Information on Native East Tennessee Plants
Knoxville Native Plant Rescue Squad is a knowledgeable local retailer with native plants available for purchase.
https://www.nativeplantrescuesquad.org/our-stock
email: info@nativeplantrescuesquad.org
call or text: Gerry: 480.239.0506 or Joy: 731.610.6984
Lists of native Tennessean plants can be found at the following websites:
Tennessee has several bioregions, so please be sure to choose plants that are specifically native to East TN and not just TN in general.
https://www.easttennesseewildflowers.com/
https://www.nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/Plants/Flowers-and-Grasses/11
https://www.wildflower.org/collections/printable_QR_main.php?collection=TN
Some examples of native plants
- Black-eyed Susan
- Blue Bell Flowers
- Blood Root
- Buttercup
- Chicory
- Daffodil
- Daisy
- Dwarf Crested Iris
- Eared Tickseed or Lobed Tickseed
- Eastern Beebalm
- Fire pink
- Flame Azalea
- Garden Phlox or Summer Phlox or Prairie Phlox
- Giant Ironweed or Tall Ironweed
- Golden Ragwort
- Golden Rod
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Joe Pye Weed or Trumpet Weed
- Maximillian Sunflower
- Orange Daylily (Turk’s Cap Lily)
- Passion Flower
- Pickerel Weed
- Purple Cone Flower
- Robin’s Plantain
- Queen Anne’s Lace
- Showy Evening Primrose
- Small Headed Sunflower or Small Woodland Sunflower
- Solomon’s Seal
- Spring Beauty or Wild Potato or Virginia Spring Beauty
- Thistle
- Trillium
- Twin Leaf
- Wild Blue Phlox
- Wild Geranium
- Wild Oats
- Wild Violet or Bird Foot or Common Blue Violet
