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Perennials
Tidy, showy natives to mingle with other ornamentals in the perennial bed
Flowers
Grasses
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats gramma |
Carex emoryi | Riverbank tussock sedge |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Blue-eyed grass |
Sporobolus heterolepsis | Prairie dropseed |
Tress & Shrubs
Garden-worthy natives for solo display or to cluster in a hedge or foundation planting
Butterfly Food
Host plants for butterfly larvae and nectar plants to feed the adults
Flowers
Shrubs
Grasses
Elymus hystrix (Hystrix patula) | Bottlebrush grass |
Vines
Aristolochia tomentosa | Woolly dutchman’s pipe |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine |
Bird Habitat
Dense cover and berries offering shelter and sustenance to our feathered friends
Autumn Color
Natives whose leaves blaze with color in the fall
Winter Interest
Shapes, textures and seed pods to enliven the winter landscape
Ground Covers
Sun
Callirhoe triangulata | Clustered poppy mallow |
Shade
Erosion Control
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac |