Establishing and Maintaining a Prairie Garden
Table 1. Prarie wildflowers and grasses.
| Name |
flower color |
flowering date |
height |
| wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) |
blue |
May - June |
1-2' |
| purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) |
purple |
June - Sept. |
2-4' |
| meadow blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) |
purple |
Aug. - Sept. |
2-4' |
| prairie phlox (Phlox pilosa) |
pink/purple |
May - July |
1-3' |
| blue false indigo (Baptisia australis) tralis) |
blue |
June - July |
2-5' |
| butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) |
orange-red |
July - Aug. |
1-2' |
| black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
yellow |
July - Aug. |
2-3' |
| grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) |
yellow |
July - Sept. |
3-6' |
| large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus) |
pink/purple |
May - June |
2-3' |
| hoary puccoon (Lithospermum canescens) |
orange |
May - June |
1-2' |
| big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) |
bronze; bluish stems |
Aug. - Sept. |
3-8' |
| little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
white; bluish stems |
Aug. - Sept. |
2-4' |
| sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) |
orange-purple |
July - Sept. |
1-3' |
| Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) |
golden-brown |
Aug. - Sept. |
3-6' |
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