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Broom Sedge Bluestem (Andropogon virginicus) is a native, warm-season, herbaceous, perennial bunch grass that is popular in ornamental landscaping. If you’re a grazier cattle happily graze on the young plants during the spring and early summer soon after growth starts and when it’s abundant.
Goldenrod provides an easy to grow late-season plant for gardeners in search of reliable fall color. It can be used to treat a wide variety of aliments and is an ideal companion plant that not only attracts insects that are beneficial to your garden but these insects eat those that can damage plants. Goldenrod is considered native to the United States of America.
The Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows between 2-4 feet tall. It is commonly found in wet places, stream banks, and swamps. Plant in a moist outdoor spot with full sun or very light shade. Space the plants 8 to 12 inches apart. Add plenty of peat moss when planting and mulch well to keep the soil cool and moist.
| Cardinal flower at a Glance | ||||||
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| Type | Light | Seed Depth | Seed Spacing | Days to Sprout | Plant Spacing | Plant Height |
| Perennial | Full Sun | Surface | 1" | 10-20 | 8-12" | 24-48" |
| Seeds per Pound 6,400,000 | Seeding Rate 1 oz per 3,000 sq ft | |||||
Common Reed (Phragmites australis) is perennial wetlands grass that resembles cane. It can reach a heights between 6 and 16 feet and tends to grow in thick stands. The seed head, is 8-16” long and has multiple branches. The plume-like, feathery, purple-brown flower heads gain their appearance from silky hairs growing along the flowers axis.
Frog Fruit (Lippia nodiflora) is not really a fruit for frogs. This small prostrate spreading perennial forb has soft green leaves when water is plentiful and blooms from spring through fall. It is widespread in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions and can be used as a lawn substitute. The tiny blossoms open in a ring varying in color from pale pink to white.
Horsetail Rush (Equisetum hyemale), or scouring rush is a hollow stemmed, perennial, non-flowering plant that has been around for a long time. In fact, they were around millions of years before dinosaurs. There are many uses for Horsetail Rush. They are often found in Japanese gardens and can add a little “chic” to any setting. They grow well in confined spaces and can be used as an accent in ultra modern architectural settings. Horsetail Rush is also popular in floral arrangements.
Horsetail Rush is available as a live plant only. The minimum order is 50 plants at 50 cents per plant. Shipping is overnight and as such our standard rates do not apply. Please contact Freddie Lorenz TOLL FREE 1 800 826 3655 to obtain a shipping quote. Your order will be processed immediately.
Illinois bundleflower is a nutritious plant and is readily eaten by all classes of livestock, deer and pronghorn antelope. It decreases under heavy grazing and is an important range condition indicator. Its seeds are readily consumed by birds and rodents. It is considered one of the most important native prairie legumes. It is frequently used in range revegetation projects. Illinois bundleflower was a minor medical plant for Native Americans.
| Illinois Bundleflower at a Glance | ||||||
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| Type | Light | Seed Depth | Seed Spacing | Days to Sprout | Plant Spacing | Plant Height |
| Perennial | Full Sun | 1/8" | 1" | 7-21 | 12-24" | 24-60" |
| Seeds per Pound 60,000 | Seeding Rate 8 oz per 1,000 sq ft | |||||
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanica laevigata) is a native annual herb that is often underrated because it is very common. The flowers vary in color from white to light pink or bright pink, the bright pink is a vibrant and very attractive flower. The flowers nectar attracts many different insect species including long and short-tongued bees, small butterflies and moths.
Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) is a large colony forming plant that is native to the Southern US. Flowers tend to be a visually stunning buttery-yellow with brilliant maroon centers and bloom from summer to fall. It’s an ideal plant for cutting with each stem adding a colorful array of small flowers to any floral arrangement.
| Plains Coreopsis at a Glance | ||||||
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| Type | Light | Seed Depth | Seed Spacing | Days to Sprout | Plant Spacing | Plant Height |
| Annual | Full Sun | 1/4" | Scatter | 8-12 | 12-15" | 24-36" |
| Seeds per Pound 1,400,000 | Seeding Rate 1 ozs per 3000 sq ft | |||||
Soft Stem Rush (Juncus effuses) is a clump forming wetland plant that provides a striking vertical element to any garden or container planting. It is a slow spreading, clump forming, grass-like perennial which emerges from a stout branching rootstock and is readily propagated from bare root stocks, seedlings, container stalks or direct planting into the soil.
Torrey’s Rush (Juncus torreyi) is a North American native species of rush and can be found in many habitats from northern Mexico north to the southern half of Canada. It’s one of the easiest plant of the rush species to identify and an ideal plant for water gardens reaching heights between two and three feet.
Virginia Wildrye (Elymus virginicus) is a native, cool-season, medium height perennial grass that can be found throughout the US, excluding Nevada, California, and Oregon. As a rule it prefers moist, heavily textured soils with a high fertility. It is shade tolerant and is most commonly found growing on shady river, stream and lake banks, along fencerows and in open woodlands. Virginia Wildrye is can be used to provide graceful accents in any garden and is also popular in dried floral arrangements.
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