for Dry, Sandy & Rocky Soils

Echinacea purpurea

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea
Attract butterflies, songbirds, and hummingbirds to your garden with Purple Coneflower! Blooms profusely for up to two months in mid to late summer....
Eryngium yuccifolium

Rattlesnake Master

Eryngium yuccifolium
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) is a unique wildflower with leaves like a yucca, and unique 'golf ball' flowers like no other plant. Makes...
Fragaria virginiana*

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana*
The tastiest of wild strawberries! Small stalked white flowers bloom among trifoliate leaves in mid to late spring. The berries which appear in...
Gaultheria procumbens

Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens
Considered by many to be the tastiest plant of the Northwoods, Wintergreen’s deep green leaves look as good as the tea you can brew from them...
Geranium maculatum

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum
Wild Geranium's lovely lavender blooms are a spring favorite! Unlike most other spring bloomers, Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) retains its...
Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke

Geum triflorum
A rock and sand garden favorite, Prairie Smoke is one of the most distinctive and best loved prairie plants! The unique feathery pink seedheads make...
Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Oak Fern

Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Oak Fern never grows more than a foot tall, spreading slowly to form a beautiful clump of airy greenish-gold leaves. Ideal for mixing with low...
Helianthus occidentalis

Western Sunflower

Helianthus occidentalis
Western Sunflower has elegant star-like flowers held aloft on leafless stalks two to three feet tall. The shortest of our native sunflowers,...
Helianthus strumosus

Woodland Sunflower

Helianthus strumosus
For adding mid-summer color to partly shaded areas, Woodland Sunflower is unrivaled! The large, yellow flowers of brighten up woodland edges, forest...
Heliopsis helianthoides

Ox Eye Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides
A relative of the sunflowers, Heliopsis helianthoides produces a profusion of bright yellow flowers in early to mid-summer. Excellent for problem...