Hi, Rae. Well, I have several E.E.s, alocasias, colocasias and xans which I love. Then there are the Confederate roses which are making a comeback after going out of style. I hae the white and the pink varieties. I also have the single Confederate rose, Rubra, which blooms all summer. I used to think these were grandmother plants but as I get older, I've come to respect, love and seek them. Maybe it's because I'm a grandpa.

Fatsia japonica for shade, Tetrapanax papyriferus for sun (this one is perhaps too easy, if you know what I mean). LOL!

Nelson

I agree Nelson I love my 3 I bought from hazels. Did some research on them they can get big or you can prune them to keep small. Such a different plant. Fatsia japonica.
Jill

I have a strawberry begonia(saxifraga stolinifera?) that was originally a house plant but I now have it in a partial shade bed. It's a great ground cover and overwinters. It sends out runners like a strawberry plant.
AND I have sea oats in my flower beds. These did not come from the coast! I live on the Alabama River and in '90 we had a major major flood. All these plants have reseeded themselves along the dirt road in the undeveloped ares.
I also love my hedychium gingers!

I absolutely love my gingers and my angel trumpets , my EE's, my crinums, my peruvian daffodils. I love my alstromeria and my cry baby tree.

I have a small clump of Blackberry Lily that I like, probably because I salvaged it off our property. It was growing under a dogwood tree near the barn, and the whole area had almost become overgrown with honeysuckle and poison ivy. Yes, I paid for cleaning all that junk out of there with a bit of poison ivy rash, but managed to transplant the BL to a bed near the house and it's done quite well.

Don't know how uncommon they are, but Helleborus x hybrids (Lenten Rose) grow amazingly well for me. Beautiful year round in northern AL, they are just about the perfect shade tolerant plant.

Laura

I love all of our native plants. They are disappearing in the wild but thriving in my yard. I try to do plant rescues when possible from new development areas. It is so funny that these plants grow naturally locally, and no one knows what they are.

Deb

Tell us what we are missing Deb. Make us want them! I love discovering 'new' plants.

Rae

I don't know if I could list them all. Off the top of my head, the native plants that I have:
Azalea
Beauty Berry
Dogwoods
Downy Phlox
Trillium Cuneatum
Trillium Decumbens
Trillium Erectum
Solomon's Seal
Bluet
Bloodroot
Mayapples
Columbine
Iris Cristata
Geranium
Heuchera Americana
Oxalis violaceae pink, white, and yellow
Rue Anemone
False Rue Anemone
Foamflower
Hepatica
Asarum Arifolia
Fire Pink
Indian Pink
Iris Cristata purple and white
Jack in the Pulpit
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Viola Walteri
Unknown variegated violet
Spiderwort
Trout Lily
Lots of different native ferns
Green Eyed Susan
Black Eyed Susan
Butterfly Weed
Blue Shooting Star
Coreopsis
Honeysuckle
Mountain Laurel
Ox-Eye Daisy
Verbena
Wild Petunia
Bee Balm
Trumpet Vine
Cross Vine
St. John's Wort
Lizard's Tail
Green Dragon
A great site to look at is www.briartech.com/floweringplants.htm

Deb