Every plant calls somewhere home, and the plants that are native to Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic will be happiest at yours. Like neighbors, some perinatives will happily fit right in your landscape while others may need a bit more attention to keep them around.
Plants from the Continental US and close-Caribbean. Not winter-hardy in Maryland unless specified.
Spineless cactus with a native range from Mexico to Nicaragua. Nocturnal bloomer with dinner-plate-sized flowers that wilt before dawn. Epiphytic and sometimes lithophytic, it has notable aerial roots and very large, fragrant flowers. Naturally grows in the support of other plants or trees but makes a great hanging basket in cultivation. Requires bright, indirect light and protection from direct afternoon sun. Pot in well-draining cactus potting media with added sand or perlite.
Native to tropical and subtropical North and Central America, Plant in media that is sandy, well-drained, nutrient-rich, and mineral dense. Full sun is best. Like all Euphorbia, Devil's Backbone contains a caustic milky latex that can irritate skin and eyes on contact. Green stemmed with zig-zagged, alternate, simple, pointed, green or white-edged leaves. Red flowers cluster at the ends of the branches in late spring or early summer. 8' (native-range and untrimmed)
Spineless US/Mexican native. Fast-growing but compact opuntia makes a 3' tall x 6' wide deer-resistant mound of 6" grey-green spineless pads. August flowering, with typical large, bright yellow flowers that develop into large red pears. Well-drained winter soils are vital for best performance in Maryland. Winter-hardy. 3'
Low, clump-forming prickly pear, usually less than 1' high, with flattened, bluish-green pads. Flowers appear at the upper margins of older segments and are 2-3 in. across. Flower petals are papery and light yellow, often reddish at the base. The fruit is fleshy, reddish-purple and spineless. Clumps up to 3 ft. across. Winter-hardy.
One of the first plants described by Linnaeus, Plumeria rubra is a deciduous member of the species native from Mexico through Venezuela. Naturally it will grow 25' high and wide and is flushed with fragrant flowers of shades of pink, white and yellow summer through fall. The flowers are used worldwide to create lei-type necklaces.
Epiphytic cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America, now naturalized in Southern Florida. Commonly referred to as queen of the night, night-blooming cereus, or vanilla cactus. Dinner-plate-sized, night blooming flowers are quick lived and gone by morning. Extremely rare in cultivation.
This species of the genus Selenicereus in the family Cactaceae is the most cultivated species in the genus. Used both as an ornamental vine and as a fruit crop known as pitahaya or dragon fruit. Dinner-plate-sized, night blooming flowers are quick lived and gone by morning
Native to North-East Mexico, this attractive medium height groundcover has naturalized throughout the Caribbean and Southern United States. Fragile but robust and drought tolerant, this tender herbaceous plant will fill in empty spaces between specimens and die back to the ground in winter. For best chances of overwintering success, plant next to a South facing foundation. 8" Semi-hardy.
Perinatives
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