2012 Native-Plant Sale

Plant Species

Height/Spread

Light and
Moisture

Blooming

Wildlife

Big Bluestem Grass
Andropogon gerardii

Ht 3-8 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Aug-Sep
(purplish red)

Little Bluestem Grass
Andropogon scoparius

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

 Aug-Sep (purplish bronze)

Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnate

Ht 3-4 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jun-Aug
(red)

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Jun-Aug
(orange)

Smooth Blue Aster
Aster laevis

Ht 3-5 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Aug-Oct
(blue)

New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae

Ht 2-5 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Aug-Oct
(purple)

White Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucantha

Ht 3-4 ft
Sp 1.5-3 ft

Jun-Jul
(white)

False Aster
Boltonia latisquana recognita

Ht 3-5 ft
Sp 2-4 ft

Jul-Oct
(white)

Side-Oats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jul-Oct
(purplish)

Sand Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata

Prairie Coreopsis
Coreopsis palmata

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 36in

Jun-Aug
(yellow)

Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea (Petalostemum) purpureum

Ht 1-3 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Jul-Sep
(purple)

Showy Tick Trefoil
Desmodium canadense

Ht 3-6 ft

Jul-Aug
(pink and purple)

Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis

Ht 1 ft
Sp 1 ft

Summer
(purple)

Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium

Ht 3-5 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Jul-Sep
(white)

Spotted Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum

Ht 3-5 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jun-Aug
(pink)

Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum

Ht .5-1 ft
Sp .5-1 ft

Apr-Jun
(pink-purple)

False Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides

Ht 3-6 ft

Jun-Aug
(yellow)

Kankakee Mallow
Iliamna remota

Blue Flag
Iris virginica shrevei

Ht 1.5-2 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

May-Jul
(violet lue)

Rough Blazing Star
Liatris aspera

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1-1.5 ft

Jul-Oct
(purple)

Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya

Ht 2-5 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Jul-Sep
(lilac urple)

Foxglove Beard Tongue
Penstemon digitalis

Ht 2-4 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jun-Jul
(white)

Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana

Ht 3-4 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Jul

(pink

Common Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1-1.5 ft

Jun-Sep
(white)

Yellow Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata

Ht 3-5 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jul-Sep
(yellow)

Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Jun-Oct
(yellow)

Wool Grass
Scirpus cyperinus

Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum

Ht 3-10 ft
Sp 1.5-3 ft

Jun-Sep
(yellow)

Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum

Ht 3-10 ft
Sp 1-3 ft

Jul-Sep
(yellow)

Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum

Ht 3-10 ft
Sp 1-3 ft

Jul-Sep
(yellow)

Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida

Ht 1-5 ft
Sp 1.5-2.5 ft

Aug-Oct
(Yellow)

Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa

Ht 2-5 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Aug-Oct
(yellow)

Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans

Ht 3-6 ft
Sp 1-2 ft

Aug-Sep
(light brown)

Northern Dropseed
(Prairie Dropseed)
Sporobolus heterolepis

Ht 2-3 ft
Sp 2-3 ft

Aug-Sep
(pink and brown)

Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata

Ht 2-6 ft
Sp 1-2.5 ft

Jul-Sep
(purplish-blue)

Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta

Ht 2-4 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Jun-Sep
(blue-purple)

Common Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata

Ht 2-4 ft
Sp 1.5-3 ft

Jul-Sep
(purple)

Culvers Root
Veronicastrum virginicum

Ht 4-7 ft
Sp 2-4 ft

Jun-Aug
(white)

Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea

Ht 1-3 ft
Sp 1.5-2 ft

Apr-Jun
(yellow)