Winter Interest
Winter is a season too! Give yourself and your neighbors something beautiful to look at while supporting overwintering wildlife. These native plants refuse to disappear when the snow falls—striking seed heads, persistent foliage, colorful bark, and bold architecture transform the winter garden from barren to beautiful while providing critical food for birds and shelter for native bees and beneficial insects hibernating in hollow stems.
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Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis) -
Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria Plantaginifolia) -
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium Purpureum) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon Digitalis) -
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia Aristata) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Gray's Sedge (Carex grayi) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Great St. John's Wort (Hypericum Ascyron) -
Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum) -
Cup Plant (Silphium Perfoliatum) -
Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis)