Native Plant Resources for Connecticut Gardeners
The Milford Garden Club
American Horticultural Society
ahs.org
Provides lists of native plant societies in U.S. and lists of societies by plant type.
Audubon Connecticut
ct.audubon.org/
Provides lists of native plants supportive of wildlife and beneficial insects.
Connecticut Botanical Society
Information on CT native plants for the garden, native trees and shrubs for landscape,
CT native perennials.
www.ct-botanical-society.org/garden/
State of Connecticut:
CT Native Tree and Shrub Availability List
www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/habitat/ntvtree.pdf
Uconn Plant Database of Trees, Shrubs and Vines.
www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/index.html
Includes information on habitat, habit and form, summer foliage, autumn foliage, flowers, fruit, bark,
culture, landscape use, liabilities, ID features, propagation, cultivars/varieties.
Connecticut Invasive Plants Council
For a list of invasive plants that, under state law, are illegal to import, move, sell, purchase,
transplant, cultivate or distribute, visit: www.cipwg.uconn.edu/InvasivePlantList
Alternatives for Invasive Ornamental Plant Species This is a readable, informative 15
page publication available from:
Publications, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, CT
06504-1106 or online above.
www.caes.state.ct.us/SpecialFeatures/SpecialFeatures.htm
www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
Edited by C. Colston Burrell, Janet Martinelli, and Bonnie Harper-Lore. Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
2006. This book contains native plant habitat and hardiness ranges, growing tips and native
alternatives to invasives. Beautiful color photos of plants.
www.bbg.org
Happy gardening!