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Native Wildflowers and Grasses
Common Name	Botanical Name	Ht	Color	Bloom Time	Moisture	Soil Type	Sun F/P/S
Lavender Hyssop	Agastache Foeniculum	1’-3’	Purple	July-Sept	D, M	S, L	F/P
Leadplant	Amorpha canescens	2’-3’	Purple	June-July	M, Mo	S,L,C	F
Red Milkweed	Asclepius incarnate	3’-5’	Red-pink	June-July	Mo,W	S,L,C	F
Butterfly Weed	Asclepius tuberose	2’-3’	Orange	June-Aug	D,M	S,L	F
New England Aster	Aster novae- angliae	3’-5’	Pink, Purple, Blue	Aug-Oct	M,Mo	S,L,C	F/P
Blue False Indigo	Baptista australis	3’-5’	Blue	June-July	M	S,L,C	F,P
White False Indigo	Baptista Lacteal	2’-4’	White, Pink	June-July	M,Mo	S,L,C	F,P
Wild Senna	Cassia hebecarpa	4’-6’	Yellow	July-Aug	M,MO,W	S,L,C	F
Purple Prairie Clover	Dalea purpurea	1’-2’	Purple	July-Aug	D,M	S,L,C	F
Pale Purple Coneflower	Echinacea pallida	3’-5’	Pink	June-July	D,M	S,L,C	F
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea Purpurea	3’-4’	Pink	July-Sept	D,M	S,L,C	F,P
Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium Yuccifolium	3’-5’	White	June-Aug	D,M	S,L,C	F
Sweet Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium purpureum	4’-6’	Pink	Aug-Sept	M	S,L,C	F,P,S
Queen of the Prairie	Filipendula rubra	4’-6’	Pink	June-July	M, Mo	S,L,C	F
Prairie Blazingstar	Liatris pycnostachya	3’-5’	Purple, Pink	July-Aug	M,Mo	S,L,C	F
Dense Blazingstar	Liatris spicata	3’-6’	Purple, Pink	Aug-Sept	M,Mo	S,L,C	F
Scaly Blazingstar	Liatris squamosa	1’-2’	Purple, Pink	Aug-Sept	D,M	S,L	F
Monkey- flower	Mimulus	1’-3’	Blue	June-Aug	Mo, W	S,L,C	F
Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	2’-3’	Lavender	July-Sept	D,M,Mo	S,L,C	F.P
Dotted Mint	Monarda punctata	1’-2’	White, lavender, speckled	July-Sept	D	S,G	F
Wild Quinine	Parthenium integrifolium	3’-5’	White	June-Sept	M, Mo	S,L,C	F
Smooth Pentstemon	Penstemon digitalis	2’-3’	White	June-July	M, Mo	S,L,C	F,P
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	1’-2’	Pink	Aug-Sept	M, Mo	S,L,C	F
Wild Petunia	Ruella humilis	1’-2’	Violet	June-Aug	D,M	S,L	F,P
Compass Plant	Silphium laciniatum	3’-10’	Yellow	June-Sept	D,M	S,L,C	F
Cupplant	Silphium perfoliatum	3’-10’	Yellow	July-Sept	M,Mo,W	S,L,C	F,P
Stiff Goldenrod	Solidago rigida	3’-5’	Yellow	Aug-Sept	D,M	S,L,C	F
Western Spiderwort	Tradescantia occidentalis	1’	Pink	June-July	D,M	S, L	F
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastate	3’-6’	Blue	July-Sept	M, MO,W	S,L,C	F
Tall Ironweed	Vernonia altissima	5’-8’	Red-pink	July-Sept	Mo, W	S,L	F,P
Ironweed	Vernonia fasciculate	4’-6’	Red-pink	July-Sept	Mo	S,L,C	F
Culver’s Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	3’-6’	White	July-Aug	M, Mo	S,L,C	F,P,S

Grasses
Common Name	Botanical Name	Ht	Color	Bloom Time	Moisture	Soil Type	Sun F/P/S
Big Bluestem	Andropogon gerardi	5’-8’	Bronze/red	Aug-Oct	D,M,Mo	S,L,C	F
Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	2’-3’	Crimson-red	Aug-Oct	D,M	S,L	F
Indiangrass	Sorgastrum nutans	5’-7’	Gold	Aug-Sept	D, M, Mo	S,L,C	F

Moisture: D=Dry, M=Medium, Mo=moist, W=Wet
Soil Type: S=Sand, L= Loam, C=Clay, G=Gravel
Sun: F=Full, P=Partial Sun, S=Shade

Perennial and Annual Flowers
Common Name	Botanical Name	Ht	Color	Bloom Time	Moisture	Soil Type	Sun F/P/S
Black-berry Lily		2’-3’	Tigerlily Black seeds	July-Sept			F,P

Sweet Annie	Artemsia	6’-8’	Green				F
Pot Marigold	Calendula		Orange,Yellow	July-Sept			F,P
	Celosia	2’-3’	Pink, white, yellow orange	June-Sept			F
Blue Cornflower	Centaurea	1’	Blue	May-June			F
Coral Bells		1’-2’	Pink	June			F, P
Coreopsis		2’-3’	Yellow	June-Aug			F
Maximillian Sunflower	Heliopsis	6’-8’	Yellow	Sept			F,P
Bee balm	Monarda	3’-4’	Pink, Lavender	July-Aug			F,P

Sedum		2’	Green to pink	Aug-Sept			F
Sedum		4”-6”	Red, yellow, green	June-Aug			F, P
Veronica		2’	Blue	June-July			F
Pansy	Viola	6”	Multicolor	May-Sept	Likes it cool		F, P, S
Yarrow	Achillea Millefolium	2’-3’	Pastels	June-Aug			F,P

Herbs
Common Name	Botanical Name	Ht	Color	Bloom Time	Moisture	Soil Type	Sun F/P/S
Basil: Genovese Lemon Lime Thai Cinnamon Red	Ocimum basillicum	1’-2’	Green White Green Purple Pink Red	June-Sept			F
Catmint	Nepeta mussinii	2’-3’	White	June-Sept			F,P,S
Chive Onion Garlic	Allium Tuberosum	1’	Pink White	May-July			F,P
Feverfew	Tanacetum Parthenium	1’-2’	White	July-Aug			F
Hyssop	Hyssopus Officinalis	2’	Blue	July-Aug			F, P
Lavender	Lavandula	1’-2’	Purple	July-Sept			F
Lemon Balm	Melissa Officinialis	1’-2’	Green	July-Sept			F,P
Lemon grass	Cymbopogan Flexuosus	2’	Green	July-Sept			F
Lovage	Levisicum officinale	2’-3’	Green	May-Sept			F,P
Marjoram	Origanum vulgare	1’-2’	Purple	July-Sept			F
Mint	Mentha spp	2’-3’	White	July-Aug			F, P
Oregano	Origanum vulgare spp	1’-2’	White	July-Sept			F
Parsley	Petroselinm crispum	1’	Green	June-Sept			F
Ornamental Pepper	Capsicum annuum	2’	Purple, yellow, orange, red	Aug-Sept			F
Rosemary	Rosmarinus officinalis	1’-2’	Green	June-Sept			F
Sage	Salvia Officinalis	2’	Blue	June			F, P
Salad Burnett	Sanguisorba minor	1’-2’	Bronze	May-Sept			F
Savory	Satureja Montana	1’	White	May-Sept			F
Thyme Winter Orange Creeping	Thymus	1’	White White Pink	June-Sept			F, P

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