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Spotted Bee Balm (also called Dotted Mint or Dotted Horsemint) prefers sandy soils and full to part sun. This Monarda is more tolerant of drought and intense sun than most in the genera. Monarda punctata is usually found in sand prairies, hill prairies, and Oak savannas. It is an eccentric beauty in form and color with complex blossoms topping 2’ stems in hues of pinkish-purple, green, beige, and maroon. These blossoms attract honeybees, bumblebees, and many butterflies, including Karner...

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Everything you need to know about how to grow Pink Muhly Grass. Where it grows, what it needs to thrive, and more about this ornamental grass.

Sweet Cicely, Myrrhis odorata

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Prairie Dropseed Grass provides interest all year long with fine, arching blades arising from dense tufts. The clump-forming habit makes Prairie Dropseed a favored grass of garden designers. The plant also attracts winged admirers, who flock to the seed heads from late summer into winter. Watch for sparrows, juncos, and other songbirds. The blooms are pale pink to brown and have a delightful coriander-like fragrance. Prairie Dropseed is native to dry prairies from Quebec to Saskatchewan and...

Prairie Dropseed was one of the major components of the prairie, now a popular landscape plant. Perhaps the most ornamental of the native prairie grasses.

Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double', Cimicifuga racemosa and Anemones in gre... Image:1481781 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' and Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'... Image:1278925 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

Elegant, elongated bright green leaves form gradually spreading long lived mounds of refined foliage in sun or shade. Insignificant flowers late summer. Can have some nice autumn colour. Great in pots. Excellent in dry soils and dislikes too wet. Height; 40cm - 60cm.

Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa

Delphinium exaltatum (Tall Larkspur) is a perennial native to the eastern and central United States, often found in prairies, open woodlands, and rocky uplands. This species is recognized for its tall, erect stems that can reach heights of 3 to 6 feet (about 0.9–1.8 meters), creating a dramatic vertical accent in natural landscapes or native plant gardens. The leaves are deeply lobed and palmate, giving the foliage a delicate, fern-like appearance that contrasts beautifully with its towering...

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