101 Native Plants
For Your Garden
Looking for a new plant for your garden? More than 3,000 native plants—both herbaceous and woody–call Maryland home. It can be challenging to choose one that you like and that will like your garden.
This series explores well known favorites as well as some lesser-known ones. The full spectrum of plants will be examined: annuals, perennials, sedges, rushes, grasses, ferns, shrubs, and trees. Some will be discussed in detail while other, less common ones, have limited dossiers.
Spotted Touch-me-not or Jewelweed
The annual Impatiens capensis likes full- to part-shade and wet soil but can do well in damp or moist soil as well.
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