Saturday, May 5, 2012

Mother's Day Native Plant Sale

We'll be at it again Mother's Day weekend to raise money for our Oak Savannah restoration project (see previous posts for details).  Art & Linda's Wildflowers will be providing over 50 species of native prairie and woodland flowers, grasses, and ferns.  They will sell for $4 each.  UPDATED plant list:

Ferns: Ostrich Fern, Interrupted Fern

Grasses/Sedges:  Little BluestemVirginia Wild Rye(tolerates shade), Northern Sea Oats(tolerates shade), Gray's Sedge(wet soil, tolerates shade), Woodland Brome Grass(prefers light shade), Beak Grass(prefers light shade), Canada Wild Rye(tolerates shade), Prairie Brome Grass(full or partial sun), Prairie Dropseed


Prairie/Full Sun Flowers:
Spring Blooming - Prairie Smoke, Shooting Star(full or partial sun), Marsh Marigold(full or partial sun, wet soil)
Summer Blooming - Foxglove beardtongue, Black-eyed Susan, Purple Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Rattlesnake Master, Prairie Blazing Star, Dwarf Blazing StarButterfly Milkweed,  Ohio Spiderwort, Purple Prairie Clover, Culver's Root, Prairie Coreopsis, Sand Coreopsis, Wild Bergamot(or partial sun), Compass PlantWild Quinine, Lead Plant, Prairie CinquefoilKankakee Mallow(or partial sun)

Late Summer/Fall Blooming - New England Aster, Smooth Blue Aster(or partial sun), Obedient PlantPrairie Cinquefoil, Round-headed Bush Clover, Common Boneset(or partial sun)

Woodland/Partial Sun or Shade Flowers:
Spring BloomingMeadow Anemone, Celandine Poppy, Bishop's CapBlue Flag Iris(wet soil), Jacob's Ladder
Summer Blooming -   Wild Columbine, Nodding Wild OnionWild Petunia(full or partial sun), Purple Meadowrue(wet soil, sun or light shade), Early Meadowrue (wet soil, sun or light shade), Anise Hyssop (or partial sun)
Late Summer/Early FallCardinal Flower(wet soil), Blue Lobelia(wet soil), Zigzag GoldenrodShort's Aster, Sweet Joe Pyeweed (prefers light shade/partial sun)

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