The look and feel of the prairie is almost part of our subconscious, the rolling hills, the golden fall color, the calm almost ocean-like effect of the waving grasses. Plants native to the prairie are adapted to life here – the long, hot summer and the low rainfall amounts.The plants native to this region have not only a biological history, but also a social history. Many were used for food or medicine by Native Americans. To know the history of plants in your garden adds another fascinating layer to the beauty of gardening.
Native Plants at The Henrys' Plant Farm:
Achillea millefolium – Yarrow
Andropogon gerardii – Big Bluestem
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa –Butterfly Milkweed
Aster- Sky Blue Aster
Baptisia Australis
Boltonia asteroides
Callirhoe involucrata – Poppy Mallow
Ceanothus americanus –New Jersey Tea
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Early Sunrise’
Coreopsis lanceolata ‘Sterntaler’
Coreopsis palmatq- Prairie Coreopsis
Dalea purpurea- Purple Prairie Clover
Echinacea pallida- Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa- Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’, ‘Kim’s Knee High’, Kim’s Mophead’
Eryngium yuccifolium- Sea Holly
Eupatorium maculatum ’Gateway’
Gaillardia aristata ‘Bijou’, ‘Burgunder’
Heliopsis helianthoides – False Sunflower
Liatris aspera, L. .punctata, L. pycnostachya – Gayfeather
Linum perenne – Blue Flax
Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica – Great Blue Lobelia
Monarda citriodora
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda punctata
Oenothera missouriensis – Missouri Evening Primrose
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red’
Physostegia virginicana 'Miss Manners’
Ratibida ‘Red Midget’, ‘Yellow Coneflower’
Rudbeckia hirta’ Indian Summer’
Rudbeckia subtomentosa – Sweet Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Salvia azurea – Sky Blue Salvia
Shizachryrium scoparium – Little Bluestem
Silphium laciniatum – Compass Plant
Solidago Canadensis ‘Baby Gold’
Solidago riddellii – Showy Goldenrod
Solidago rigida – Stiff Goldenrod
Sorghastrum nutans – Indian Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed
Verbena canadensis