garden style prairie
Prairie Garden, How To:
Prairies may not be native to your region but that does not mean you can’t have one. If you use plants commonly found in your area and follow some simple prairie management techniques, in a few years you will have a thriving landscape that is low maintenance and easy on the pocketbook. Not only are prairie gardens attractive to look at, but they also attract many types of birds, butterflies, and other native wildlife. Follow the steps below to start establishing your prairie garden today:
Choose the location, and size, for your prairie garden. I recommend starting small. You can always increase the size as time and resources present themselves. Most prairie plants grow best in full sun so look for a location that provides maximum exposure.
Note your soil conditions. Do you have areas that are consistently dry or wet? Is your soil sandy or heavy clay? Noting these conditions will help determine plant selection. It may be beneficial to map out your prairie site on a piece of graph paper, noting sun exposure and drainage.
Prepare the site:
Remove all existing vegetation. There are numerous ways to this, listed below are the most common:
- Place dark plastic, tarps, and/or cardboard over the grass and weeds for approximately 2 months prior to planting. The best time to do this method is the summer prior to a spring planting. When it is time to plant, be sure to till the area to a depth of 12 inches.
- Another popular option is to use a non-selective herbicide, such as Round-up®, to kill all existing vegetation. Spray the entire area, wait 2 weeks, then cultivate the area to a depth of 12 inches.
Add compost to your site if needed. Both heavy clay and sandy soils will benefit from a 2-3 inch layer of organic matter.
Choose your plants. Carefully choose your plants, matching them to the soil conditions in your garden.
Seeds vs. Plants, Pros and Cons:
Seeds:
- pro – economical
- con – can take 3 years for plants to reach maturity
Plants:
- pro – establish more quickly and it is easier to control placement
- con – more expensive
Time to plant:
The best time to plant is in the spring. In most areas that will be sometime in May or June.
- Seeds: only use high quality, fresh seeds (check the expiration date on the package), ensure even seed distribution and good soil contact. Hand-broadcasting or the use of a spreader are both acceptable methods. Afterwards, rake the seeds into the soil to ensure good seed to soil contact. Recommended seeding depth is ¼ to ½ inch. Watering is essential. If you do not get adequate rainfall, supplemental watering will be required for optimal seed germination and establishment.
- Live Plants: limit your plant selection to no more than 30 different varieties. Then, plant in groups of 10 or more. Choose tall plants with long lasting flowers, attractive foliage and seed-heads. The garden may benefit from an initial mulching until the plants have grown large enough to suppress weeds.
Maintenance:
Once established, a prairie garden is low maintenance. Occasionally you may need to re-seed/plant to fill in a bare spot. Perennial plants can be cut back at the end of the season if you so desire.
NOTE: If you started with seeds: The first couple of years after planting you will probably need to mow above the seedlings to help control weeds. Set your mower height to 4-8 inches, to avoid cutting prairie plants.
Plants commonly found in prairie style gardens:
Grasses:
- Sorghastrum nutans (indian grass)
- little bluestem
- big bluestem
- feather reed grass ‘Karl Foerster’
- sideoats gramma
- panicum virgatum (switch grass)
- sporobolus heterolepis (prairie dropseed)
Perennials:
- Echinacea (purple coneflower)
- Phlox pilosa (praire phlox)
- Baptisia (false indigo)
- Rudbeckia (black-eyed susan)
- Asclepias (butterfly weed)
- Penstemon (beardtonque)
- Liatris (gay feather)
- Lupine
- Persicaria (fleece flower, bistort, firetail)
- Allium
- Veronicastrum (culver’s root)
Happy Planting!
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'Bandwidth' Japanese Silver Grass
type:ornamental grass
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
'Blue Puffball'
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 6 7 8 9
'Pink Lemonade' False Indigo
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
'Pink Lemonade' False Indigo
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Alyssum 'Golden Spring'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Anise Hyssop 'Apricot Sprite'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Anise Hyssop 'Arizona Series'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9 10 11
Anise Hyssop 'Mango Tango'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Anise Hyssop 'Peachie Keen'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Anise Hyssop 'Rosie Posie'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 7 8 9
Anise Hyssop Kudo's Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Annual Tickseed
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 9 10
Artemisia 'Powis Castle'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 6 7 8
Autumn Moon Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10 11
Beach Wormwood
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bear's Breeches
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Bearded Tongue 'Coral Baby'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8
Bearded Tongue 'Paint Brush'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 6 7 8
Bearded Tongue 'Rock Candy'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8
Beebalm
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7
Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7
Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7
Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7
Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7
Big Bluestem 'Windwalker'
type:ornamental grass
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-8 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8
Bishop's Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bitterroot 'Little Raspberry'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Black Eyed Susan 'Everlasting Sun'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Black-Eyed Susan
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Bleeding Hearts
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Blue Mist
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 6 7 8 9
Blue Star Flower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Bluebeard 'Good As Gold'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 7 8
Bolero Hyssop
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush 'Blue Chip Jr.'
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Bush 'Miss Violet'
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Butterfly Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Catawba Rhododendron
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-8 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Catmint
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Chastetree
type:tree
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:10-15 feet
zone: 6 7 8 9
Cheddar Pinks
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Cheddar Pinks
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Chinese Astilbe
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Chrysanthemum
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Colorspires Crystal Blue Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Columbine
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:variable
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Comfrey
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:variable
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Common Bleeding Heart
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Common Foxglove
type:biennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:4-5 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Common Sundrops
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Common Yarrow
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Coneflower Big Sky Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Coneflower Bird Series
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Butterfly Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light:
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Butterfly Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light:
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Butterfly Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light:
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Butterfly Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light:
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Cone-Fections Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Cone-Fections Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Coneflower Cupcake Collection
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Dixie Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Double Scoop Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8
Coneflower Dream Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Meteor Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Pow Wow Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Coneflower Praire Pixies Collection
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Prairie Pillar Collection
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Secret Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Coneflower Sombrero Series
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 6 7 8
Coneflower Sombrero Series
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 6 7 8
Coneflower Supreme Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Cushion Spurge
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Cushion Spurge
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Cushion Spurge 'Bonfire'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Cushion Spurge 'First Blush'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Daffodil
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Daylily
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Desert Beardtongue
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Desert Moss
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Deutzia 'Yuki Snowflake'
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8
Dwarf Larkspur
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Engelmann's Daisy
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fancy Dancer Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10 11
Fire Dancer Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10 11
Fringed Bleeding Heart
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fumewart
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Garden Phlox
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Giant Hyssop
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Gland Bellflower/Ladybells
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Globe Thistle
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Glory of the Snow
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Goat's Beard
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:4-5 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Goldenrod
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Goldhill Golden Aster
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 5 6 7 8
Grecian Windflower
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Hardy Cyclamen
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 5 6 7
Hardy Geranium/Cransbill
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Hollyhock
type:biennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:variable
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Honesty/Money Plant
type:biennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Japanese Anemone
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Japanese Anemone
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7
Japanese Aster
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Joe Pye Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-8 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Joe Pye Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-8 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Kousa Dogwood
type:tree
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:20-30 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8
Lady's Mantle
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Lamb's Ear
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Leadwort
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Lemon Light Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10 11
Mondo Grass
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Mouse Ear Coreopsis
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9 10
Mouse Ear Coreopsis
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9 10
Nepeta Top Hat
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8
New England Aster
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
New York Aster
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Ornamental Onion
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Ozark Sundrops
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Peachleaf Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Pearly Everlasting
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Peony
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Peppermint Willow
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-8 feet
zone: 9 10 11
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed Firefly
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed Ladybird
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed Lightening Bug
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Perennial Tickseed Lightening Bug
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Phlox 'Violet Pinwheels'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 5 6 7
Pinks - Paint the Town Series
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Plantain Sedge 'Blue Ridge'
type:ornamental grass
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Poppy
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Poppy Anemone
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Purple Coneflower 'Kim's Knee High'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Purple Coneflower 'Magnus'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Purple Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Rock Anise Hyssop
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8
Rockcress
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Rockcress
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Rockcress
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7
Russian Sage 'Little Lace'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rusty Foxglove
type:biennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:4-5 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7
Sage Windwalker Royal Red
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 6 7 8 9
Saint John's Wort
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Salvia Black & Bloom
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 8 9 10 11
Sea Thrift/Sea Pink
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Sedge Grass
type:ornamental grass
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8
Serviceberry
type:tree
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:20-30 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Showy Stonecrop
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Silky Rock Jasmine
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Silvermound
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Snow in Summer
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 2 3 4 5 6 7
Snowdrop
type:bulb / corm / tuber
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Snowdrop Anemone
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Southernwood
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 5 6 7 8
Spanish Lavender
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Spanish Lavender Bandera Purple
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10
Spiderwort 'Tough Love'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Spiral Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:6 inches or less
zone: 4 6 7
Spotted Bellflower
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun part sun / shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 5 6 7
Spotted Joy Pye Weed
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-8 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Spurge
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Spurge 'Ascot Rainbow'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Straw Foxglove
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Strawberry Foxglove
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Summersweet 'Novacleein'
type:shrub
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 6 7 8 9
Swamp Milkweed
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Swamp Milkweed
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Swamp Milkweed
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Swamp Milkweed
type:
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:3-4 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Sweet Dreams Sea Thrift
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Sweet Dreams Sea Thrift
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 6 7 8 9
Tatarian Daisy
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Tester
type:
category:prairie
light:
height:
zone:
Threadleaf Coreopsis
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:variable
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Threadleaf Coreopsis
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8 9 10
Tickseed 'Little Bird'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
White mugwort
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:4-5 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
White Sage
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 4 5 6 7 8 9
Wild Sweet William
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Wood Anemone
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:6-12 inches
zone: 4 5 6 7 8
Wood Spurge
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7
Woolly Yarrow
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6
Wormwood
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Yarrow 'Moon Dust'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 5 6 7 8
Yarrow 'Moonshine'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7
Yarrow 'Seduction Series'
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:12-24 inches
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Yellow Foxglove
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: part sun / shade shade
height:2-3 feet
zone: 3 4 5 6 7 8
Yellow Hardy Ice Plant
type:perennial
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6 inches or less
zone: 5 6 7 8 9
Zinnia Up Town 'Frosted Strawberry'
type:annual
category:prairie
light: full sun
height:6-12 inches
zone: 7 8 9 10 11