GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Average to medium, well-drained soil.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. Spread: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Purple with coppery center/June-August
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees & Butterflies
ZONE: 5-6
DISTRIBUTION: Tennessee
Commonly known as Tennessee coneflower. Used to belong to List of Endangered and Threatened Plants until 2011. Mass plant in the border, meadow, naturalized area, wildflower garden or part shade area of the woodland garden. Needs dry, well-drained soil conditions. Deer, Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, and Shallow-Rocky Soil Tolerant.
In 1979, the Tennessee coneflower was one of the first plants to be placed on the endangered species list. But a 30-year recovery campaign by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and The Nature Conservancy resulted in this native’s recovery from the brink of extinction, which has now been de-listed.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Average to medium, well-drained soil.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. Spread: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Purple with coppery center/June-August
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees & Butterflies
ZONE: 5-6
DISTRIBUTION: Tennessee
Commonly known as Tennessee coneflower. Used to belong to List of Endangered and Threatened Plants until 2011. Mass plant in the border, meadow, naturalized area, wildflower garden or part shade area of the woodland garden. Needs dry, well-drained soil conditions. Deer, Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, and Shallow-Rocky Soil Tolerant.
In 1979, the Tennessee coneflower was one of the first plants to be placed on the endangered species list. But a 30-year recovery campaign by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and The Nature Conservancy resulted in this native’s recovery from the brink of extinction, which has now been de-listed.
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GARDEN SITE: ☀️ Moist-Dry Soil. Prefers sandy loams.
SIZE: ⬆1-2.5 ft. ↔1.5-3 ft.
FLOWERS: Blue-Purple blooms August-October
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and birds
ZONE: 6-9
Perfect for Meadows, wildflower gardens, pollinator gardens. Attracts butterflies.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil. Does not tolerate wet or shady sites.
SIZE: 1.5-2 ft. SPREAD: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: Small, bright orange and purple that give rise to purplish-golden oat-like seed heads. August-September
WILDLIFE: Flowers attract butterflies. Provides food for birds, nesting material and cover, as well as graze for mammals.
LARVAL HOST TO: Several Skipper butterflies, including Dotted Skipper, Leonard’s Skipper and Ottoe Skipper.
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern United States
Sideoats Grama is a charming warm-season grass that forms compact, low-growing clumps. The orange and purple flowers rise above delicate, bluish foliage that add pretty color and textural appeal to the late summer garden. This tough, yet visually appealing grass is a perfect fit for small spaces and along edges of meadow gardens. Drought, dry soil and deer resistant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-🌤️ Avg-Medium-Dry Soil.
SIZE: ⬆ 4in. seedheads 1-2 ft. ↔12-14 in
FLOWERS: Green/Blue🌸July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Birds
LARVAL HOST TO: Leonard's Skipper
ZONE: 3-10
Drought tolerant. Often seeded in as a native lawn alternative. A dominant grass in dry shortgrass prairies. An understory grass in moister, mixed prairies.
GARDEN SITE: Full Sun-Part Shade. Average, Dry to Medium moisture Soil.
SIZE: 1 ft. Spread: 1-2 ft.
FLOWERS: White bell shaped, May to October
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees and Butterflies.
LARVAL HOST TO: Commons Buckeye Butterfly
ZONE: 4-8
Perennial! Drought, Dry Soil and Shallow-Rocky Soil Tolerant. Idea for orders, rock gardens, native plant gardens, wild gardens or prairies.