Native Prairie Plants

The flower stalk, usually less than 2 feet high, arises from a low cluster of strap-like leaves, and the flowers hang downward, nodding.A member of the parsley family, one of the few golden flowers to bloom in this early season.

For a restoration garden, seeds or plants should be gathered from your region, but be sure not to go around collecting seeds and digging up plants where they may be managed or protected; the law frowns on this.

Ong-tongued bees, butterflies and skippers which are also this plant's most important pollinators. With leaves that serve as a tiny well, the cup plant offers a summertime oasis to all sorts of birds and insects.

These plants can be added to a cottage look garden, they can be mixed into borders, or they can be used to build a full prairie garden. Over time, this plant can attain a height of three feet and the blooms can be seen from across the yard.

These plants weave in and out of everything in the area you plant them in. In the first few weeks of summer these plants come alive, are covered with bright yellow flowers, and are welcoming bees and children to come out to play.

That is when the rain falls. It seems unlikely that the grasslands will ever return to their original condition. Summer and fall may seem likeBefore the Gold Rush, the wealth of California was found in herds of cattle.

The seedheads rise above the clump on very slender stalks, so fine they are almost invisible.This sod-forming shortgrass is more abundant in the drier prairie regions than the tallgrass prairie, where it is often shaded out by taller plants.

There were 14 dust storms reported in1932 and 38 in 1933. Drifts of dust as deep as 6 feet high obscured vehicles and sheds. In the latter parts of the nineteenth century, especially the 1860s and 1870s, the middle part of the North American continent...

Pick the blue-black fruit once fully soft for the best flavor and like most blueberries a cross pollinator is required for the best fruit set. The berries turn blue-black and have a glaucous finish even before they are fully ripe and soft so pick them...

1-2" green-eyed yellow outward facing daisies are held on loosely branching stems with quilted medium green foliage from spring to fall. The flower show of Texas Greeneyes is never a grandiose all-at-once cacophony of flowers but the continuous procession...

Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. An excellent choice for pollinators. Finely cut rich green pinnately divided foliage adds a soft textural backdrop for the profusion of flowers.

Filtered shade and afternoon shade are preferred over heavy shade. As you move into hotter climates more shaded conditions are generally preferred for this species and its cultivars.

A native of the southeastern US, these are seedlings and so the number and size of sterile florets, overall flower size, and mature plant size may vary from the images shown. The images provided are examples only.

Clusters of sunny yellow cupped flowers may be produced any time during the growing season, spring to fall, on well established plants. From Almost Eden" below. It can tolerate slightly more moisture during the growing season, spring to fall, and should...

Filtered shade and afternoon shade are preferred over heavy shade. As you move into hotter climates more shaded conditions are generally preferred for this species and its cultivars.

Austin are absolutely amazing. Good drainage in a moderately loamy, humus rich soil and a consistent supply of moisture during dry periods are key considerations to success for Hydrangea quercifolia .

A tough dwarf native blueberry with as much to offer the palette of the mouth as well as the garden. Provide a well-drained acidic soil in full sun to partial sun. In spring John Blue Dwarf Blueberry produces clusters of white flowers that develop into...

May reseed under good conditions and will slowly develop into a mass of plants. According to Dr. Allen's Edible Plants of the Gulf South , Wild Chervil or Honewort is an easy to grow, native, tuberous rooted perennial whose leaves, stems, and flowers...

Wild rose hips continue to be an important source of food for Iowa wildlife.The fate of state flowers in Washington State and Montana is interwoven with women's suffrage. Legislators followed through in 1895, when both men and women in the state were...

She continued the story in “Farmer Boy,” ‘Little House on the Prairie,” “On the Banks of Plum Creek,” “By the Shores of Silver Lake,” “The Long Winter,” “Little Town on the Prairie” and “These Happy Golden Years.” Laura Ingalls...

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The next time you are out for a hike in the woods keep your eyes open for some native orchids. In dry locations it is almost always found growing in soil, and so Goodyera is included in the grouping of terrestrial orchids.

All the North American species produce velvety red to orange-red berries.They are hardy to at least zone 5 or zone 4 if given extra winter protection. Hosta and Astilbe immediately come to mind.

Minor elements that are not included in the three numbers listing on the front of fertilizer bags are very important considerations when choosing your plants fertilizer. Edible, deep blue “huckleberries” follow the flowers.

‘Autumn Cascades' and ‘Pendula' exhibit a weeping form; Red Rage has bright red fall foliage and is resistant to the leaf spot that mars the beauty of leaves in the species, and the foliage of ‘Wildfire' emerges deep red before becoming green in...

It makes great yellow swaths across pastures and fields each spring, making it a lovely sight when seen in these groups. Old home remedies for ailments as diverse as rheumatism and insanity list buttercups as an ingredient.Gardeners that plant to attract...

An Australian native was named for Franziska, Countess vonrelates to the Compton family of Newby Hall, Yorkshire, England.is commonly referred to as Compton coral pea, native lilac vine, wild sarsaparilla and wild wisteria.pea-like purple blooms.