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Sun ExposureSoil MoistureSoil TypeBloom TimeNative To
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CategoryCommon NameScientific Name
Height*
 Full
Partial
Shade
 Dry
Medium-Dry
Medium
Medium-Wet
Wet Sand
Loam
 Clay May June July Aug Sept OctBloom ColorMay overwhelm small landscapes
Northern WI
 WI
Midwest
Availability
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ForbAnise HyssopAgastache foeniculum4'●●●●●●●●●Purple●●●A
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ForbBarren StrawberryWaldsteinia fragarioides0.5'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●L
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ForbBergamotMonarda fistulosa4'●●●●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●●A
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ForbBlack-Eyed SusanºRudbeckia hirta2'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●A
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ForbBlue Flag IrisIris versicolor3'●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbBlue VervainVerbena hastata4'●●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbBlue Wild IndigoBaptisia australis4'●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●L
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ForbBlue-Eyed GrassSisyrinchium montanum0.5'●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●L
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ForbBonesetEupatorium perfoliatum4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●C
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ForbBottle GentianGentiana andrewsii2'●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●L
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ForbBrown-Eyed SusanRudbeckia triloba5'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●C
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ForbButterfly WeedAsclepias tuberosa2'●●●●●●●●●Orange●●●A
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ForbCalico AsterSymphyotrichum lateriflorum2'●●●●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ForbCardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis4'●●●●●●●●●●Red●●●A
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ForbColumbineAquilegia canadensis2'●●●●●●●●●●Red, Yellow●●●L
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ForbCommon MilkweedAsclepias syriaca4'●●●●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●●A
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ForbCulver's RootVeronicastrum virginicum5'●●●●●●●●●●●White●●●A
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ForbCup PlantSilphium perfoliatum7'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbCutleaf ConeflowerRudbeckia laciniata7'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbEarly SunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides4'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●A
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ForbField PussytoesAntennaria neglecta0.5'●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ForbFireweedChamaenerion angustifolium5'●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●●L
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ForbFlat-Topped AsterDoellingeria umbellata4'●●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●C
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ForbFoxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis3'●●●●●●●●●●White●A
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ForbFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliata2'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbGolden AlexandersZizia aurea3'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●A
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ForbGrass-Leaved GoldenrodEuthamia graminifolia3'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbGray GoldenrodSolidago nemoralis2'●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●C
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ForbGreat Blue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica3'●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbGreat St. John's WortHypericum ascyron5'●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●C
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ForbHarebellCampanula rotundifolia1'●●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbHoary VervainVerbena stricta3'●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbIronweedVernonia fasciculata5'●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●●C
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ForbJoe Pye WeedEutrochium maculatum5'●●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●●A
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ForbLanceleaf CoreopsisCoreopsis lanceolata2'●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●A
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ForbLarge-Flowered BeardtonguePenstemon grandiflorus3'●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●A
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ForbLarge-Leaved AsterEurybia macrophylla1'●●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●C
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ForbLion's FootNabalus albus3'●●●●●●●●●●Pink, White●●●L
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ForbMeadow Blazing StarLiatris ligulistylis4'●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●●A
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ForbMichigan LilyLilium michiganense4'●●●●●●●●●●Orange●●●L
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ForbMonkey FlowerMimulus ringens2'●●●●●●●●●●Purple●●●C
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ForbMountain MintPycnanthemum virginianum3'●●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●C
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ForbNew England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliae4'●●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●●●A
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ForbObedient PlantPhysostegia virginiana3'●●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●●C
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ForbOrange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgida3'●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●A
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ForbPasque FlowerAnemone patens0.5'●●●●●●●●Purple, White●●●L
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ForbPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritacea2'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●A
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ForbPoke MilkweedAsclepias exaltata5'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ForbPrairie AlumrootHeuchera richardsonii2'●●●●●●●●●●Cream, Green●●●L
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ForbPrairie Blazing StarLiatris pycnostachya4'●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●A
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ForbPurple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea3'●●●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●A
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ForbPurple-Stemmed AsterSymphyotrichum puniceum4'●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●●C
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ForbRattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifolium4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●C
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ForbRose MilkweedAsclepias incarnata4'●●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●A
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ForbRough Blazing StarLiatris aspera3'●●●●●●●●●Pink, Purple●●●A
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ForbRoyal CatchflySilene regia3'●●●●●●●●Red●●L
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ForbShowy GoldenrodSolidago speciosa4'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●A
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ForbSky Blue AsterSymphyotrichum oolentangiense3'●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbSlender BeardtonguePenstemon gracilis2'●●●●●●●Purple●●●L
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ForbSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laeve3'●●●●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●A
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ForbSneezeweedHelenium autumnale4'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbSpotted Bee BalmMonarda punctata2'●●●●●●●Cream, Pink●●●A
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ForbStiff GoldenrodOligoneuron rigidum4'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbSundial LupineLupinus perennis2'●●●●●●●●Blue, Purple●●●L
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ForbSweet Black-Eyed SusanRudbeckia subtomentosa5'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●A
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ForbSweet FlagAcorus americanus3'●●●●●●●●Green, Yellow●●●●C
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ForbTall SunflowerHelianthus giganteus6'●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●●C
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ForbTall ThimbleweedAnemone virginiana3'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ForbThree-Toothed CinquefoilSibbaldiopsis tridentata0.5'●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ForbTurtleheadChelone glabra4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●A
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ForbUpland White AsterOligoneuron album1'●●●●●●●●●White●●●A
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ForbWhite Wild IndigoBaptisia alba4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●L
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ForbWhorled MilkweedAsclepias verticillata2'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●A
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ForbWild QuinineParthenium integrifolium4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●C
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ForbYellow ConeflowerRatibida pinnata4'●●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●A
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ForbZigzag GoldenrodSolidago flexicaulis3'●●●●●●●●●●●Yellow●●●C
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Grass/SedgeBig BluestemAndropogon gerardii6'●●●●●●●●●●●●A
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Grass/SedgeBottlebrush GrassElymus hystrix3'●●●●●●●●●L
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Grass/SedgeCanada Wild RyeElymus canadensis4'●●●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeFringed SedgeCarex crinita3'●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeIndian GrassSorghastrum nutans6'●●●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeJune GrassKoeleria macrantha2'●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeLittle BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium3'●●●●●●●●●●A
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Grass/SedgePennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica0.5'●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgePoverty Oat GrassDanthonia spicata1'●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgePrairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis2'●●●●●●●●A
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Grass/SedgePurple Love GrassEragrostis spectabilis2'●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeSide-Oats GramaBouteloua curtipendula2'●●●●●●●●L
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Grass/SedgeSweet GrassAnthoxanthum hirtum2'●●●●●●●●●●●●A
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Grass/SedgeSwitch GrassPanicum virgatum4'●●●●●●●●●●●●●C
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Grass/SedgeWool GrassScirpus cyperinus4'●●●●●●●●●●●C
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ShrubMeadowsweetSpiraea alba4'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ShrubNinebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius8'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●C
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ShrubSteeplebushSpiraea tomentosa4'●●●●●●●●●●Pink●●●C
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VineVirgin's BowerClematis virginiana10'●●●●●●●●●●White●●●●C
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ºBiennial*Average mature plant height
Full: More than 6 hrs of sun
Dry: Water drains rapidly
A (Available): Can generally be ordered with confidence