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This monthly feature highlights native plant species that will thrive in and beautify your landscape as well as provide wildlife habitat!

 

 

Month 2011 2012 2013
January river birch spicebush
February wild ginger downy serviceberry bluebells
March bloodroot yellow bellwort large yellow lady's-slipper orchid
April marsh marigold meadow anemone mayapple
May cream wild indigo wild hyacinth yellow-poplar
June wild blue iris wild geranium  
July poke milkweed hoary puccoon  
August cup-plant foxglove beardstongue  
September false dragonhead purple prairie clover  
October sawtooth sunflower yellow sneezeweed  
November common polypody Missouri ironweed  
December flowering dogwood milkweeds  

 

Month 2010 2009 2008
January prairie dropseed Christmas fern big bluestem and Indian grass
February toothwort little bluestem Dutchman's breeches
March Jack-in-the-pulpit redbud celandine-poppy
April purple trillium blue phlox
May sharp-lobed hepatica spiderwort columbine
June blue-eyed Mary green dragon shooting star
July wild bergamot rattlesnake master cardinal flower
August leadplant white wild indigo drooping coneflower
September purple coneflower compass-plant blazing-star
October prairie dock side-oats grama New England aster
November common persimmon sumac goldenrod
December sassafras wahoo eastern redcedar

 

 

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