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Can be finicky - prefers consistently rich, moist (but not wet) soil, and may take a few years for the flower to mature, but then you will be rewarded with beautiful summer flower heads.

A cool-season grass for a shady or sunny, moist area.

Use as a groundcover. We love the long-blooming tiny flowers and puff-ball like seed heads. But, seeds will get caught in your socks if you walk through the garden in the fall. Basal leaves can have a purple hue. Not preferred by deer.

A shrub-like form with wonderful seedpods. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers and host to several skippers, butterflies and moths.

A very large, slow-growing, stately tree that can get as wide as it is tall in an open space. Oak trees support the most number of Lepidoptera species in our area.

Interesting bloom, similar to Dalea purpurea, but white flowers and broader leaves. Drought tolerant once the deep roots are established.

Very aggressively spreads by rhizomes and will also selfseed. Wind pollinated. Prefers poor, well-drained, even rocky, soil. Has a wonderful smell.

A late-season bloom for your shady garden. But it can spread aggressively through rhizomes and self-seeding.

Good choice for a dry shade spot and still tolerates heat.

Great for a woodland edge. Bulbous plant that dies back after seeding in summer but will come back the following spring. May not bloom the first few years. Bulbs traditionally eaten by Native Americans.

Can get as wide as tall. Prune stems back to the ground in late winter to promote stem vigor. Rabbits tend to avoid this plant.

Host plant for the buckeye butterfly. Good pollinator plant.

Wild plums often create dense thickets unless thinned. Thickets can provide shelter for birds and mammals. May have thorns. Fruit is edible but not as sweet as cultivated varieties.

Can tolerate some light shade. Attracts lots of wonderful insects. Unique flower and great leaf texture. Leaves have been used for medicinal teas.

A shorter aster for your rain garden. Spreads through rhizomes, better suited for larger gardens. A study in KC showed that Symphyotrichum is one of the plant genera in our area that attracts the largest number of different bee species.