Native prairie garden

These are the native prairie plants in my yard. Most are from Prairie Originals.

Approximately Zone 3a (or USDA 2).

The plants that are native in one area can be invasive in another - verify before planting.

• Seed balls

• 2021-2023

• 2024

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2025

Native prairie species count as of August 4, 2025: 51

Late April

I purchased and planted a prairie crocus in Fall 2023. Last year, it grew leaves, but this year, a single flower bloomed.

April 26. Left: 9:11 a.m., Right: 10:15 a.m.

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Mid-May

Clockwise from top left: crocus leaves, three-flowered avens, switchgrass, false sunflower

Clockwise from top left: Back yard pussy toes, giant wild rye planted among pussy toes, both, and front yard transplant

Clockwise from top left: heartleaf alexander, coneflower, prairie rose, culver's root, smooth aster, yarrow

Clockwise from top left: aster?, giant hyssop, northern bedstraw, columbine and pasture sage

Clockwise from top left: ironweed, long-fruited anemone, Philadelphia fleabane, meadow blazing star

Clockwise from top left: narrowleaf sunflower, swamp milkweed, wild bergamot, purple prairie clover

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Early June

Canada wild rye, ironweed, narrowleaf sunflower, meadow blazing star, Joe Pye, pearly everlasting, bergamot, swamp milkweed, yard

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Mid-June

prairie coneflower (died! sad), prairie rose, purple prairie clover, long-fruited anemone, little bluestem surrounding big bluestem, gallardia, ironweed, Joe Pye in front of false sunflower

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Early July

blue vervain, false sunflower, purple prairie clover growing its skirts

just starting to bloom: bee balm, culver's root, ironweed, meadow blazing star

going to seed: wild columbine, switchgrass

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Mid-July

Full shot (top) vs close-up (bottom) - Culver's root, meadow blazing star, ironweed

Blue vervain, giant hyssop, narrowleaf sunflower, pasture sage, pearly everlasting, Philadelphia fleabane

Left: bergamot and purple prairie clover; Right: black-eyed Susan, false sunflower, Joe Pye, and switchgrass

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Puddling stations

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Early August

On YouTube - August 3, 2025 - native prairie garden with 50+ species

If it’s blurry, make sure you select “high quality” for watching it.

Featuring some new species, to be planted after we make sure the open areas are weed-free.

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Mid-August

Quite a few changes since the video! New species have been planted.

Various views

Left: narrowleaf sunflower, meadow blazing star, sorgastrum; Right: smooth aster in bloom

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Early September

On Youtube - Sept 2, 2025 - Native prairie garden with 50+ species

If it’s blurry, make sure you select “high quality” for watching it.

fall blooms - smooth aster, showy golderod, many-flowered aster

fall bloom - western silvery aster, transplanted

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Mid-September

Seed saving to make more plants and share seeds and plants with friends

Pussy toes transplanted; shrubby cinquefoil; many-flowered aster that probably needs a split; 1 of 5 remaining downy yellow violet plugs; 5 of 5 western Canadian violet

wild columbine spreading on its own

smooth aster and friends, swamp milkweed changing colours, Joe Pye and three-flowered avens changing colour

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October