List of Native Plant Seeds
Sun: S = Sun, PS = Partial Sun, Sh = Shade
Germ = Germination Code where C(nn) means nn days of stratification before seeding
A means direct seed in early spring
F sow outdoors, needs 2 years to germinate
Pollinators = if Y means bees, butterflies, wasps or hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers
Avail = if Y
means seeds are available in the seed library, = N if none left right now
Scientific Name |
Sun |
Ht |
Bloom Color |
Bloom Time |
Germ |
Polli-nators |
Avail |
|
Common Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
S,Ps |
2’ |
Wh |
Jun-Sep |
A |
Y |
Y |
Red baneberry |
Actaea rubra |
Sh |
2’ |
Wh |
Apr-May |
F |
N |
Y |
Giant Blue Hyssop |
Agastache scrophulariaefolia |
S,PS |
5' |
Wh |
Jul-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
White Snakeroot |
Ageratina altissima |
PS,Sh |
2' |
Wh |
Jul-Oct |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Nodding Onion |
Allium cernumm |
S,PS |
1.5’ |
Pur |
Jul-Aug |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Wild Leek |
Allium tricoccum |
PS,Sh |
8" |
Wh |
Jun-Jul |
E |
N |
N |
Scarlet Toothcup |
Ammannia coccinea |
PS |
2' |
Pink |
Jun-Aug |
A |
N |
Y |
Lead Plant |
Amorpha ceneocens |
S,PS |
3' |
Pur |
Jun-Aug |
C(10) |
Y |
N |
Pearly Everlasting |
Anaphalis margaritacea |
S,PS |
2' |
Wh |
Jun-Sep |
C(30) |
N |
N |
Big Bluestem |
Andropogon geradii |
S, PS |
7’ |
Gr |
Jun-Sep |
A |
N |
Y |
Thimble Weed |
Anemone virginiana |
S,PS,Sh |
3' |
Wh |
Jun-Aug |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Pussytoes |
Antennaria plantaginifolia |
S,PS |
1' |
Wh |
Apr-Jun |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Dogbane |
Apocynum cannabinum |
S,PS |
4' |
Wh |
May-Aug |
A |
N |
Y |
Columbine |
Aquilegea canadensis |
S,PS,Sh |
2' |
Red |
Apr-May |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Spikenard |
Aralia racemosa |
PS |
4’ |
Wh |
Jul-Aug |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Prairie Sage |
Artemisia ludoviciana |
S,PS |
3' |
Wh |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Swamp Milkweed |
Asclepias incarnati |
S,PS |
4' |
Pink |
Jun-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Common Milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca |
S,PS |
3' |
Pink |
Jun-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Butterfly Weed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
S,PS |
2' |
Org |
Jun-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Small yellow Wild Indigo |
Baptisia tinctoria |
S, PS |
2’ |
Yel |
Jun-Jul |
C(10) |
Y |
Y |
Smallspike False Nettle |
Boehmeria cylindrica |
PS |
3' |
Yel |
Jun-Aug |
A |
Y |
Y |
Side-Oats Grama |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
S,PS |
2' |
- |
Aug-Sep |
A |
N |
Y |
Blue Grama |
Bouteloua gracilis |
S,PS |
1' |
Gr,Bl |
Jul-Sep |
A |
N |
Y |
Fringed Brome Grass |
Bromus cilites |
S,PS |
4' |
- |
- |
A |
N |
Y |
Bellflower |
Campanula americana |
PS,Sh |
5' |
Blue |
Jul-Oct |
C(30) |
Y |
N |
Partridge Pea |
Chamaecrista fasciculate |
S,PS |
2' |
Yel |
Jul-Sep |
A |
Y |
Y |
Virgin's Bower |
Clemetis virginia |
S,PS |
9' |
Wh |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
N |
Y |
Lance-leaf Coreopsis |
Coreopsis lanceolata |
S |
2' |
Yel |
May-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Prairie Coreopsis |
Coreopsis palmata |
S,PS |
2' |
Yel |
Jun-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Flat-topped Aster |
Doellingeria umbellata |
S, PS |
3’ |
Wh |
Jul-Sep |
C(6) |
Y |
Y |
Pale Purple Coneflower |
Echinacea pallida |
S,PS |
3' |
Pink |
Jun-Jul |
C(90) |
Y |
Y |
Purple Coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
S,PS |
4' |
Pur |
Jul-Sep |
C(90) |
Y |
N |
Canadian Wild Rye |
Elymus canadensis |
S,PS |
5’ |
Gr |
Jul-Oct |
A |
N |
Y |
Boneset |
Eupatorium perfoliatum |
S,PS |
4' |
Wh |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Rattlesnake Master |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
S |
4' |
Wh |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Joe Pye weed |
Eutrochium maculatum |
S,PS |
5' |
Pink |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Sweet Joe Pye Weed |
Eutrochium purpureum |
S,PS |
7' |
Pink |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Big leaved Aster |
Eurybia macrophylla |
PS,Sh |
1' |
Pur |
Aug-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Bottle Gentian |
Gentiana andrewsii |
S, PS |
2’ |
Pur |
Aug-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
N |
Cream Gentian |
Gentiana flavida |
S, PS |
3’ |
Wh |
Aug-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Sneezeweed |
Helenium autumnale |
S,PS |
4' |
Yel |
Aug-Oct |
A |
Y |
Y |
Early Sunflower |
Heliopsis helianthoides |
S,PS |
5' |
Yel |
Jun-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
N |
Shrubby St. John's Wort |
Hypericum prolificum |
S,PS |
5' |
Yel |
Jul-Sep |
A |
Y |
Y |
Northern Blue Flag Iris |
Iris versicolor |
S,PS |
3' |
Bl,Pur |
May-Jul |
C(120) |
N |
Y |
Common Rush |
Juncus effusus |
S |
2’ |
Gr |
Jul-Sep |
C(600 |
N |
Y |
Rough Blazing Star |
Liatris aspera |
S,PS |
3' |
Pur |
Jul-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Meadow Blazing Star |
Liatris ligulistylis |
S,PS |
5' |
Pur |
Aug-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Dotted Blazing Star |
Liatris punctate |
S, PS |
2’ |
Pur |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Prairie Blazing Star |
Liatris pycnostachya |
S,PS |
4' |
Pur |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
S,PS |
4' |
Red |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Great Blue Lobelia |
Lobelia siphilitica |
S,PS |
3' |
Blu |
Jul-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Lupine |
Lupinus perennis |
S,PS |
2' |
Blu |
May-Jul |
C(10) |
Y |
Y |
Wild Bergamot |
Monarda fistulosa |
S,PS |
4' |
Pur |
Jul-Sep |
A |
Y |
Y |
Prairie Sundrops |
Oenothera pilosella |
S,PS |
2' |
Yel |
May-Jun |
A |
N |
Y |
Smooth Beardtongue |
Penstemon digitalis |
S,PS |
4' |
Wh |
Jun-Jul |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Large-flowered Beardtongue |
Penstemon grandiflora |
S,PS |
2' |
Pur |
May-Jun |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Obedient Plant |
Physostegia virginiana |
S,PS |
4' |
Pink |
Aug-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
N |
Jacob's Ladder |
Polemonium reptans |
PS,Sh |
1' |
Blue |
Apr-Jun |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Long Headed Coneflower |
Ratibida columnfera |
S,PS |
3’ |
Yel |
Jun-Aug |
C(30) |
Y |
N |
Yellow Coneflower |
Ratibida pinnata |
S,PS |
5' |
Yel |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Brown-eyed Susan |
Rudbeckia triloba |
S,PS |
5' |
Yel |
Aug-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Smooth Wild Petunia |
Ruellia strepens |
S, Ps, Sh |
3’ |
Pur |
May-Sep |
C(70) |
Y |
Y |
Little Bluestem |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
S,PS |
3' |
|
Jul-Oct |
A |
N |
Y |
Early Figwort |
Scrophularia lanceolata |
S,PS,Sh |
6' |
Red,Gr |
May-Jul |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Late Figwort |
Scrophularia marilandica |
S,PS,Sh |
6' |
Red,Gr |
Jul-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Cup Plant |
Silphium perfoliatum |
S,PS |
6' |
Yel |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Prairie Dock |
Silphium terebinthipacem |
S,PS |
9' |
Yel |
Jul-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Blue-eyed Grass |
Sisyrinchium albidum |
S,PS |
6" |
Blue |
May-Jun |
C(60) |
N |
Y |
Showy Goldenrod |
Solidago speciosa |
S,PS |
5' |
Yel |
Sep-Nov |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Stiff Goldenrod |
Solidago rigida |
S,PS |
4' |
Yel |
Aug-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Indian Grass |
Sorghastrum nutana |
S,PS |
6' |
- |
Aug-Sep |
A |
N |
Y |
Prairie Dropseed |
Sporobolus heterolepis |
S,PS |
2' |
- |
Aug-Oct |
A |
N |
Y |
Heart Leaved Aster |
Symphyotrichum cordifolium |
PS,Sh |
3' |
Blue |
Sep-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Smooth Blue Aster |
Symphyotrichum laeve |
S,PS |
4' |
Pur |
Aug-Oct |
A |
Y |
Y |
New England Aster |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
S,PS |
5' |
Pur |
Aug-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
N |
Aromatic Aster |
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium |
S |
2' |
Pur |
Aug-Nov |
A |
Y |
Y |
Sky Blue Aster |
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense |
S,PS |
3' |
Blue |
Aug-Oct |
C(60) |
Y |
N |
Short's Aster |
Symphyotrichum shortii |
S,PS |
3' |
Pur |
Aug-Oct |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Blue Vervain |
Verbena hastata |
S,PS |
5' |
Pur |
Jul-Sep |
C(30) |
Y |
Y |
Hoary Vervain |
Verbena stricta |
S,PS |
2' |
Blue |
Jun-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Common Ironweed |
Vernonia fasciculata |
S,PS |
6' |
Pur |
Jun-Sep |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Culver's Root |
Veronicastrum virginicum |
S,PS |
5' |
Wh |
Jun-Aug |
A |
Y |
Y |
Golden Alexander |
Zizia aurea |
S,PS |
3' |
Yel |
Apr-Jun |
C(60) |
Y |
Y |
Mixture |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Y |
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