Planning a prairie Garden

Taken at the Piet Oudolf designed Millennium Garden at Pensthorpe Wildfowl Reserve, Norfolk, UK. - 15th September, 2008

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Prairie Smoke is a distinctive prairie wildflower with irresistible pink feathery seed heads. Each flowering stem holds three nodding pink bell-shaped flowers. Once the flowers are fertilized, the real …

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Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Upper Macatawa Natural Area Ottawa County, MI

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June 18/09. Common names for this flowering species vary depending on location, and the plant is very widespread throughout the Canadian and American west and midwest, reaching as far east as Ontario. I've heard "Three-flowered Avens" and "Old Man's Whiskers", but I find Prairie Smoke the most apt - and poetic.

The Millennium Park in Chicago is a part of the extensive Grants Park situated between Lake Michigan and South Michigan Avenue. In Grants Park you will among other attractions find the Art Museum, the spectacular and famous Buckingham Fountain and in the very south of the park the Shedd Aquarium with a very wide range of aquatic animals including sharks, turtles and jellyfishes. On my daughter’s birthday, July 16th 2004, the Millennium Park in the Northern part of Grants Park, was opened to…

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Queen of the Prairie is known for its beautiful spray-like clusters of pink flowers that make it a stand out and give it its regal name. The leaves are large and deeply lobed on zigzag stems, and the plants grow to 5 feet tall. It's best grown in full sun (although they can take some shade), and prefers moist to wet soils. The roots are rhizomatous and will spread, which makes it a great plant for naturalizing in moist meadows, but be aware of the semi-aggressive nature in small garden…

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A polar vortex won't faze these hardy plants.