buffalo grass
Buchloe dactyloides
This drought-tolerant grass requires few mowings each summer to keep neat and trim. Can go … Continued
browsing: native perennials
Native plants have evolved over thousands of years alongside native wildlife and therefore offer the most useful habitat. Native plants feed bugs at every stage of life, and bugs are the very foundation for our entire food web.
Our prairie natives require less water, and are adapted to grow in our soil types and temperature extremes, so they do well without requiring extensive resources and chemicals. Native plants help in management of rainwater runoff and maintain healthy soil with their deep root systems.
Native vs Native Cultivar
Bush’s poppy mallow
Callirhoe bushii
Cousin to purple poppy mallow, Bush’s poppy mallow requires sharply draining soils in full sun … Continued
purple poppy mallow, wine cups
Callirhoe involucrata
Low-growing mounds of cut-leaves are covered with large, purple, cup-shaped flowers all summer. Can self-seed … Continued
marsh marigold
Caltha palustris
Commonly called marsh marigold, this hardy perennial is native to marshes, swamps, wet meadows and … Continued
Pennsylvania sedge, oak sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Low sedge with soft, delicate, arching, semi-evergreen leaves in clumps up to 8″ tall, this … Continued
American bittersweet
Celastrus scandens
A deciduous twining woody vine best known for its showy red-orange berries that brighten up … Continued
river oats, northern sea oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
Attractive, nodding seed heads make excellent cut arrangement filler. This grass spreads aggressively so choose … Continued
sorrelvine, possum grape
Cissus trifoliata
Also known as possum grape, this semi-evergreen vine climbs by tendrils. From the grape family, … Continued
virgin’s bower, woodbine
Clematis virginiana
White flowers abundantly spread along the length of the vine in panicles or small clusters … Continued
hardy ageratum, blue mist flower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Intense blue flowers in summer are surrounded by glossy green foliage which turns vibrant scarlet … Continued
tall tickseed, tall coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris
This coreopsis stands tall at 7′ to 9′! Golden-yellow flowers are arranged in a flat-topped … Continued
lanceleaf tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata
Lanceleaf tickseed sports bright yellow, daisy-like flowers in summer over glossy green foliage. Plants self-seed … Continued