At Appleview River Resort, we are commited to the well-being of the land. Using native plants in gardens and landscaped areas preserves biological diversity and promotes our natural heritage. Natives are also better adapted to regional conditions and may require less watering, pesticides, fertilizer, and other maintenance. In addition, native plants provide food and shelter for a wide array of wildlife, including butterflies and migrating song birds. The following list includes a variety of attractive plants suitable for landscaping which are native to the area surrounding the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You will find many of these right here on our property!

TREES
Red maple Acer rubrum
Sugar maple Acer saccharum
Yellow buckeye Aesculus flava
Pignut hickory Carya glabra
White ash Fraxinus americana
Black walnut Juglans nigra
Red cedar Juniperus virginiana
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipfera
White pine Pinus stroba
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
Chestnut oak Quercus prinus
Northern red oak Quercus rubra
Sassafras Sassafras albidum

SMALL TREES
Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Redbud Cercis canadensis
Flowering dogwood Cornus florida
Silverbell Halesia carolina
Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana
American holly Ilex opaca
Sourwood Oxydendrum arboreum
Staghorn sumac Rhus typhina
American mountain ash Sorbus americana

SHRUBS
Sweetshrub Calycanthus floridus
Hearts-a-bustin Euonymus americanus
Wild hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
Mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Flame azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum
Rosebay Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum
Mapleleaf viburnum Vibernum acerifolim

FLOWERS
Columbine Aquilega canadensis
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa
White wood aster Aster divaricatus
Later purple aster Aster patens
Blue cohosh Caulopyllum thalictroides
Pink turtlehead Chelone lyonii
Bleeding heart Dicentra eximia
Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium fistulosum
Wild geranium Geranium maculatum
Sharp-lobed hepatica Hepatica acutiloba
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis
Alumroot Heuchera americana
Turks-cap lily Lilium superbum
Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis
Bishop’s cap Mitella diphylla
Solomon’s seal Polygonatum biflorum
Fire pink Silene virginica
Bird-foot violet Viola pedata
Long-spurred violet Viola rostrata