Nature By Design
An Environmentally Responsible Full Service Native Plant Nursery and Garden Center VA Lic. # 2705-062008
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Nature By Design 300 Calvert Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22301 703-683-GROW (4769) (or click here to email us) The following plants will be offered in 2022. Not all plants will be available at all times; please inquire for current availability. Due to limited space, some plants are stored away from the Calvert Ave. location. Please call with your requests. We can transfer stock with 2-3 days notice. |
 Ilex verticillata feasts the eyes, and the birds, throughout winter. |
| Acer negundo | Box Elder |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple |
| Acorus americanus | American Sweet Flag |
| Actaea alba | Doll's Eyes |
| Actaea racemosa var. racemosa | Bugbane |
| Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern |
| Agarista populifolia | Florida Hobblebush |
| Agastache foeniculum | Anise Hyssop |
| Ageratina altissima | White Snakeroot |
| Allium canadense | Wild Garlic |
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion |
| Allium tricoccum | Ramp, Wild Leek |
| Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder |
| Amelanchier canadensis | Shadblow Serviceberry |
| Amelanchier laevis | Smooth Serviceberry |
| Amorpha fruticosa | False Indigo |
| Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem |
| Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Broomsedge |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge Bluestem |
| Anemone canadensis | Meadow Anemone |
| Anemone virginiana | Thimbleflower |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Plantain-leaf Pussytoes |
| Apios americana c. 'Clusternut' | American Groundnut - Oikos Virginia |
| Apios americana c. 'Virginia' | American Groundnut - Virginia |
| Aplectrum hyemale | Adam and Eve |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Columbine |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon, Dragon Root |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-pulpit |
| Aristolochia macrophylla | Dutchman's Pipe |
| Aronia arbutifolia | Red Chokeberry |
| Aronia melanocarpa | Black Chokeberry |
| Aruncus dioicus | Goatsbeard |
| Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed |
| Asclepias purpurascens | Purple Milkweed |
| Asclepias syriaca | Common Milkweed |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterfly Weed |
| Asclepias verticillata | Whorled Milkweed |
| Asimina triloba | Pawpaw Tree |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort |
| Astilbe biternata | Appalachian False Goatsbeard |
| Athyrium angustum f. rubellum | Lady-in-red Fern |
| Athyrium filix-femina | Lady Fern |
| Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides | Southern Lady Fern |
| Baccharis halimifolia | Groundsel Tree |
| Baptisia australis | Blue False Indigo |
| Baptisia tinctoria | Yellow Wild Indigo |
| Betula lenta | Sweet Birch |
| Betula nigra | River Birch |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine |
| Boltonia asteroides | White Doll's Daisy |
| Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry |
| Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold |
| Calycanthus floridus | Carolina Allspice, Eastern Sweetshrub |
| Camassia scilloides | Wild Hyacinth |
| Campanula rotundifolia | Bluebell Bellflower |
| Carex albicans | Whitetinge Sedge |
| Carex amphibola | Creek Sedge |
| Carex appalachica | Appalachian Sedge |
| Carex crinata | Fringed Sedge |
| Carex flaccosperma | Thinfruit Sedge |
| Carex grayi | Gray's Sedge |
| Carex lurida | Shallow Sedge |
| Carex pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Sedge |
| Carex plantaginea | Plantainleaf Sedge |
| Carex rosea | Rosy Sedge |
| Carex stricta | Tussock Sedge |
| Carex vulpinoides | Fox Sedge |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam |
| Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory |
| Caulophyllum thalictroides | Blue Cohosh |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea |
| Celastrus scandens | American Bittersweet |
| Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Buttonbush |
| Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud |
| Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic Whitecedar |
| Chamaelirium luteum | Fairywand, Devil's Bit |
| Chamerion angustifolium | Fireweed |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Northern Sea Oats |
| Chelone glabra | White Turtlehead |
| Chelone lyonii | Pink Turtlehead |
| Chionanthus virginicus | Fringe Tree |
| Chrysogonum virginianum | Green-and-gold |
| Chrysogonum virginianum c. 'Pierre' | Green-and-gold - Pierre |
| Chrysopsis mariana | Maryland Goldenaster |
| Claytonia virginica | Spring Beauty |
| Clematis virginiana | Virgin's Bower |
| Clethra alnifolia | Summersweet |
| Clethra alnifolia c. 'Hummingbird' | Summersweet - Hummingbird |
| Clethra alnifolia c. 'Ruby Spice' | Summersweet - Ruby Spice |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Moonseed |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Tickseed |
| Coreopsis rosea | Rose Tickseed |
| Coreopsis tripteris | Tall Coreopsis |
| Coreopsis verticillata | Threadleaf Coreopsis |
| Cornus alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood |
| Cornus amomum | Silky Dogwood |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood |
| Cornus racemosa | Gray Dogwood |
| Cornus sericea | Redosier Dogwood |
| Corylus americana | American Hazelnut |
| Crataegus phaenopyrum | Washington Hawthorn |
| Crataegus viridis | Green Hawthorn |
| Cyrilla racemiflora | Leatherwood, Ti-ti |
| Decodon verticillatus | Swamp Loosestrife |
| Decumaria barbara | Wood Vamp, Native Climbing Hydrangea |
| Delphinium exaltatum | Tall Larkspur |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Eastern Hayscented Fern |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass |
| Deschampsia flexuosa | Wavy Hairgrass |
| Desmodium canadense | Showy Ticktrefoil |
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches |
| Dicentra eximia | Fringed Bleeding Heart |
| Diervilla lonicera | Northern Bush Honeysuckle |
| Diervilla sessilifolia | Southern Bush Honeysuckle |
| Diospyros virginiana | Common Persimmon |
| Dodecatheon meadia | Shooting Star |
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Crested Male Fern |
| Dryopteris goldiana | Goldie's Wood Fern |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Intermediate Woodfern |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Leatherwood Fern |
| Dryopteris x australis | Dixie Wood Fern |
| Echinacea pallida | Sweet-scented Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush Grass |
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia Wild Rye |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring Horsetail |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Love-grass |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master |
| Erythronium americanum | Yellow Trout Lily |
| Eubotrys racemosa | Fetterbush |
| Euonymus americana | American Strawberry Bush |
| Eupatorium hyssopifolium | Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset |
| Eurybia divaricata | White Wood Aster |
| Eurybia macrophylla | Bigleaf Aster |
| Eurybia spectabilis | Eastern Showy Aster |
| Eutrochium dubium | Coastal Plain Joe-pye Weed |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Trumpetweed |
| Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted Joe-pye Weed |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet-scented Joe-pye Weed |
| Fagus grandifolia | American Beech |
| Fothergilla gardenii | Dwarf Fothergilla |
| Fragaria virginiana | Wild Scarlet Strawberry |
| Galax urceolata | Colt's Foot, Beetleweed |
| Gelsemium sempervirens c. 'Margarita' | Carolina Jessamine - Margarita |
| Geranium maculatum | Cranesbill |
| Gillenia trifoliata | Bowman's Root |
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain |
| Goodyera pubescens | Rattlesnake Plantain |
| Halesia tetraptera | Mountain Silverbell |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Common Witch Hazel |
| Helenium autumnale | Dogtooth Daisy |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower |
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke |
| Heliopsis helianthoides | False Sunflower |
| Hepatica nobilis var. acuta | Sharplobe Hepatica |
| Heuchera americana | Alum Root |
| Heuchera villosa | Hairy Alumroot |
| Hexastylis arifolia | Little Brown Jugs |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rose Mallow |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf Rosemallow |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Rose Mallow |
| Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea |
| Hydrastis canadensis | Goldenseal |
| Hymenocallis occidentalis (caroliniana) | Carolina Spiderlily |
| Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's Wort |
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Holly |
| Ilex glabra (female) | Inkberry Holly (female) |
| Ilex glabra c. 'Compacta' | Inkberry Holly - Compacta (Female) |
| Ilex glabra c. 'Nigra' | Inkberry Holly - Nigra (Female) |
| Ilex glabra c. 'Shamrock' | Inkberry Holly - Shamrock (Female) |
| Ilex opaca | American Holly |
| Ilex verticillata | Winterberry Holly |
| Ilex verticillata c. 'Jim Dandy' | Winterberry Holly - Jim Dandy (Male) |
| Ilex verticillata c. 'Red Sprite' | Winterberry Holly - Red Sprite (Female) |
| Ilex verticillata c. 'Southern Gentleman' | Winterberry Holly - Southern Gentleman (Male) |
| Ilex verticillata c. 'Winter Red' | Winterberry Holly - Winter Red (female) |
| Iris cristata | Crested Iris |
| Iris cristata var. alba | White Crested Iris |
| Iris verna | Dwarf Violet Iris |
| Iris versicolor | Northern Blue Flag Iris |
| Iris virginica | Southern Blue Flag Iris |
| Iris virginica var. shrevei | Shreve's Blue Flag Iris |
| Itea virginica | Sweetspire |
| Itea virginica c. 'Little Henry' | Sweetspire - Little Henry (PP) |
| Jeffersonia diphylla | Twin-leaf |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush |
| Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush |
| Justicia americana | American Water Willow |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Seashore Mallow |
| Lespedeza virginica | Bush Clover |
| Leucothoe axillaris | Coast Leucothoe |
| Leucothoe fontanesiana | Drooping Fetterbush |
| Liatris scariosa | New England Blazingstar |
| Liatris spicata | Gayfeather |
| Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star |
| Lilium superbum | Turk's Cap Lily |
| Lindera benzoin | Spicebush |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum Tree |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Blue Cardinal Flower |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Trumpet Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera sempervirens c. 'John Clayton' | Trumpet Honeysuckle - John Clayton |
| Lonicera sempervirens c. 'Major Wheeler' | Trumpet Honeysuckle - Major Wheeler |
| Lupinus perennis | Bluebonnet, Sundial Lupine |
| Lysimachia lanceolata c. 'Burgundy Mist' | Lanceleaf Loosestrife - Burgundy Mist |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Magnolia |
| Maianthemum canadense | Canada Mayflower |
| Maianthemum racemosum | Feathery False Lily-of-the-valley |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern |
| Meehania cordata | Meehan's Mint |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bog Buckbean |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebell |
| Mimulus ringens | Monkey Flower, Lavender Musk |
| Monarda didyma | Bee Balm |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle |
| Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Pink Muhly Grass |
| Nymphaea odorata | Fragrant Waterlily |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo, Blackgum Tree |
| Oenothera fruticosa | Sundrops |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pinkladies |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern |
| Opuntia humifusa | Prickly Pear Cactus |
| Osmunda claytonia | Interrupted Fern |
| Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis | Gray Royal Fern |
| Osmundastrum cinnamomeum | Cinnamon Fern |
| Ostrya virginiana | Hop Hornbeam |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Tree |
| Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge |
| Packera aurea | Golden Ragwort |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass |
| Panicum virgatum c. 'Northwind' | Switchgrass - Northwind |
| Panicum virgatum c. 'Shenandoah' | Switchgrass - Shenandoah |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Passionflower |
| Peltandra virginica | Arrowleaf Arum |
| Penstemon digitalis | Beardtongue |
| Penstemon hirsutus | Hairy Beardtongue |
| Penstemon smallii | Small's Beardtongue |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox |
| Phlox divaricata c. 'Blue Moon' | Wild Blue Phlox - Blue Moon |
| Phlox glaberrima c. 'Morris Berd' | Smooth Phlox - Morris Berd |
| Phlox paniculata c. 'David' | Garden Phlox - David |
| Phlox paniculata c. 'Jeana' | Garden Phlox - Jeana |
| Phlox stolonifera | Creeping Phlox |
| Phlox stolonifera c. 'Bruce's White' | Creeping Phlox - Bruce's White |
| Phlox stolonifera c. 'Home Fires' | Creeping Phlox - Home Fires |
| Phlox stolonifera c. 'Sherwood Purple' | Creeping Phlox - Sherwood Purple |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Crimson Beauty' | Moss Phlox - Crimson |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Emerald Blue' | Moss Phlox - Blue |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Emerald Pink' | Moss Phlox - Pink |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Purple Beauty' | Moss Phlox - Purple |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Scarlet Flame' | Moss Phlox - Red |
| Phlox subulata c. 'Snowflake' | Moss Phlox - White |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark |
| Physostegia virginiana | Obedient Plant |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine |
| Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine |
| Pinus strobus | Pine-Eastern White |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine |
| Pinus virginiana | Scrub Pine |
| Platanus occidentalis | Sycamore (Eastern Plane Tree) |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple |
| Polemonium reptans | Jacob's Ladder |
| Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum | Smooth Solomon's Seal |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood |
| Prunus americana | American Wild Plum |
| Prunus maritima | Beach Plum |
| Prunus serotina | Black Cherry |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry |
| Pycnanthemum incanum | Hoary Mountain Mint |
| Pycnanthemum muticum | Mountain Mint |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium | Narrowleaf Mountain Mint |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum | Virginia Mountain Mint |
| Quercus alba | White Oak |
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlet Oak |
| Quercus falcata | Spanish Oak |
| Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak |
| Quercus phellos | Willow Oak |
| Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak |
| Rhexia virginica | Meadow Beauty |
| Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth Azalea |
| Rhododendron atlanticum | Coast Azalea |
| Rhododendron atlanticum c. 'Marydel' | Native Azalea - Marydel |
| Rhododendron atlanticum x periclymenoides c. 'Choptank Rose' | Native Azalea - Choptank Rose |
| Rhododendron c. 'Camilla's Blush' | Azalea - Camilla's Blush |
| Rhododendron c. 'My Mary' | Azalea - My Mary |
| Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea |
| Rhododendron canescens | Piedmont Azalea |
| Rhododendron maximum | Rosebay Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pink or Pinxterbloom Azalea |
| Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea |
| Rhododendron prunifolium | Plumleaf Azalea |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac |
| Rhus aromatica c. 'Gro-Low' | Dwarf Fragrant Sumac - Gro-Low |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumac |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac |
| Rosa carolina | Carolina Rose |
| Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose |
| Rosa virginiana | Virginia Rose |
| Rubus odoratus | Flowering Raspberry |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida | Orange Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Cutleaf Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Brown-eyed Susan |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia |
| Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Rose Gentian |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Duck Potato |
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow |
| Salix sericea | Silky Willow |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyre-leafed Sage |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | American Elderberry |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Bloodroot |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras Tree |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem |
| Schizachyrium scoparium c. 'Standing Ovation' | Little Bluestem - Standing Ovation |
| Scutellaria incana | Hoary Skullcap |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heart-leafed Skullcap |
| Sedum ternatum | Woodland Stonecrop |
| Silene caroliniana | Catch-fly |
| Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Blue-eyed Grass |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium c. 'Lucerne' | Blue-eyed Grass - Lucerne |
| Solidago caesia | Blue-stemmed Goldenrod |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod |
| Solidago juncea | Early Goldenrod |
| Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod |
| Solidago odora | Anise-scented Goldenrod |
| Solidago rigida | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Solidago rugosa | Rough-stemmed Goldenrod |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod |
| Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Showy Goldenrod |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Nutgrass |
| Spigelia marilandica | Indian Pinkroot |
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry |
| Symphyotrichum cordifolium | Blue Wood Aster |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster |
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Aster |
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Calico Aster |
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | New England Aster |
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | New York Aster |
| Symphyotrichum oblongifolium | Aromatic Aster |
| Symplocarpus foetidus | Skunk Cabbage |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress |
| Thalia dealbata | Pea Flower |
| Thalictrum dioicum | Early Meadow Rue |
| Thelypteris noveboracensis | New York Fern |
| Thelypteris palustris | Eastern Marsh Fern |
| Thermopsis villosa | Carolina Lupine |
| Thuja occidentalis | Eastern Arborvitae |
| Thuja occidentalis c. 'Nigra' | Eastern Arborvitae - Nigra |
| Thuja occidentalis c. 'Techny' | Mission Arborvitae |
| Tiarella cordifolia | Foamflower |
| Tiarella cordifolia c. 'Running Tapestry' | Foamflower - Running Tapestry |
| Tilia americana | Basswood, American Linden |
| Tradescantia ohiensis | Bluejacket |
| Tradescantia virginiana | Virginia Spiderwort |
| Trillium cuneatum | Little Sweet Betsy |
| Trillium erectum | Red Wakerobin |
| Trillium grandiflorum | White Trillium, Wakerobin |
| Trillium luteum | Yellow Wakerobin |
| Ulmus americana c. 'Valley Forge' | American Elm - Valley Forge |
| Uvularia perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort |
| Uvularia sessilifolia | Sessileleaf Bellwort |
| Vaccinium angustifolium | Lowbush Blueberry |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Bluecrop' | Highbush Blueberry - Bluecrop |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Blueray' | Highbush Blueberry - Blueray |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Chandler' | Highbush Blueberry - Chandler |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Duke' | Highbush Blueberry - Duke |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Elliott' | Highbush Blueberry - Elliott |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Jersey' | Highbush Blueberry - Jersey |
| Vaccinium corymbosum c. 'Patriot' | Highbush Blueberry - Patriot |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain |
| Vernonia gigantea | Giant Ironweed |
| Vernonia noveboracensis | New York Ironweed |
| Veronicastrum virginicum | Culver's Root |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum |
| Viburnum dentatum | Arrowwood Viburnum |
| Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry Viburnum |
| Viburnum nudum | Smooth Witherod |
| Viburnum prunifolium | Blackhaw Viburnum |
| Viburnum trilobum | American Cranberry Viburnum |
| Viola pedata | Bird's Foot Violet |
| Viola sororia | Common Blue Violet |
| Viola striata | Cream Violet |
| Wisteria frutescens c. 'Amethyst Falls' | American Wisteria - Amethyst Falls |
| Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Yellowroot |
| Yucca filamentosa | Beargrass, Adam's Needle |
| Zephyranthes atamasca | Atamasco Lily |
| Zizia aptera | Meadow Zizia |
| Zizia aurea | Golden Alexander |
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