Green Ribbon Native Plants®

  • Clethra alnifolia

    2010 – Summersweet Summersweet is a name that truly conveys the virtues and beauty of this native shrub. This deciduous plant grows to an oval shape with a with a […]

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  • Euonymus americanus

    2009 – Strawberry Bush The strawberry bush is a fairly uncommon native shrub most noted for its bumpy, raspberry-red seed pods that hang on the ends of the stems and […]

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  • Aesculus parviflora

    2008 – Bottlebrush Buckeye The bottlebrush buckeye is a wide-spreading, suckering, multi-stemmed shrub making it an excellent plant for shrub borders. With its long, bottlebrush-like panicles of white flowers, there […]

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  • Itea virginica

    2007 – Virginia Sweetspire The Virginia sweetspire is a deciduous to semi-evergreen, 3 to 5 foot tall shrub commonly found in swamps, wet woodlands and along woodland streams of eastern […]

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  • Fothergilla gardenii

    2006 – Dwarf Fothergilla Dwarf fothergilla, a member of the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae), is a hardy plant native to the coastal plains. In the wild, it is often found […]

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