Transcript Doris Kemp Park Renovation Native Plant List

Native
Demonstration Garden
Champlin Garden Club
Many photos were taken from Prairie Moon Nursery
Perennials
Anise Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis/
Agastache foeniculum
Purple
July-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 12-18“
Anise Hyssop has very showy flowers,
fragrant foliage and seems to be of
little interest to deer. It self-seeds
readily and often blooms the first
year. It's a bee, hummingbird, and
butterfly magnet!
Aromatic Aster
Asteracea/Symphyotrichum
oblongiflolium
Purple
Aug.-Oct. Blooming Period
Height 24”
Spacing 12-18“
Aromatic aster is one of the last
Aster species to bloom in the
fall. The stiff stems will branch out
slowly to create a bush-like
appearance and will completely
covered in light purple flowers
when blooming.
Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia Hirta
Yellow
June-August Blooming Period
Height 20-24”
Spacing 10-12”
Black-eyed Susan is an opportunist
that thrives easily in disturbed areas. It
has naturalized through most of the
continent. A biennial, it blooms and
completes its life cycle in its second
year but will re-seed.
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias Tuberosa
Orange
June-Aug. Blooming Period
Height 20-24”
Spacing 12-36“
One of the most popular natives for the
landscape! A great Milkweed for a sunny
location in a dry area, Butterfly Weed's
vivid orange color, low mounded profile,
and ability to attract and sustain
butterflies make this plant a well-known
favorite for all types of gardens.
Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
White
Jul - Aug Blooming Period
Height 4’
Spacing 1-2’
Boneset produces flat to roundish
heads of white flowers. The stem is
covered with long spreading hairs with
leaves that are often joined at the base,
appearing to surround the stem. Many
different insect species are attracted to
the flowers as the nectar is relatively
easy to access.
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus Canadensis
Green
July-Oct. Blooming Period
Height 60”
Spacing 24-36“
Canada Wild Rye actively grows
during the spring and fall when soil
temperatures are cool.
Columbine
Aguilegia Canadensis
Red
May-July Blooming Period
Height 15-20”
Spacing 12-24“
Columbine is one of the first plants to
provide nectar in the spring for bees,
butterflies, and hummingbirds. The
colorful flowers are red flowing into
yellow. Besides being an early
bloomer, Columbine will tolerate a
large range of soil and sun types, so
you'll have success with it in full sun
as well as shade
Coneflower
Echinacea Purpurea
Purple
July-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 18-24”
Purple Coneflower may be the most
iconic prairie plant. It is golden red
to purple, matures to about 4' on
most sites and may release a slight
fragrance in strong sunlight.
Dotted Blazing Star
Liatris punctate
Purple
July-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 24”
Spacing 10-12”
A deep root system will form on this
xeric, long-lived Liatris, protecting it
well in hot, dry climates.
Ground Plum
Astragalus Crassicarpus
Purple
July-Oct. Blooming Period
Height 8”
Spacing 12-18“
A low-growing, spreading legume, it
prefers full sun and well-drained soils.
It has pinnate leaves and, in spring,
clusters of pea-like blossoms with
hues of lavender, purple and white.
Harebell
Campanula rotundiflora
Purple
June-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 12”
Spacing 6-8”
Harebell, is a delicate beauty with
small blue-violet bell-shaped flowers
that nod from the tips of slender
stems, blooming in spurts from
summer to fall. Rosettes of rounded
basal leaves wither early after
sending up clusters of wiry stems with
long narrow foliage.
Hoary Vervain
Verbana Stricta
Purple
June-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 30-35”
Spacing 10-12“
The seeds are a staple for many
small mammals and birds that
depend on this widely-distributed
plant. The gray-green leaves are
fuzzy on both sides and are the
larval host for the Common
Buckeye Butterfly.
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Pink
Jun - Aug Blooming Period
Height 3-5’
Spacing 3-4’
Although tall, Joe Pye Weed’s
strong stems rarely need to be
staked and are almost the same
color as the flowers. It is a
magnet for dozens of species of
butterflies.
Large-flowered
Beardtongue
Penstemon grandiflorus
Pink to Purple
May-June Blooming Period
Height 24”
Spacing 8-12”
This showy Penstemon has stunning
large, tubular flowers that bloom for
just a few weeks in May or June. It is
loved by bees and hummingbirds
and is drought tolerant. In the past,
Native Americans treated
toothaches by chewing the root pulp
of this plant and then placing it in
the cavity.
Mountain Mint
Pycanathemum virginianum
White
July-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 36”
Spacing 18”
Leaves have a mint smell and can be
used for tea. Attracts butterflies and
bees. Makes a nice cut or dried
flower.
New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus Americanus
White
June-July Blooming Period
Height 30-35”
Spacing 18-36”
Flowers attract bees, butterflies
and hummingbirds. Birds also eat
the seeds. If using the plants in a
formal garden or border an
occasional pruning in winter will
help keep them looking neat.
Oxeye
Heliopsis Helianthoides
Gold/Yellow
July-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 18-36”
Unlike true sunflowers and most
asters, both its disk and ray flowers
are capable of producing seed. It
blooms profusely through the summer
on thin stems above the foliage, in the
manner of Rudbeckia.
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea
White
June-Sept. Blooming Period
Height 20-24”
Spacing 18-24”
The stems and elongated leaves
of Pearly Everlasting are covered
with white hairs. Clustered at the
top of erect stems, the tiny yellow
flowers are enclosed by white
papery bracts, often mistaken for
petals. The blossoms can be dried
for durable bouquets.
Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea/
Petalostemum purpureum
Purple
July-Aug. Blooming Period
Height 18”
Spacing 18-24”
A staple legume of mostly sunny,
diverse plantings in medium to dry
soils. This is a legume species
(member of the pea family). Most
legumes harbor beneficial bacteria
called rhizobia on their roots.
Prairie Smoke
Geum Triflorum
Rose/Pink
April-June Blooming Period
Height 6-12”
Spacing 6-8”
Many nodding rosy-pink flowers
with feathery reddish seed head
above the fuzzy pinnate basal
leaves.
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Yellow
Aug.-Oct. Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 12-24“
Stiff Goldenrod has larger, flatter
flower clusters than most
Goldenrods. The leaves turn nice
shades of red in the fall.
Wild Bergamot
Monarda Fistulosa
Lavender
July-Aug. Blooming Period
Height 30-35”
Spacing 24-36”
Showy fragrant lavender blooms in
mid-summer. Easy to grow.
Attracts bees, and is deer resistant.
Wild Geranium
Geranium Maculatum
Lavender
May-July Blooming Period
Height 12”
Spacing 8-14”
Upward facing lilac to bright pink 1
¼ “ blossoms with white at the
center. Bushy plant with deeply cut
foliage.
Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
Purple
May-July Blooming Period
Height 18”
Spacing 12-18”
Wild Petunia is native to much
of the eastern US. This lovely
plant isn't actually a petunia
(which are relatives of the
tomato) but rather a member of
the Acanthaceae family.
Shrubs
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos albus
White/ Pink
May-June Blooming
Period
Height 48”
Spacing 24-48“
Coralberry is usually planted for
its prolific coral-red berries that
persist through winter. It is also
called Buckbrush or Indian
Current
Dwarf Bush
Honeysuckle
Diervilla lonicera
Yellow
Jun-Aug Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 24-36“
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle is a great
shrub for those difficult dry, shaded
areas. It is hardy in zones 3-7,
spreads somewhat aggressively by
rhizomes, and has beautiful red fall
foliage (see image, left). The classic
Honeysuckle flower is a favorite of
bees.
Dwarf Ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius
White
June Blooming Period
Height 48”
Spacing 36”
If you need a carefree shrub for
your urban landscape, choose the
ninebark. In addition to handling
drought, it can also tolerate cold
temperatures and acidic or alkaline
soils.
Early Wild Rose
Rosa Blanda
White/ Pink
June-July Blooming Period
Height 36-60”
Spacing 12-24“
Early Wild Rose is rhizomatous; it
spreads aggressively and therefore
may not be suitable for small
landscape plantings.
Red Osier Dogwood
Cornius Stolonifera
White
May-June Blooming Period
Height 36-72”
Spacing 10-15’
The Red Osier dogwood is an
attractive landscaping plant, with
deep red stems and twigs for winter
color, many creamy white flowers in
the spring followed by attractive
white fruits, and spectacular maroon
fall leaves.
Bulbs
Glory of the Snow
Chinodoxa
Pink
April-May Blooming Period
Height 5-6”
Spacing 3-6”
Glory-of-the-Snow is best suited for
cold weather. It peeks out in the
coldest weather to welcome Spring.
There are up to 8 to 10 1 inch flowers
to each short 6 inch stem, in a
sparkling violet-blue with a white
center.