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Anemone canadensisCommon Name: Meadow Anemone
Deeply divided leaves with pure white spring blooms. This perennial native is content in woodland areas. ... [ More Info ]
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Asclepias incarnataCommon Name: Swamp Milkweed
This strong stemmed, upright native exhibits early to mid summer blooms of reddish pink flowers.
Leaves and seed pods are long and narrow. Despite its common name, it is tolerant of dry, clay soils.
Good choice for sunny, low or moist areas that dr...
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Aster azureusCommon Name: Sky Blue Aster
This Aster blankets the landscape with brilliant blue fall flowers.
Does well in most gardens or naturalized settings.
Leaves feel like dry sandpaper....
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Caltha palustrisCommon Name: Marsh Marigold
Early bloomer displaying yellow buttercup flowers. This native to the Northern States and Canada is most content with constant moisture. Moderate growth rate. Attractive foliage....
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Carex muskingumensisCommon Name: Palm Sedge
This carex is easy to grow, exotic and hardy. Palm-like texture of leaves are effective with broader leaved plants. Brilliant yellow fall color....
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Carex pensylvanicaCommon Name: Pennsylvania Sedge
A native, cool-season, low-growing, colony-forming sedge commonly found in open meadows and forests. Bright green foliage is long, 4 to 18", narrow and fine with stems approximately the same height. ...[ More Info ]
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Carex strictaCommon Name: Tussock Sedge
Dense mounds of fine, green blades that grows easily in moist to wet soils. Spiklets of green emerge in late spring and matures to a reddish-brown spike. Native to Central United States. often used for water gardens, around ponds, as erosion contr... [ More Info ]
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Coreopsis palmataCommon Name: Stiff Tickseed
This native is valued for its upright, full-bodied yellow flowers and tolerance of dry, sandy soils.
This late spring to mid-summer bloomer will brighten up the garden....
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Dalea purpurumCommon Name: Purple Prairie Clover
Fine, delicate foliage complemented by rose-purple flowers that bloom upwards.
Easily grown in average to wet soils in full sun. A thick taproot enables the plant to survive drought.
Fixes nitrogen in the soil and aids in soil restoration....
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Echinacea pallidaCommon Name: Pale Coneflower
Tall stems topped with lavender-pink flowers with drooping petals. Cone-shaped brown seedheads are a source of food for songbirds.
Drought tolerant for gardens, natural areas, prairies or meadows....
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Eragrostis spectabilisCommon Name: Purple Lovegrass
Clouds of tiny pink seed heads float over the foliage, turning bronzy red in fall.
Tolerates infertile, sandy and poor soil.
Salt and drought tolerant....
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Eryngium planum 'Jade Frost' PP17,370Common Name: Sea Holly
Variegated leaves are blue-green with white margins. Shades of pink on edges of newly emerging leaves. A steel blue, thistle-like bloom in the summer. Very tolerant of poor soil and heat. ...[ More Info ]
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Eryngium yuccifoliumCommon Name: Rattlesnake Master
This is an unusual looking native. A durable native perennial with sword-like blue-gray leaves that resemble a Yucca plant. Creamy white ball-like blooms occur on undivided bracts. A very desert looking plant. Makes a fascinating specimen or... [ More Info ]
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Eupatorium maculatumCommon Name: Spotted Joe Pye Weed
A very erect, clump forming perennial with attractive seed heads. Very showy in bloom with lightly scented, mauve-pink flowers....
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Geranium maculatumCommon Name: Wild Geranium
This wild geranium is a clump-forming, native, woodland perennial with a pale pink, five-petaled bloom in the spring. Foliage is attractively and subtly spotted with yellow.
Nice fall foliage color....
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Helenium autumnaleCommon Name: Common Sneezeweed
This native plant has heavily winged stems. Interesting cones center this autumn bloomer with petals of bright yellow. If this native exists in its native habitat, can grow to 3'....
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Liatris pycnostachyaCommon Name: Prairie Blazing Star
Dense spikes of magenta flowers are a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds looking for nectar.
Songbirds love to eat the seeds. Foliage consists of narrow leaves that climb up the stem.
Perfect for prairies and meadows....
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Lobelia siphiliticaCommon Name: Great Blue Lobelia
Clump forming native perennial valued for its late blue color in the garden. This native produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. ...[ More Info ]
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Monarda fistulosaCommon Name: Wild Bergamont
Whorls of lavender flowers are excellent nectar sources for hummingbirds and butterflies.
Provides color and contrast for the border, wild garden or naturalized area....
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Penstemon digitalisCommon Name: Foxglove Beardtongue
Decorative clusters of white tubular flowers.
Clump forming native of fields, prairies and wood margins....
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Ruellia humilisCommon Name: Wild Petunia
Native to the Midwest.
Charming, sprawling clumps weave in and out of other plants.
Produces lavender-blue flowers all summer....
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Silphium laciniatumCommon Name: Compass Plant
Very large basal leaves, up to 18" long, orient themselves on a north-south axis to minimize sun exposure-
giving rise to the common name. Large, yellow, sunflower-like flowers on tall, stiff stems to 9'!...
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Silphium terebinthinaceumCommon Name: Prairie Dock
Robust native perennial with big, bold 2' basal leaves.
8-9' tall stiff spike with sunflower-like flowers....
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Veronicastrum virginicumCommon Name: Culver's Root
Grown for its distinguished spikes of white flowers that can reach 7'.
The tall spikes provide height and a vertical accent to the garden.
Happy in the perennial or wildflower garden....
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Zizia apteraCommon Name: Golden Alexander
Heart-shaped, bright green basal leaves look attractive all season.
Plant really comes alive in May and June with tiny yellow blooms. Butterflies love this plant!
Perfect selection for a butterfly garden, wilflower garden, naturalized areas or wood...
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