Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Flowerbeds Ideas, Summer Borders, Fall Borders
The charm and appeal of this prairie planting comes from the glowing beauty of its flowers and from the grace of its ornamental grasses. Planted in masses and drifts of color, rudbeckia, crocosmia, helenium, echinacea, eryngium create drama and impact. Blooming in succession over a long season, they are interplanted with stipa and calamagrostis for a naturalistic meadow effect. These grasses will provide a great show in fall after the flowers are long gone.
Fairly easy to recreate, this planting includes plants that are easy to grow and require low care. Most are deer, rabbit and drought tolerant.
A prairie garden that is attractive to humans but also to birds, butterflies, and other native wildlife too.
| Hardiness |
7 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
7 - 8 |
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Mid, Late) Fall |
| Maintenance | Low, Average |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow |
©Clive Nichols
| Hardiness |
7 - 8 |
|---|---|
| Heat Zones |
7 - 8 |
| Exposure | Full Sun |
| Season of Interest |
Summer (Mid, Late) Fall |
| Maintenance | Low, Average |
| Water Needs | Low, Average |
| Soil Type | Chalk, Loam |
| Soil pH | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Soil Drainage | Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained |
| Characteristics | Dried Arrangements, Cut Flowers, Plant of Merit, Showy |
| Tolerance | Drought |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
| Landscaping Ideas | Beds And Borders |
| Garden Styles | Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow |
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| Plant | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' (Black-Eyed Susan) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Liatris spicata (Blazing Star) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Origanum 'Rosenkuppel' (Ornamental Oregano) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' (Coneflower) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty' (Sneezeweed) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Crocosmia masoniorum | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Eryngium bourgatii 'Picos Blue' (Mediterranean Sea Holly) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Hemerocallis 'Frans Hals' (Daylily) | N/A | Buy Plants |
| Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' (Feather Reed Grass) | N/A | Buy Plants |
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