Common Name: Red Trillium, Purple Trillium, Stinking Benjamin Needs ample sun in early spring and open shade in summer, medium moisture level, humus rich soil, moderately acid pH. 6-18 inches…
Trillium erectum
Eryngium yuccifolium
Common Name: Rattlesnake Master Full to part sun, moderately wet to moderately dry moisture level, tolerates most soils including clay, slightly acid to neutral pH. 2-4 ft. height, blooms in…
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Common Name: Pussytoes Full to part sun, moderately dry to dry moisture level; requires lean gritty, rocky soil; moderately acid pH. 6-12 inches height, blooms in spring, white flowers, spreads…
Helenium flexuosum
Common Name: Purple-headed Sneezeweed Full sun, wet to medium moisture level, adapted to most soils including clay, moderately acid to neutral pH. 1-4 feet height, blooms late summer to fall,…
Dalea gattingeri
Common Name: Purple Tassels, Purpletassels, Gattinger Prairie Clover Full sun, medium to moderately dry moisture level, sandy loam soil, neutral to alkaline pH. 3-6 inches height, blooms late spring into…
Iodanthus pinnatifidus
Common Name: Purple Rocket Light to full shade, moderately wet to medium moisture level, organically rich soil. 1-3 feet height, blooms late spring into early summer, pale lilac flowers. Germination…
Dalea purpurea (Petalostemum purpureum)
Common Name: Purple Prairie Clover Full sun, medium to dry moisture level, tolerates a wide range of soils including clay. 1-3 ft. height, blooms in summer, rose/purple flowers, will self-seed…
Phacelia bipinnatifida
Common Name: Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia Filtered spring sun to light shade, medium moisture level, fertile soil, acidic pH. 8-24” tall, blooms in spring, lavender blue flowers, self-sows freely. Germination…
Asclepias purpurascens
Common Name: Purple Milkweed Full to part sun, moderately wet to moderately dry moisture level, tolerant of a wide range of soils, neutral pH. 3 ft. height, blooms in summer,…
Thalictrum dasycarpum
Common Name: Purple Meadow Rue, Tall Meadow Rue Full to part sun, moderately wet to medium moisture level, prefers rich loamy soil but tolerates average, acidic to alkaline pH but…
