Native plants for every goal.

Browse the ways gardeners actually choose plants — to feed pollinators, fill shade, hold a slope, or survive deer. Open any collection, then narrow it to your state.

18 ways to choose your plants.

Pollinators

Native plants that turn a yard into a season-long buffet for bees, butterflies, and the insects that keep the food web running.

For bees

The native flowers that feed honey bees, bumblebees, and the hundreds of solitary native bees most gardeners never notice.

Butterflies

Nectar and host plants that bring butterflies to your garden — and give their caterpillars something to eat once they arrive.

Hummingbirds

Tubular, nectar-heavy native flowers that draw hummingbirds far more reliably — and safely — than any sugar-water feeder.

For birds

Seed, berry, and cover plants that feed songbirds year-round — and the caterpillars that nesting birds actually raise their chicks on.

Deer-resistant

Native plants deer tend to walk past — the aromatic, fuzzy, and bitter-leaved species that survive where browsing is heavy.

Full sun

Sun-loving native wildflowers, grasses, and shrubs for the hot, bright, open parts of the yard that bake all afternoon.

For shade

Woodland wildflowers, ferns, and groundcovers that thrive in the dappled and full shade under trees and on the north side of the house.

Drought-tolerant

Deep-rooted native plants that shrug off heat and dry spells and rarely need watering once they are established.

Clay soil

Native plants that root happily into heavy clay — the dense, slow-draining soil that defeats so many garden-center perennials.

Rain garden

Moisture-loving natives for rain gardens, pond edges, downspout basins, and the low spots that stay soggy after a storm.

Groundcovers

Low, spreading natives that knit together to cover bare ground, smother weeds, and replace thirsty lawn or mulch.

Flowering shrubs

Native shrubs that flower for pollinators, fruit for birds, and give the garden its year-round backbone and structure.

Grasses

Native grasses and sedges that bring movement, winter structure, and bird seed — the matrix that ties a planting together.

Low-maintenance

Forgiving, hard-to-kill natives for first-time gardeners and anyone who wants a beautiful yard without the upkeep.

Evergreen

Native shrubs, groundcovers, and ferns that hold their leaves through winter for year-round green, screening, and cover.

Fall color

Native trees, shrubs, and grasses that set the autumn garden alight with red, orange, copper, and gold.

Fragrant

Native plants with scented flowers or foliage — the ones that make a garden smell as good as it looks.