I do no have a landscape plan, but if you're on Facebook I have an album of 75 photos from this year: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.580675208669476.1073741831.114492091954459&type=1 On that same page, The Deep Middle, you can find albums from previous years to see the transformation. The above photo has two types of joe pye weed (tall pink bloomer), rudbeckia maxima, culver's root, variegated dogwood, black chokeberry, and many more.

Thank you. Very helpful.

Benjamin, this makes a lot of sense. Although I am in zone 6, because of the full sun, the garden can get very dry. We bought the house and garden last summer so have not yet been through a full cycle. However we have a number of native american plants that you mention - they do quite well. I will look to expand this approach.