Transcript native plant lecture powerpoint march 2005

Growing Native Plants in
Chisago County
Tom Dickhudt
March 1, 2005
What is here?
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What is a Chisago County native plant?
What do they look like?
How do I plant them?
Where do I get them?
What is a Chisago County native
plant?
• A native plant is usually defined as one that
was growing naturally in a specific area
before white or European settlement.
• A cultivar is a specially produced plant
(from the words cultivated and variety)
• An exotic is a plant introduced from outside
of a region
Pasque Flower anemone patens
Lead plant New Jersey Tea
Meadow blazing star liatris ligulistylis
Woodland Coneflower
Cardinal Flower lobelia cardinalis
Grey headed Coneflower ratibida pinnata
Prairie Coneflower ratibida columnifera
Downy mint monarda
Golden Aster chrysopsis villosa
Partridge Pea cassia fasciculata
Bellwort
Shooting star
Birdsfoot violet
lupine
Sneezeweed helenium autumnale
New England Aster Aster novae-angliae
Swamp milkweed
Wood Betony pedicularis canadensis
Joe Pye Weed
eupatorium maculatum
Turks Cap Lilly lilium michiganense
Grand Penstemon penstemon grandiflorus
Prairie Smoke geum triflorum
Pale purple Coneflower echinacea pallida
Orchis Spectalis
Wild Ginger
Prairie Onion allium stellatum
Butterfly weed
asclepias tuberosa
Little Bluestem
andropogon scoparius
Highbush Cranberry viburnum trilobum
Site Preparation
• The first method is to put a dark plastic
sheet, tarp, or pieces of plywood over the
grass for at least two months before you
begin planting.
• The second procedure is to turn the soil
and cultivate the area every few weeks for
a complete growing season.
• A third method involves using a
nonselective herbicide containing the
active ingredient glyphosate, such as
Round Up® or Kleenup®, to kill all existing
vegetation.
How Do I choose Plants?
• The Minnesota Department of
Transportation has a great web site at :
• http://www.plantselector.dot.state.mn.us/
Type selection page
Plant characteristics
Place of origin
Choose Minnesota for Natives
Program generates list that meets
your criteria
Where do I get Plants?
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Soil and Water Conservation District
Landscape Alternatives
Prairie Restorations
Prairie Moon
Grow your own from local sources
Don’t dig from the wild
Any Rain Garden is better than no
Rain Garden
What is a rain garden?
• A “bioretention” system that retains water
and soaks it up rather than allow it to run off
the property.
preparation
• Dig and loosen soil to a depth of two feet
• Create a dip for water to settle until it sinks
in
• Native plants can ‘tough it out’
What are some good plants?
Tall plant garden
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Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass
Eupatorium purpureum Joe-Pye Weed
Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem
Vernonia fascicolata Ironweed
Solidago rigida
Stiff Goldenrod
Liatris spicata
Dense Blazingstar
Baptista australis
Blue False Indigo
Echinacea pallida
Pale Purple Coneflower
Panicum virgatum
Switch Grass
Ratibida pinnata
Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Short plants
• Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
3-4'
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Solidago ohioensis
Ohio Goldenrod 3-4'
Bouteloua curtipendula
Side-oats Grama
Lobelia siphilitica
Great Blue Lobelia
Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant 1-2'
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susies
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-eyed Grass
Allium cernuum
Nodding Pink Onion
3-4'
2-3'
1-4'
1-3'
1'
Septic Mounds
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prairie onion (Allium stellatum)
pussytoes (Antennaria neglecta)
butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
heath aster (Aster ericodes)
bigleaf aster (Aster macrophyllus)*
Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica)*
prairie clover (Dalea spp.)
pale purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)*
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prairie smoke (Geum triflorum)
oxeye (Helianthus helianthoides)
rough blazing star (Liatris aspera)
wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
penstemon (Penstemon spp.)
pasqueflower (Pulsatilla patens)
violets (Viola spp.)*
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Grasses
sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
June grass (Koeleria macrantha)