearberry |
11/2 feet |
|
Diervilla lonicera |
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle |
5 feet |
|
Symphoricarpos albus |
White Snowberry |
3 feet |
|
Vaccinium angustifolium |
Blueberry |
3 feet |
|
Perennial Flowers |
|
Tall (most plants are 3-5 feet) |
|
Aster cordifolius |
Heart-leaved Aster (blue) |
12 inches |
|
Matteccuia struthiopteris |
Ostrich Fern |
24 inches |
|
Polygonatum biflorum |
Solomon's Seal (white) |
12 inches |
|
Medium (most plants are 2-4 feet) |
|
Athyrium angustrum |
Lady Fern |
24 inches |
|
Adiantum pedatum |
Maidenhair Fern |
12 inches |
|
Low (most plants are under 1 foot) |
|
Gaultheria procumbens |
Wintergreen |
6 inches |
|
Maianthemum canadense |
False Lily-of-the-Valley |
6 inches |
|
Grass-like Plants |
|
Short |
|
Carex pennsylvanica |
Pennsylvania Sedge |
12 inches |
