Southeast Region

Native Trees:

This tree is native to coastal areas of the Southeast, and is a truly majestic evergeeen tree. It will take the Live Oak takes a hundred years for them to reach their mature height of 40 to 80 feet tall.

The Black Gum is native from southern Maine to central Florida in the east and far west as Michigan and eastern Texas. Also called tupelo, black gum trees produce flowers that honeybees love. 

This is native from South Carolina, south to Florida, west to Texas, and north to Oklahoma and Missouri. This creates a very dense shade with a full canopy and the early-summer flowers are aromatic and medicinal. 

This large broadleaf evergreen tree with a pyramidal form when young, it eventually reaches 60 to 80 feet tall and 30 to 50 feet wide. It produces fragrant and large flowers around Mother's Day as well.

The pecan tree is agriculturally important for its delicious edible nuts. The Southeast long growing season is perfect for producing a crop of edible nuts. It grows 70 to 100 feet tall and 40 to 75 feet wide. 

Native Flowers:

Treat yourself to the big, bold flowers of hardy hibiscus. Dinner-plate-sized flowers adorn the plants through late summer and early fall and appear in shades of red, pink, and white.

A hummingbird favorite, Indian pink offers bright red flowers topped with yellow. Plant toward the front of the border and enjoy this native perennial's traffic-stopping show all season long.

This charming woodland iris bears delicate blue, white, or purple flowers in mid-spring. Even when not in bloom, the tiny clumps of foliage are a great textural contrast in the shady garden.

Native bee balm bears bright red blooms through the summer months. It's a butterfly and hummingbird magnet—and thanks to its aromatic foliage, is usually ignored by hungry deer or bunnies.

One of this ornamental grass's best features is that it tolerates light shade well. It's also beautiful: The delicate, oat-like heads provide great winter interest and add character to the garden when rustling in the breeze. This can be a fast spreader, so give it lots of room or grow it where you can keep it contained.