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A cheery, deer resistant late season bloomer. Petals have distinctive lobed ends. An excellent late summer-early fall bloomer often used in rain ga...

A.k.a. common ironweed. Blooms with conspicuously vivid purple flowers. Wild plants are most often seen in wet areas with seasonal flooding, but th...

A.k.a. wild oats, inland oats, and river oats. A lovely grass for shady areas, it’s distinctive seed heads are easily spotted and last into the win...

An unassuming, small flowered woodland aster that nonetheless attracts and hosts a wide variety of insects. Easily grown and reseeds well in open g...

A.k.a. dwarf goldenrod. All the fun of a goldenrod in a short plant! An adaptable species that supports a wide variety of pollinators and host inse...

A.k.a. Deam’s coneflower. Valued for its dense growth and disease resistance, this natural variety of sweet black-eyed Susan is a hardy addition t...

A.k.a. turkeyfoot. A tall, adaptable prairie grass that hosts a wide variety of insects, including many skippers. Favored by a wide variety of graz...

A distinctive iris with dark rusty red blooms! Slightly smaller in stature than the often cultivated blue flag iris. Grows best in poorly drained, ...

A moisture loving vervain that tolerates seasonal flooding. Flowers are small, but bloom in succession for a long period of time and appeal to many...

A lovely, short aster with delicate leaves that blooms densely in the fall! Has a sprawling/mounding habit what results in lovely small pillows of ...

A shorter sunflower with the bright yellow blooms signature to the family! One of the least competitive of the sunflowers, it may be outcompeted in...

An adaptable, drought resistant grass with a generally small stature- the seed stalk makes up most of the height. Notable for the bright color of i...

A.k.a. sundial lupine. A distinctive and showy nitrogen fixer! Wild lupine deserves its reputation for beauty and acclaim as a host for the rare ka...

Closely related to the true sunflowers that it resembles. A short lived and adaptable perennial that attracts a wide variety of pollinators. Can be...

A.k.a. cutleaf coneflower. A tall coneflower at home in wet prairies and floodplains. Spreads well by rhizome in optimal conditions, and is excelle...

A.k.a. ashy sunflower. An adaptable sunflower in miniature! Foliage is a notable grey-green or blue-green, so a population of downy sunflower stand...

A.k.a. shadbush and Juneberry. A small, silver barked tree/bush that tolerates shade. White spring flowers make it a native alternative for the inv...

A elegant woodland plant with delicate, light blue flowers. Occasionally called blue bells, but is not to be confused with Virginia blue bells, Mer...

A.k.a. plume goldenrod and yellow top. Don’t want to wait for fall goldenrod blooms? Then plant some early goldenrod to get the party started in mi...

A wildly adaptable native petunia with large, purple flowers! Grows taller with more water, and may need protection from competition in fertile soi...

A robust, adaptable sedge with a clumped form that makes it ideal for landscape borders. Spreads well in disturbed habitats, so is well suited for ...

A shade loving, fuzzy-leaved native mint at home in woodlands. Grows well in full shade, but blooms the best in part sun/shade. Flowers are small b...

A moisture loving plant that flowers with handsome crowns of white. Attracts a variety of pollinators, and tolerates seasonal flooding. Leaves have...

One of the earliest blooming prairie plants! Distinct foliage, flowers, and seed pods are standout in plantings. Slow growing in the first year or ...