GARDEN SITE: ☀️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil. Prefers moist and fertile soil.
SIZE: 2-6 ft. Spread: 1- 1.5 ft.
FLOWERS: Showy, purple spikes. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attractive to hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Seeds for songbirds, especially the American Goldfinch.
LARVAL HOST TO: Painted Lady and Silvery Checkerspot
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KY , LA , MA , MD , MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , SC , TN , VA , WI , WV
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Liatris spicata will fill your garden with an eye catching display of uniquely formed, bright purple blooms. When not in bloom, the attractive, bright green, grass-like foliage will offer visual appeal spring through fall. This low maintenance wildflower is relatively disease resistant and is more tolerant of moist soil conditions than other Liatris varieties. Especially stunning when massed, this is a brilliant choice for pollinator, cottage, rain and rock gardens. Resistant to heat, humidity and poor soil.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️ Average, dry to medium, well-drained soil. Prefers moist and fertile soil.
SIZE: 2-6 ft. Spread: 1- 1.5 ft.
FLOWERS: Showy, purple spikes. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attractive to hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Seeds for songbirds, especially the American Goldfinch.
LARVAL HOST TO: Painted Lady and Silvery Checkerspot
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KY , LA , MA , MD , MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , SC , TN , VA , WI , WV
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Liatris spicata will fill your garden with an eye catching display of uniquely formed, bright purple blooms. When not in bloom, the attractive, bright green, grass-like foliage will offer visual appeal spring through fall. This low maintenance wildflower is relatively disease resistant and is more tolerant of moist soil conditions than other Liatris varieties. Especially stunning when massed, this is a brilliant choice for pollinator, cottage, rain and rock gardens. Resistant to heat, humidity and poor soil.
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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.