Content | Echinacea purpurea Prairie Splendor
Prairie Splendor Echinacea
Prairie Splendor’ is a compact coneflower that features bright rose-magenta rays surrounding a dark orange center cone. It typically grows in a clump to 24" tall and as wide. Flowers bloom from late spring (two weeks earlier than most echinacea’s) to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Each flower (to 4-5" diameter) features downward-arching rose-magenta rays. Dark green leaves are lanceolate to narrow-ovate.
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 1.00 to 2.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 2.00 feet
Bloom Time: June to August
Bloom Description: Rose-magenta rays with orange center cone
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Dry to medium
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy, Good Cut, Good Dried
Attracts: Birds, Butterflies
Tolerate: Deer, Drought, Clay Soil, Dry Soil, Shallow-Rocky Soil | Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’
Feather Reed Grass
USDA Zone: 3-9
Selected as Perennial Plant of the Year for 2001. This grass performs well in a wide range of climates, remains attractive for months on end, and is not invasive in any way. Clumps are strongly upright, with dark green leaves. Soft feathery green plumes appear in summer, maturing into stiff wheat-colored spikes, which last into winter. May be used in large groupings towards the back of a border, but also very effective when used more as a single specimen. Hardy enough to survive in containers or tubs in most regions. Clumps may be easily divided in spring. Trim to the ground in March.
Sun Exposure Full Sun or Partial Shade
Soil Type Normal or Sandy or Clay
Soil pH Neutral or Alkaline or Acid
Soil Moisture Average or Dry or Moist
Care Level Easy
Flower Color Green Mauve/Lilac
Blooming Time Early Summer Mid-Summer Late Summer Early Fall Mid Fall
Foliage Color Deep Green
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Accent: Good Texture/Form Attracts Butterflies
Border Containers
Cut Flower Deer Resistant
Dried Flower Drought Tolerant
Rabbit Resistant Massed
Specimen
Flower Head Size Large
Height 47-59 inches
Spread 23-27 inches
Foot Traffic None
Growth Rate Medium | Leucanthemum × superbum ‘Snowcap’
Shasta Daisy
USDA Zone: 4-9
(Formerly Chrysanthemum maximum) No sunny border would seem complete without the familiar presence of Shasta Daisies. This is an especially compact selection, with masses of single white flowers, each with a yellow center. Excellent for cutting. Also great for edging, or in mixed containers. Removing faded flowers will greatly increase the blooming time. Divide plants in the spring every 2 to 3 years to maintain vigour. Shasta Daisy is a well-behaved garden hybrid and should not be confused with the weedy Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
Sun Exposure Full Sun or Partial Shade
Soil Type Normal or Sandy or Clay
Soil pH Neutral or Alkaline or Acid
Care Level Easy
Flower Color White Yellow
Blooming Time Early Summer Mid-Summer Late Summer Early Fall
Foliage Color Deep Green
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Accent: Good Texture/Form Alpine & Rock
Attracts Butterflies Attracts Hummingbirds
Border Containers
Cut Flower Deer Resistant
Edging Rabbit Resistant
Massed
Flower Head Size Medium
Height 12-14 inches
Spread 12-18 inches
Foot Traffic None
Growth Rate Medium | Magic Show® 'Enchanted Indigo' Spike Speedwell Veronica
Features
Color. FULL.
Vivid royal purple flower wands are borne prolifically atop the compact, full mound of bright green foliage. Often reblooms in late summer. Plant near the front of the border.
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Salt Tolerant
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies
Resists: Deer
Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Height Category: Medium
Garden Height: 16 - 18 Inches
Spacing: 16 - 18 Inches
Spread: 16 - 18 Inches
Flower Colors: Purple
Flower Shade: vivid royal purple
Foliage Colors: Green
Foliage Shade: bright green
Habit: Clump Forming
Container Role: Filler
Plant Needs
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun
Maintenance Category: Moderate
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Bloom Time: Mid Summer
Hardiness Zones: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
Water Category: Average
Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil
Soil Fertility Requirement: Fertile Soil
Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil
Soil PH Category: Alkaline Soil
Soil PH Category: Neutral Soil
Uses: Border Plant
Uses: Container
Uses: Cut Flower
Uses: Landscape
Uses: Mass Planting
Maintenance Notes:
Grows best in average to moist, enriched, well-drained soil and full sun. Also grows in part shade but blooms better in sun. Shear back after flowering.
Magic Show® 'Enchanted Indigo' Veronicahybrid USPP 26,603, Can 5,336 | Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
USDA Zone: 4-9
A native North American wildflower, this is the primary source of food for the both the adult and juvenile Monarch Butterfly and is often included in butterfly gardens. Plants form an upright clump of narrow green leaves, bearing showy clusters of orange or gold flowers in mid to late summer. The seed pods that follow are used in dried arrangements and should be picked and dried while still green. Very late to come up in the spring, so mark the spot by planting daffodils or other companion bulbs. Needs well-drained sandy soil.
CAUTION: Harmful if eaten.
Sun Exposure Full Sun
Soil Type Normal or Sandy
Soil pH Neutral or Alkaline or Acid
Soil Moisture Dry
Care Level Easy
Flower Color Gold Mixed Orange
Blooming Time Mid-Summer Late Summer
Foliage Color Light Green
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Accent: Good Texture/Form Attracts Butterflies
Border Cut Flower
Deer Resistant Dried Flower
Drought Tolerant Massed
Poisonous/Toxic Wild Flower
Flower Head Size Medium
Height 23-35 inches
Spread 18-23 inches
Foot Traffic None
Growth Rate Slow | Hosta ‘Praying Hands’
Hosta
USDA Zone: 2-9
Hosta are among the most popular of perennials for shady areas, with hundreds of varieties now readily available. Plants form a sturdy mound of foliage, topped with lily-like blooms. This strange and bizarre selection has green leaves with white edges, each rolled or folded into a ruffled tube shape. Pale lavender flowers appear in August. Suitable also for planting in mixed containers or tubs. Hosta go completely dormant in the fall, and the dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring. Easily divided in either spring or fall, but plants may be left alone for years. Slugs may need to be controlled.
Sun Exposure Partial Shade or Full Shade
Soil Type Normal or Sandy or Clay
Soil pH Neutral or Alkaline or Acid
Soil Moisture Average or Moist
Care Level Easy
Flower Color Mauve/Lilac
Blooming Time Late Summer
Foliage Color Deep Green Variegated White
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Accent: Good Texture/Form Alpine & Rock
Border Containers
Cut Flower Deer Resistant
Edging Rabbit Resistant
Specimen Woodland
Flower Head Size Medium
Height 14-18 inches
Spread 18-23 inches
Foot Traffic None
Growth Rate Medium |
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