GARDENING WITH WILDFLOWERS

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7 Why use prairie plants? Ability to thrive despite Great Plains weather extremes and soil types A prairie garden requires little if any supplemental irrigation once established Prairie plants resist insect pests and disease. Provide critical habitat for local wildlife

14 Disadvantages of Prairie Gardens A prairie landscape can look overgrown and weedy to the public Prairie landscapes require very large lot sizes or large estates to provide benefit Converting to a prairie garden is costly Plants are slow to establish and weed control is a problem

15 If you grow prairie plants, don t Design your prairie garden with an automatic irrigation system. Mulch too deep. Provide a light 1-2 layer Space plants too far apart Mix prairie plants that aren t adapted to your site

16 If you grow prairie plants, do Plan on starting small and keep it simple Plant your garden with at least 50% prairie grasses Enrich the soil in the planting zone with topsoil, rich with humus and oxygen. Copy a prairie model using the same kind of soil and topography as your own site Match the plant to the habitat!

18 GreatPlants Display Garden

25 Installing Prairie Gardens What is native for you? Seeds vs. plugs Prairie Gardeners often plant 80% forb seed and 20% grass seed When to plant? Fight weeds before planting your prairie

26 Short Prairie Grasses Prairie Junegrass, Koeleria macrantha

27 Blue Grama Grass, Bouteloua gracilis,

30 Sideoats Grama, Bouteloua curtipendula

32 Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium

34 Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis

35 Tall Prairie Grasses Sand Lovegrass, Eragrostis trichoides

37 Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum

38 Indiangrass, Sorghastrum nutans

39 Big Bluestem, Andropogon gerardii

40 Sand Bluestem, Andropogon hallii

42 Woody Wildflowers Leadplant, Amorpha canescens

44 New Jersey Tea, Ceanothus americana

46 Spring Blooming Prairie Smoke, Geum triflorum

48 Pasque Flower, Pulsatilla patens

49 it was the velvety, silver-green mat of an antennaria which etched the first indelible impression of a wild plant on my mind and turned me into an ardent admirer of them. Claude Barr Pussytoes, Antennaria parviflora

50 a very hairy little spiderwort, flowering freely for several weeks in early spring. It has kept its allotted space among other gentle-mannered plants. Claude Barr Dwarf Spiderwort, Tradescantia tharpii

51 Fremont s Clematis, Clematis fremontii

52 Pincushion Cactus, Coryphantha missouriensis

53 Pincushion Cactus, Coryphantha vivipara

54 Plains Prickly-Pear Cactus, Opuntia polyacantha

55 Prairie Alumroot, Heuchera richardsonii

56 Prairie Phlox, Phlox pilosa

57 Dwarf Blue Indigo, Baptisia minor

59 Calylophus serrulatus Prairie Lode Toothed Primrose

60 well behaved in the garden.its petals wide and overlapping, forming a full, round saucer Claude Barr

61 Soapweed, Yucca glauca little has been done toward color selection in Yucca glauca. I brought to the garden a plant whose sepal segments were strongly tinted with red Claude Barr

62 Summer Bloomers Narrowleaf Coneflower, Echinacea angustifolia Pale Purple Coneflower, Echinacea pallida

63 Prairie Spiderwort & Pale Penstemon

64 Prairie Spiderwort, Tradescantia ohioensis

65 Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa

66 each of the several to many trailing or clambering, littlebranched stems carries its compliment of flowers inchwide balls of fluff of a lovely rose-pink. Claude Barr Sensitive Briar, Schrankia nuttallii

67 Missouri Primrose, Oenothera missouriensis

68 Prairie Skullcap, Scutellaria resinosa

69 Wild Quinine, Parthenium integrifolium

70 Fragrant False Indigo, Amorpha nana

71 Purple Poppy Mallow, Callirhoe involucrata

72 Fringed Sage, Artemesia frigida

the thick cones, which attain a length of two

73 the thick cones, which attain a length of two inches, are dark green, a bit silvery hairy, and the circles of flowers are a beautiful purple-red from light to deep in hue.a gay atmosphere is added by the many long-filamented anthers of gold or burnt orange. Claude Barr Purple Prairie Clover, Dalea purpurea

74 Gray-Headed Coneflower, Ratibida pinnata Upright Prairie Coneflower, Ratibida columnifera

75 Prairie Bushclover, Lespedeza capitata

76 Rattlesnake Master, Eryngium yuccifolium

77 Pitcher Sage, Salvia azurea

78 Fall Bloomers Dotted Gayfeather, Liatris punctata

79 Scaly Blazing Star, Liatris squarrosa Rough Gayfeather, Liatris aspera

80 Compass Plant, Silphium laciniatum

81 Wild Bergamot, Monarda fistulosa

82 Showy Goldenrod, Solidago speciosa

83 the find of the day, in cracks in the slabby limestone of the summit, was the prime rock aster of the Plains, A. fendleri in full flower at 4 to 10 inches. Claude Barr My Antonia Fendler s Aster, Aster fendleri

84 Aromatic Aster, Aster oblongifolius

85 Wet Areas

86 Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata Joe-Pye Plant, Eupatorium purpureum

87 Culver s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum Thickspike Gayfeather, Liatris pycnostachya

88 White Wild Indigo, Baptisia lactea Turtlehead, Chelone lyonii

89 Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale Purple Meadow Rue, Thalictrum dasycarpum

90 Prairie Plants for Naturalizing Brown-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia triloba Plains Coreopsis, Coreopsis tinctoria

91 Wild Petunia, Ruellia humilis

92 Lanceleaf Coreopsis & Prairie Larkspur

93 Golden Alexanders, Zizia aurea Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis

94 Western Wallflower, Erysimum umbellatum

95 Yellowdicks, Helenium amarum

96 with slightly slashed and ruffled petals, the fringed puccoon glows delightfully in medium yellow, mainly in May. Claude Barr Fringed Puccoon, Lithospermum incisum

97 Prickly Poppy, Argemone polyanthemos

98 Rocky Mountain BeePlant, Cleome serrulata

in deep, rich yellow and centered about a disk of intense,

99 it wins an honored place by bearing at the apex of each stem an ample, flat-topped cluster of inch-wide heads, all in deep, rich yellow and centered about a disk of intense, glowing orange Claude Barr Prairie Ragwort, Senecio plattensis

100 Shell-leaf Penstemon, Penstemon grandiflorus

101 Native Plant Sources Ion Exchange (seeds and plants), 1878 Old Mission Dr., Harpers Ferry, IA Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (native perennial seeds and plants), 9814 Pleasant Hill Road, Jefferson City, MO 65109, Oikos Tree Crops (oaks, nut trees, American native edibles), P.O. Box 19425, Kalamazoo, MI 49019, Phone (616) Prairie Moon Nursery (native plants & seeds for wetland, prairie, savanna and woodland), Route 3, Box 163, Winona, MN , 507/ , Prairie Nursery (wildflowers and prairie plants), P.O. Box 306, Westfield, WI 53964, (800) , Seeds of the Plains, HC 76, Box 21, Belvidere, SD Shoestring Acres (prairie seed), P.O. Box 6614, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402/ , Stock Seed Farms (grasses and wildflowers), Mill Rd., Murdock, NE , (402) , Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, arboretum.unl.edu/plant sales

102 arboretum.unl.edu enriching lives through the beauty and wonder of plants. Bob Henrickson

Earth Partnership for Schools: Establishing Roots and Seeds for Multiple Generations

Earth Partnership for Schools: Establishing Roots and Seeds for Multiple Generations November 2011 By Brad Guhr Prairie Restoration/Education Coordinator Dyck Arboretum of the Plains www.dyckarboretum.org