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A Prairie Planting Idea with Echinacea, Penstemon and Eryngium

Perennial Combinations, Plant Combinations, Prairie Planting Ideas, Summer Borders

Summer borders, Garden Ideas, Border ideas, Perennial Planting, Perennial combination, Prairie Planting, Echinacea Paradoxa, Yellow Coneflower, Penstemon barbatus, Red Beardtongue, Eryngium, Stipa Tenuissima

Perfect for dry and sandy soils, this luminous prairie style planting brilliantly associates the cheerful Echinacea paradoxa (Yellow Coneflower) and elegant Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) with the vertical scarlet spires of Penstemon barbatus ‘Coccineus’ (Beardtongue).

Contrast and textural interest are further provided by the blue flower spikes of Agastache ‘Black Adder’ (Giant Hyssop) and the striking clusters of small, egg-shaped flowerheads of Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master).

They are interplanted with the graceful Stipa tenuissima (Mexican Feather Grass) which creates movement as it sways in the breeze. 

With a long season of interest, all plants are drought tolerant, deer resistant, low maintenance, excellent as cut flowers and real magnets for butterflies and bees! Enjoy!

Garden Information

Hardiness 7 - 8
Heat Zones 7 - 9
Climate Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Exposure Full Sun
Season of Interest Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Low
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy
Tolerance Drought, Deer
Attracts Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Landscaping Ideas Beds And Borders
Garden Styles Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow

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Alternative Plants to Consider

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Whirling Butterflies’ (Beeblossom)
Sedum ‘Matrona’ (Stonecrop)
Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’ (Globe Thistle)
Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ (Giant Hyssop)
Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage)

Learn About These Genera

Agastache (Hyssop)
While every effort has been made to describe these plants accurately, please keep in mind that height, bloom time, and color may differ in various climates. The description of these plants has been written based on numerous outside resources.

Garden Information

Hardiness 7 - 8
Heat Zones 7 - 9
Climate Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Exposure Full Sun
Season of Interest Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Low
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Well-Drained
Characteristics Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Showy
Tolerance Drought, Deer
Attracts Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Landscaping Ideas Beds And Borders
Garden Styles Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow
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