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) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago Flexicaulis) -
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Hirta) -
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) -
Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Bee Balm (Monarda Fistulosa) -
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) -
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria Plantaginifolia) -
Blanket Flower (Gaillardia Aristata) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Great St. John's Wort (Hypericum Ascyron) -
Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium Purpureum) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum Verticillatum Var. Pilosum) -
Prairie Onion (Allium stellatum) -
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium Scoparium) -
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera Biennis) -
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista Fasciculata) -
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) -
Ironweed (Vernonia Fasciculata)