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Geum triflorum
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Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 8”
Width: 10”
Color: Pink
Bloom Time: April-June
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-7
This low growing native features nodding pink flowers in spring. Prairie Smoke is an important food source for early season pollinators, including overwintered bumblebee queens. After pollination, the flowers turn upright and produce silky strands that resemble smoking chimneys.
Lobelia siphilitica
Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 3-4’
Width: 1’
Color: Blue, Purple
Bloom Time: July-October
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Wet, Medium
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-9
Great Blue Lobelia features tall spikes of brilliant blue, tubular flowers that bloom from mid summer into autumn. It is a favorite nectar source for hummingbirds and bumblebees as it stands upright in your garden. Perfect for rain gardens, pond edges, and woodland borders, Lobelia siphilitica thrives in wet or medium moisture soils and partial shade, adding reliable late season color. This short lived perennial reseeds readily to form colorful clusters in your garden.
Dalea purpurea
Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 2-4’
Width: 1’
Color: Purple
Bloom Time: July-September
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-8
Purple Prairie Clover is a nitrogen fixing member of the pea family. With a deep taproot, this perennial is very drought tolerant once established. The blooms originate from the bottom of the “cone” upwards towards the top with a fluffy, purple flower. Some gardeners see a tutu or a top hat as the flowers progress. Dalea purpurea is a excellent plant for home gardens or prairie restoration projects.
Liatris cylindracea
Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 12-18”
Width: 10”
Color: Purple
Bloom Time: July-October
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-7
As one of the shortest and most compact of the blazing stars, Dwarf Blazing Star features narrow leaves and button like purple flower heads clustered along its stems. Blooming throughout the summer, its nectar rich blossoms support native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Perfect for rock gardens, sandy borders, and tough urban pockets, Liatris cylindracea thrives in full sun and bone-dry, poor soils.
Fragaria virginiana
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Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 6 inches
Width: 8”
Color: White
Bloom Time: April-June
Sun Exposure: Full, Part, Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-8
Wild Strawberry is a fast growing groundcover and features white flowers in mid spring. The blossoms yield small, red strawberries in early summer that are sweeter and more flavorful than store bought varieties. Spreading via runners, it creates a living mulch that suppresses weeds, improves rainwater infiltration, and controls erosion. Fragaria virginiana thrives in full sun to shade and tolerates a wide range of soil types.
Ceanothus americanus
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Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 2-3’
Width: 2-3’
Color: White
Bloom Time: June-August
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-9
New Jersey Tea is a small deciduous shrub that produces dense, cylindrical clusters of white flowers in summer. Historically, it was used as a tea substitute during the American Revolution. This tough native plant is a magnet for tiny native bees. Ceanothus americanus is a fire adapted species and tolerates mowing. Highly drought tolerant once established, its nitrogen fixing roots allow it to thrive in poor, rocky, or sandy soils and full sun to partial shade.
Asclepias verticillata
Pot Size: 3.5”
Height: 2-3’
Width: 1’
Color: White
Bloom Time: July-September
Sun Exposure: Full, Part
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3-9
Whorled Milkweed is a highly drought tolerant perennial with narrow leaves arranged in whorls along its stems, topped in mid summer with clusters of white flowers. It is typically avoided by deer and rabbits, making it an excellent choice for problem areas. It serves as a host plant for monarch caterpillars and a valuable nectar source for native bees and other pollinators. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and handles dry, sandy, rocky, or clay soils.
