United States Botanic Garden

Lady Bird Johnson's beautification work transformed the nation's capital. She is honored at the United States Botanic Garden in a free exhibit created by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin. To complement mid-Atlantic native plants that the U.S. Botanic Garden displays, the exhibit includes displays of the following native plants from across the country.


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Agave americana
American Century Plant, Century Plant

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Kinnikinnick, Red Bearberry, Kinnikinnik

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Artemisia ludoviciana
Louisiana Artemisia, Louisiana Sage, White Sage, Prairie Sage, Silver Sage, White Sagebrush, Louisiana Wormwood, Silver Wormwood, Louisiana Sagewort, Gray Sagewort, Cudweed Sagewort, Mugwort Wormwood

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Asclepias tuberosa
Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

Chasmanthium latifolium
Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Clethra alnifolia
Coastal Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepper, Alderleaf Pepperbush, Alderleaf Clethra, Clethra, Summer Sweet

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Coreopsis rosea
Pink Tickseed, Rose Coreopsis, Pink Coreopsis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Coreopsis verticillata
Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled Tickseed, Whorled Coreopsis

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Cornus sericea
Red Osier Dogwood, Red Osier, Red-twig Dogwood

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Dichondra argentea
Silver Ponysfoot, Silver Ponyfoot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Diplacus aurantiacus ssp. aurantiacus
Orange Bush Monkeyflower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Echinacea purpurea
Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Epilobium canum
Hummingbird Trumpet, California Fuchsia, Zauschneria

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Erigeron glaucus
Seaside Fleabane, Seaside Daisy

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Part-shade
Water:

Heliopsis helianthoides
Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Juniperus horizontalis
Creeping Juniper, Creeping Savin

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Magnolia grandiflora
Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, Loblolly Magnolia, Great Laurel Magnolia, Big Laurel, Bull Bay

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Melampodium leucanthum
Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Dry

Monarda didyma
Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Red Bergamot

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Wet, Moist

Muhlenbergia rigens
Deergrass, Meadow Muhly, Deer Muhly

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Nassella tenuissima
Mexican Feathergrass, Mexican Wiregrass, Finestem Needlegrass, Ponytail Grass, Texas Tussock

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Oenothera lindheimeri
White Gaura, Butterfly Gaura, Lindheimer's Beeblossom, Lindheimer's Gaura

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Opuntia macrorhiza
Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Light: Sun
Water: Dry

Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Vine
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist

Phlox paniculata
Fall Phlox, Perennial Phlox

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist

Picea pungens
Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Moist

Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine, Weymouth Pine

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade
Water: Moist, Dry

Pseudotsuga menziesii
Douglas Fir, Blue Douglas Fir

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Light: Part-shade
Water: Dry

Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan

Duration: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun
Water: Moist, Dry

Salvia pachyphylla
Blue Sage

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Light:
Water:

Stokesia laevis
Stokes Aster

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Light: Sun, Part-shade
Water: Moist