A shorter plant will result from pinching back the stems early in the growing season. This aster grows best with full sun to light shade in moist soil, where it can reach a height of 6 feet. It is one of our later flowering plants, and its flowers provide nectar for migrating monarch butterflies each fall. One of the showiest of our native asters, New England aster grows in moist sites in prairies and in low areas along streams throughout much of Missouri. Some have seeds that can stick to clothing, thus the name "tickseed." New England aster ( Aster novae-angliae) Five other native species of coreopsis grow in Missouri. Stems grow in clumps and reach heights of about two feet. Plant in locations receiving full sun to partial shade. It spreads well from seed and can colonize dry, disturbed areas with poor soil. Tickseed coreopsis ( Coreopsis lanceolata)Ī plant of rocky prairies, roadsides and glades, tickseed coreopsis grows mostly in the Ozarks. The name "beard-tongue" refers to one of the five stamens that is modified into a hairy, tonguelike structure that helps in pollination. It can grow to 4 feet in height with many stems. In cultivation the species needs sun to partial shade and moist soil. Look for the showy white flower clusters of smooth beard-tongue in Missouri's prairies, moist alluvial woodlands, roadsides and fallow fields throughout most of the state. It's easy to see why these beauties are being planted! Plants of sunny, open habitats Smooth beard-tongue ( Penstemon digitalis) All are perennials that can add color to your surroundings for years to come. With the continuing conversion of natural habitats to other uses, we can help conserve native plants by providing a place for wildflowers in the home landscape.įeatured here are 12 of the most popular native wildflowers that are now being used in flower gardens and other plantings around the home. Once established, these plants typically require little or no watering, fertilizing or disease control. The same plants that grace our woodlands, prairies and glades can enhance your home landscape with their beauty and their benefits to wildlife. Over the last decade there has been a growing interest in using native wildflowers in residential landscaping. Those special places, where native wildflowers still grow in profusion as they did before the state was settled, have long been valued and protected by Missourians. From the open, windswept prairies of the Osage plains to the rugged Ozark hills there is a seasonal progression of colorful flowers that have adapted to our climate and soils over the last 10,000 years. POWWOW WILD BERRY is a 2010 All-America Selection (AAS) winner.Missouri's natural landscapes are rich in beautiful wildflowers. Narrow-ovate leaves (to 6” long) are medium green. Each flower (to 3-4" diameter) features downward-arching, overlapping, deep rose-purple rays which encircle a large orange-brown center cone. It typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3' tall and to 1-1.5' wide on sturdy, well-branched stems that do not need staking. POWWOW WILD BERRY is a purple coneflower that features large, deep rose-purple flowers in a floriferous bloom from late spring to late summer, sometimes with additional sporadic bloom until frost. Genus name of Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos meaning hedgehog or sea-urchin in reference to the spiny center cone found on most flowers in the genus. The dead flower stems will remain erect well into the winter, and if flower heads are not removed, the blackened cones may be visited by goldfinches or other birds that feed on the seeds. Showy daisy-like purple coneflowers (to 5" diameter) bloom throughout summer atop stiff stems clad with coarse, ovate to broad-lanceolate, dark green leaves. Echinacea purpurea, commonly called purple coneflower, is a coarse, rough-hairy, herbaceous perennial that is native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods of the central to southeastern United States (Ohio to Michigan to Iowa south to Louisiana and Georgia).
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