Top 10 Native Plants to Brighten Your Main Line Landscape This Spring
Plant notes · February 2025
Spring is just around the corner and there's no better way to celebrate the season than by enhancing your garden with beautiful, low-maintenance native plants. Not only do these plants thrive in our area and blend in with the architecture of the Main Line of Philadelphia, but they also support pollinators and wildlife, making your landscape both vibrant and supportive of the local environment. Here’s our list of the top 10 native plants to install and enjoy this spring:
1. Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
2. Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
3. Trillium (Trillium erectum)
4. Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
5. Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
6. Amsonia (Amsonia tabernaemontana 'Grande')
7. Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
8. Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata)
9. Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
10. Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
