All four volumes

The living field index.

426 plants, creatures, and landscape references. Every profile can be read and shared on its own.

Wildlife & landscape pests

American black bear American toad Asiatic garden beetle Azalea caterpillar Azalea lace bug Bagworm Balsam woolly adelgid Bark-patterned moths — awaiting identification Black cutworm Black vine weevil Black-etched prominent — probable Blinded sphinx — probable Boxwood leafminer Boxwood psyllid Bumble bee — probable Candy-striped leafhopper group Chinch bugs Columbine leafminers Common snapping turtle Cottony camellia scale Crape myrtle aphid Crape myrtle bark scale Dark tiger swallowtail — species unresolved Dogwood borer Dogwood sawfly Dogwood sawfly larvae — probable Eastern copperhead Eastern cottontail Eastern tent caterpillar Emerald ash borer Euonymus scale European hornet — probable Fall armyworm Fall webworm Flower crab spider Forest tent caterpillar Garden slugs Grapeleaf skeletonizer Gray geometer moth — awaiting identification Green June beetle Groundhog · woodchuck Hawk in flight — open identification Hemlock woolly adelgid Hibiscus sawfly Hunting billbug Imperial moth Imported willow leaf beetle Iris borer Japanese beetle Jorō spider Larger elm leaf beetle Lesser canna leafroller Locust leafminer Meadow vole Metallic leaf beetle — species unresolved Moles Native holly leafminer Oleander aphid · milkweed aphid Orangestriped oakworm Orb-weaver — open identification Oystershell scale Pale patterned geometer — awaiting identification Pine vole · woodland vole Red velvet mite — probable Red-femured spotted orb-weaver — probable Redheaded pine sawfly Redheaded pine sawfly larvae Ring-necked snake Roseslug sawflies Rosy maple moth Short-horned grasshopper — species unresolved Slender prominent moth — awaiting identification Soaring birds — open identification Sod webworms Southern pine beetle Spiny oakslug Spotted orb-weavers Spruce spider mite Tea scale Twolined spittlebug Twospotted spider mite White grubs White-dotted prominent White-tailed deer White-tailed deer Young Jorō spider — probable Young katydids Young ratsnake — provisional

Trees & woodland lore

Allee lacebark elm American beech American holly American hop-hornbeam American hornbeam American persimmon American sycamore American yellowwood Appalachian Spring flowering dogwood Atlantic white cedar Autumn Brilliance® serviceberry Autumn Gold ginkgo Bald cypress Black walnut Bloodgood Japanese maple Bracken’s Brown Beauty southern magnolia Bur oak Carolina hemlock Carolina silverbell Cherokee Princess flowering dogwood Chestnut oak Cucumbertree magnolia Dawn redwood Deodar cedar Downy serviceberry Eastern hemlock Eastern red cedar Eastern redbud Eastern white pine Emerald Green arborvitae Emperor I Japanese maple Espresso Kentucky coffeetree Exclamation! London planetree Forest Pansy redbud Foster holly Fraser fir Green Giant arborvitae Green Vase zelkova Heritage® river birch Ivory Silk Japanese tree lilac Jane magnolia Japanese stewartia Katsura tree Kousa dogwood Legacy sugar maple Leyland cypress Little Gem southern magnolia Moonglow sweetbay magnolia Nellie R. Stevens holly Northern red oak Norway spruce October Glory® red maple Paperbark maple Pawpaw Persian parrotia Pitch pine Prairifire crabapple Princeton American elm Radicans Japanese cedar Red buckeye Red Sunset® red maple Redmond American linden Rising Sun redbud Royal Purple smoketree Royal Star star magnolia Sassafras Saucer magnolia Savannah holly Scarlet oak Serbian spruce Shagbark hickory Shumard oak Skyline thornless honeylocust Slender Hinoki false cypress Slender Silhouette sweetgum Sourwood Southern sugar maple Swamp white oak Trident maple Tulip poplar Virginia pine White fringetree White oak Wildfire black gum Willow oak Winter King green hawthorn Yellow birch

Shrubs & garden character

Adams American elderberry Alice oakleaf hydrangea American beautyberry American cranberrybush viburnum American hazelnut Annabelle smooth hydrangea Aphrodite sweetshrub April Remembered camellia Arctic Fire® redtwig dogwood Arrowwood viburnum Autumn Amethyst® Encore azalea Black Lace® elderberry Blue Star juniper Bluecrop highbush blueberry Bottlebrush buckeye Brandywine™ possumhaw viburnum Brilliantissima red chokeberry Bush cinquefoil Buttonbush Carolina allspice Catawba rhododendron Coast leucothoe Compact Japanese holly Diabolo® ninebark Double Play® Candy Corn® spirea Double Take™ Scarlet flowering quince Drooping leucothoe Duke Gardens Japanese plum yew Dwarf Alberta spruce Dwarf mountain laurel Endless Summer® bigleaf hydrangea Flame azalea Fortune’s tea olive Gem Box® inkberry holly Gold Mop false cypress Goldmound Japanese spirea Green Velvet boxwood Grey Owl eastern red cedar Gro-Low fragrant sumac Henry’s Garnet Virginia sweetspire Hidcote St. John’s wort Hummingbird summersweet Incrediball® smooth hydrangea Judd viburnum Kaleidoscope abelia Kodiak® Orange bush honeysuckle Korean spice viburnum Limelight panicle hydrangea Little Devil™ ninebark Little Henry® Virginia sweetspire Little Lime® panicle hydrangea Low Scape Mound® black chokeberry Lowbush blueberry Lynwood Gold forsythia Mapleleaf viburnum Mount Airy fothergilla Mountain Fire Japanese pieris Mountain laurel Mountain pieris Mr. Bowling Ball® arborvitae Mugo pine New Jersey tea Northern bush honeysuckle Pee Wee oakleaf hydrangea Pinkshell azalea Pinxterbloom azalea PJM rhododendron Powderblue rabbiteye blueberry Prague viburnum Red Sprite winterberry Rose Creek abelia Rosebay rhododendron Ruby Spice summersweet Rusty blackhaw viburnum Schillings dwarf yaupon holly Schipka cherry laurel Shamrock inkberry holly Shrubby St. John’s wort Sky Pencil Japanese holly Spicebush Strawberry bush Summer Wine® ninebark Sweetbox Tiger Eyes® staghorn sumac Tuff Stuff™ mountain hydrangea Winter Red winterberry Wintergreen Korean boxwood Yuki Snowflake® deutzia

Flowers & garden choices

‘Blue Spruce’ sedum ‘Dragon’s Blood’ sedum Ajuga / bugleweed Alliums Angelonia / summer snapdragon Appalachian sedge Aster Astilbe Bacopa / water hyssop Bearberry Bee balm Bee balm (lavender-pink cultivars)Begonia Begonia grandis Bergenia Black-eyed Susan Blanket flower Blazing star (gayfeather)Bleeding heart Blue mist flower Blue-eyed grass Browallia / bush violet Brunnera / Siberian bugloss Butterfly weed Butterfly weed Caladium Calibrachoa / million bells Candytuft Cardinal flower Catmint Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’Christmas fern Cineraria Clematis Coleus Columbine Coral bells Coral bells ‘Palace Purple’Coreopsis Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’Corydalis / yellow fumitory Cosmos Creeping Jenny / moneywort Creeping Phlox Creeping speedwell Creeping thyme Crocosmia Crocus Cuphea / cigar plant Cyclamen Daffodil Daylily Deadnettle / Lamium Dianthus / pinks Dwarf mondo grass Echinops / globe thistle Epimedium / barrenwort Euphorbia amygdaloides / wood spurge Euphorbia milii Euphorbia x martinii / Martin’s spurge European wild ginger False indigo Fern (general garden types)Foamflower Forget-me-not Foxglove Fuchsia Gaillardia / blanket flower Gaura ‘Whirling Butterflies’Gaura / wandflower Geranium ‘Rozanne’ / cranesbill Gladiolus Green-and-gold / golden star Hardy Geranium ‘Biokovo’Hardy ice plant Hellebore / Lenten rose Heuchera ‘Dolce’Heuchera micrantha Heuchera villosa Hosta / plantain lily Hummingbird mint / Agastache Hyacinth Impatiens Indian pink Iris Iris / Siberian Iris Ivy / English ivy Japanese anemone / windflower Japanese forest grass Japanese painted fern Jewelweed / touch-me-not Knock Out® roses Lady slippers Lamb’s ear Lavender Leucanthemum / Shasta daisy Liatris / blazing star Ligularia / leopard plant Lily (general)Liriope / lilyturf Lobelia / cardinal flower Lobularia / sweet alyssum Lungwort Lungwort ‘Silver Bouquet’Lupine Magnus purple coneflower Mazus Milkweed Mixed-color coneflowers Mondo grass Nasturtium Nemesia Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’New England aster ‘Purple Dome’Nicotiana / flowering tobacco Oxalis triangularis Pachysandra Pennsylvania sedge Peonies Periwinkle Persian shield Petunia Phlox paniculata ‘David’Pink turtlehead Platycodon / balloon flower Polka dot plant Primrose Purple coneflower Ranunculus Rudbeckia / black-eyed Susan Salvia Sedum Sedum ‘Angelina’Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’Shade perennial geranium Shasta daisy (see Leucanthemum)Siberian bugloss ‘Jack Frost’Siberian bugloss (see Brunnera)Silver Falls Snapdragons Sneezeweed Snow-in-summer Spike speedwell ‘Royal Candles’Stinking hellebore Stonecrop ‘Autumn Joy’ / ‘Neon’Sweet alyssum Sweet potato vine ‘Blackie’Sweet potato vine (green / ornamental)Sweet woodruff Toad lily Torenia / wishbone flower Tradescantia / spiderwort Tricyrtis hirta / Japanese toad lily Tulips Verbena Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’Virginia creeper Wild bergamot Wild ginger Woodland Phlox Yarrow Zinnia