The Plant Finder at 19 Birch Lane was created to help visitors explore, discover, and learn about the plants featured throughout our evolving botanical gardens in Mid Coast Maine. Whether you are searching for pollinator-friendly perennials, hydrangeas for coastal Maine gardens, shade-loving plants, or inspiration for your own landscape, this guide explains how to use the Plant Finder search tools to get the best results.
What is the Plant Finder at 19 Birch Lane?
The Plant Finder is a growing botanical database featuring many of the plants used throughout the gardens at 19 Birch Lane. Each plant profile includes information such as common and botanical names, growing conditions, bloom times, garden uses, seasonal interest, and recommendations for Maine and Zone 6 gardens.
How do I search for plants in the Plant Finder?
The search bar allows you to quickly explore plants by typing in:
Common plant names
Botanical names
Garden categories
Flower colors
Sunlight conditions
Garden uses
Plant characteristics
The more specific your search, the more refined your results will be.
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Hydrangea
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Clematis
Catmint
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Whether you are searching for inspiration for your own garden, discovering plants that thrive in coastal Maine, or exploring the evolving botanical collections at 19 Birch Lane, the Plant Finder is designed to help you connect more deeply with plants, gardens, and seasonal beauty.
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Explore plants growing at 19 Birch Lane by plant type, growing conditions, and garden use.
Delaware Valley White Azalea
Delaware Valley White Azalea (Rhododendron ‘Delaware Valley White’) is a compact evergreen shrub known for its brilliant white spring flowers. Growing approximately 3–4 feet tall and wide, it thrives in acidic, well-drained soil and part shade, making it an excellent choice for woodland gardens, foundations, flowering hedges and northern landscapes.
Instant Karma® Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
Instant Karma® Elderberry is a cold-hardy variegated shrub with crisp green-and-white foliage, fragrant white flowers, and purple-black berries when planted with a compatible pollinator. Growing 6–8 feet tall and wide, it provides outstanding foliage contrast, wildlife value, and multi-season interest for northern gardens.
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
Japanese Stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) is an exceptional four-season ornamental tree with white Camellia-like summer flowers, brilliant red, orange, yellow and purple fall foliage, and exfoliating multicolored bark for winter interest. Hardy into Zone 5, it is particularly well suited to woodland, specimen, and four-season gardens.
Pink Delight Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’)
Pink Delight Butterfly Bush is a fast-growing flowering shrub with fragrant bright pink blooms from summer into fall. Reaching approximately 6–8 feet tall, it attracts pollinators, resists deer and rabbits, and makes an excellent background shrub for sunny perennial borders. Explore growing and design advice from the 19 Birch Lane Plant Finder.
Funky Fuchsia™ Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii ‘PIIBD-II’)
Funky Fuchsia™ Butterfly Bush is a large, fragrant flowering shrub with rich reddish-pink flower spikes reaching 6–10 inches long. Hardy in Zones 5–9, it attracts butterflies, resists deer, tolerates drought once established, and reaches 6–8 feet tall and wide. Explore growing and design tips from the 19 Birch Lane Plant Finder.
Summerific® ‘Cookies and Cream’ Rose Mallow (Hibiscus hybrid)
Summerific® ‘Cookies and Cream’ Rose Mallow combines dramatic matte black foliage with pure white flowers from midsummer into fall. Hardy in Zones 4–9, this vigorous perennial attracts butterflies, resists deer, and creates exceptional contrast in sunny gardens. Learn how to grow and care for Hardy Hibiscus at 19 Birch Lane in Maine.
Snow White™ Mockorange (Philadelphus 'Snowwhite Fantasy')
Snow White™ Mockorange is a fragrant deciduous shrub with masses of double white flowers and dark green foliage. Growing approximately 5–6 feet tall, it makes a beautiful rose-garden backdrop, flowering privacy shrub, pollinator plant, or fragrant garden feature. Learn how we grow and design with Mockorange at 19 Birch Lane in Maine.
Grand Bleu® Caryopteris (Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Inoveris')
Grand Bleu® Caryopteris is a compact, drought-tolerant flowering shrub covered with purple-blue blooms from midsummer into fall. Discover how to grow and prune Blue Mist Shrub, why pollinators love it, and how we use late-season flowering shrubs in the gardens at 19 Birch Lane in Maine.
Willow-Leaved Sunflower (Helianthus salicifolius)
Discover Willow-Leaved Sunflower (Helianthus salicifolius), a tall native prairie perennial with wispy willow-like foliage, golden late-season flowers, pollinator benefits, and bird-friendly seeds. Explore growing tips, seasonal interest, companion plants, and garden design ideas in the 19 Birch Lane Plant Finder.
