Delaware Native Plants

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Want to support native trees in your state? Find the best selection of indigenous species for the State of Delaware here at Nature Hills Nursery! All of Delaware is USDA growing zone 7, and more zone 7b by the coastal areas. You’ll get the best results when you choose salt-tolerant coastal trees and native trees for Delaware. This way you will know your tree can thrive where it is well suited to climate and soil because they originated there! Native trees typically need less water once established, establish faster and tolerate local growing zones, climate, weather, and anything else your State can throw at them. Plus you’ll feed pollinators, songbirds, and wildlife by providing them with flowers and plants they recognize! Best Delaware Native Trees Delaware's proximity to the Atlantic Ocean greatly influences its climate, which can have cold winters and warm summers driven by the jet stream and storms coming up the coastline. First, find your Hardiness Zone , and then choose any tree that has a range that includes yours! Check with your local County Extension Office for more information if needed and for the many microclimates within these zones. Best Native Evergreen Trees For Delaware The American Holly tree is the State Tree of Delaware! These other Delaware native Evergreen and Broadleaved Evergreen Trees keep their leaves year-round for privacy, slow wind, stop drifting snow, and color throughout the winters. American Holly/Winterberry American Larch Tree (deciduous conifer) Balsam Fir Tree Eastern Hemlock Eastern Red Cedar (Redcedar) Eastern White Pine Tree Loblolly Pine Native Yew (Taxus) Native Flowering Trees to Grow in Delaware Feed pollinators and hummingbirds nectar and pollen they evolved alongside in your State! Many of these trees are host plants for native pollinator larvae too! American Basswood (Linden Tree) Cucumber Tree Magnolia Eastern Redbud Tree Fringe Tree & White Fringe Tree (Fringetree) & Grancy Greybeard Tree Kentucky Coffeetree (