Native plants for pots & planters in Davidson County, North Carolina

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Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
(c) psweet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
White, Spring6 in tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
Grows in potsFeeds 14 bird species (genus)
Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Stacy Hodes, CC BY 4.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Spring, Summer1.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideUsually moist soil
Grows in potsFeeds 11 bird species (genus)
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
Orange, May to Aug1.5 ft tall, 1 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
Grows in potsSupports 14 caterpillar species (genus)
Gray's Sedge
Carex grayi
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo, Wikimedia thumbnail; no crop or retouching
May to Aug2.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
Grows in potsFeeds 50 bird species (genus)
Dwarf Crested Iris
Iris cristata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Dr. Thomas Barnes, USFWS, Public domain, Original photo, Source scanned from 1980s 35 mm slide; Wikimedia thumbnail; no additional crop or retouching.
Spring7 in tall, 10 in wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
Grows in potsSupports 10 caterpillar species (genus)
Whorled Tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata
Recorded in Davidson County
Photo credit
Carl Lewis, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
May to Jul1.5 ft tall, 1.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to average soil
Grows in potsSupports 15 specialist bee species (genus)