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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Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias Tuberosa) -
Meadow Blazing Star (Liatris Ligulistylis) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Great St. John's Wort (Hypericum Ascyron) -
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia Aristata) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria Plantaginifolia) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium Purpureum) -
Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea) -
Side-Oats Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) -
Common Boneset (Eupatorium Perfoliatum) -
Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus)