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![Culver's root](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Culvers-Root-1-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Culver’s root forms candelabra spires of lovely white flower spikes mid season. It prefers moist to medium soil and does well in partial sun settings. Planted in clumps, these flowers create a wonderful wall of white and dark green contrasts. Life Cycle: Perennial Size: 5 feet Sun: Full, Partial Soil: Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry Bloom Time: June, July, August…
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![Dotted blazing star in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dotted-blazing-star-2-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Dotted blazing star is one of five different species of liatris that is native to Minnesota, along with meadow blazing star, prairie blazing star, rough blazing star, and cylindric blazing star. Of the five, it is found in the driest habitats. As such, it is also a relatively short statured plant, growing only to about…
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![Downy painted cup in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/downy-painted-cup2.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$18.00
Downy Painted Cup (also called Downy Paintbrush, Great Plains Paintbrush, Great Plains Indian-paintbrush) is an early blooming plant of dry areas with very poor soil. It is partially parasitic, attaching itself to the roots of nearby plants thereby sharing moisture and nutrients. It has very attractive spiked blossoms that bloom early in the season. Once…
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![A male field pussytoe in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Pussytoe-2-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Pussytoes are so named because the shape of their flowers look like tiny cat’s feet. Their soft silvery leaves are perhaps their most attractive attribute. Along with white sage, it is among the few silver colored plants on the prairie. Often times growing on dry hillsides amongst pasqe flowers and prairie smoke it is a…
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![gray goldenrod in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/gray-goldenrod-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Gray goldenrod is a short statured plant that is well adapted to drier well-drained sites. It it easy to recognized by its delicate arching growth habit. I always think it resembles the way water flies off the head of someone with long hair wen they throw their hair back while swimming! It also goes by…
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![Ground plumb in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ground-plumb1.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Ground plum, also called buffalo bean or buffalo pea is an attractive early-season legume that produces edible seed pods that taste like garden peas. However, some species of Astragalus are poisonous, so one should not consume without being sure of a positive identification. Ground plum is short statured, growing to a maximum of 12″. In…
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![Hairy golden aster in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hairy-golden-aster-min-1.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
A short statured prolific bloomer, hairy golden aster is a great pollen source throughout much of the summer. It favors dry sandy soils and is often found growing amongst silky and heath aster. When lacking competition, it can sometimes grow into something resembling a small bush. In the fall its blooms become fluffy golden orbs,…
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![Hoary Vervain](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hoary-vervain-min-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
Hoary vervain grows long lasting spikes of purple flowers that bloom from the bottom up. It self-seeds readily, but is not weedy in a prairie setting. Often included in dry prairie seed mixes it makes a strong appearance early in the life of a planting, but fades out over time. Many birds and small mammals…
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![Monarch on meadow blazing star](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/meadow-blazingstar-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$10.00 – $15.00
Meadow blazing star is a monarch magnet! One of five species of liatris native to Minnesota, meadow blazing star is at the top of the list for migrating monarch butterflies! Hungry monarchs in the process of their fall migration will mob these plants making for a lively display of complementary colors. Other species of liatris…
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![alumroot in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/alumroot-in-bloom-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Prairie alumroot is a unique plant on the prairie due to its characteristic growth habit of a mound of circular, gently lobed leaves. Though tolerant of many soil types it is often found in gravely well-draining locations. Its somewhat understated tubular flowers attract a variety of butterflies and even hummingbirds! It is also the host…
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![Prairie Ironweed](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ironweed-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
Prairie Ironweed is a stunning sight to see! With a striking purple and regal stature, it stands out beautifully among the golden sunflowers with which it often blooms. It can stand up to six feet tall, making it a very good backdrop plant. It has a special relationship to native bees and is a host…
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![prairie onion in bloom](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/prairie-onion-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Prairie onion is a common resident of dry gravely slopes. Starting the season as a few nondescript flat leafs, it soon develops a nodding pod of papery flowers. Mid-summer, it pulls itself upright and bursts open into a firework display of star-shaped flowers. Colors range from white, to pink, to lavender. Its visual interest lasts…