Charleston Carnegie Public Library

6th St. and Van Buren Ave.

Charleston, IL 61920

Charleston Library Hotspot Plant List

Native Perennials & Shrubs

Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Blazing star (Liatris spicata)

Bradbury's monarda (Monarda bradburiana)

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Button blazing star (Liatris aspera)

Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

Golden alexander (Zizia area)

Gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis)

Heartleaf golden alexander (Zizia aptera)

Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)

Lead plant (Amorpha canescens)

Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestrinum)

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

Nodding onion (Allium cerium)

Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida)

Prairie coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

Prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii)

Prairie onion (Allium stellatum)

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens)

Purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea)

Royal catchfly (Silene regia)

Side-oats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)

Sky blue aster (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)

Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)

Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)

Whorled milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Wild petunia (Ruellia humilis)

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Non-native Perennials & Shrubs

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

‘Black Knight’ butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)

‘White Profusion’ Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) 

‘Nanho Blue’ Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) 

Calamint ‘White Cloud’ (Calamintha nepeta)

Calamint ‘Blue Cloud’ (Calamintha nepeta)

Campanula (Campanula takesimana ‘Elizabeth’)

Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’ (Nepeta racemosa)

Foxglove beardtongue ‘Husker Red’ (Penstemon digitalis)

French Marigold (Tagetes patula)

Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)

Showy evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa)

Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ (Sedum telphinum)

Sedum ‘Brilliant’ (Sedum telphinum)

Zinnia ‘Lilliput’ mix (Zinnia elegans)

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