Special Collections
Connecticut Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Connecticut. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchoke | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow Marshmallow Hibiscus | |
| Houstonia caerulea | Azure Bluet Quaker Ladies Bluets | |
| Houstonia longifolia | Longleaf Summer Bluet Pale Bluets | |
| Hypoxis hirsuta | Common Goldstar Yellow Star-grass Eastern Yellow Star-grass | |
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
| Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
| Iris prismatica | Slender Blue Iris Slender Blue Flag Coastal Iris | |
| Iris versicolor | Harlequin Blueflag Northern Blue Flag Large Blue Iris | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
| Linnaea borealis | Twinflower American Twinflower | |
| Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily | |
| Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite Large Blazing Star Large Gayfeather Large Liatris Savanna Blazing Star Savanna Gayfeather Savanna Liatris | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
| Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap Lily | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
| Lysimachia ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife Fringed Yellow Loosestrife | |
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