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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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![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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![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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![Little bluestem amidst sunset](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/little-blue-min.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00 – $195.00
Little bluestem is one of the most prevalent and important grasses on the prairie. It serves a wide range of ecological functions for innumerable insect and animal species. In a garden setting it provides visual interest year-round. Beginning with its greenish-blue coloration in early summer, it goes on to produce attractive fluffy seed heads into…
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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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![Clumps of prairie dropseed growing on a fall prairie](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/prairie-dropseed.jpg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
It’s hard to beat Prairie Dropseed when it comes to gardening with native plants. Its lovely growth habit forms a tussock of slender green leaves in the summer before sending up delicate feathery seed heads. I’ve always said that the way the leaves grow makes it look like someone buried a troll head in the…
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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…
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![Purple Prairie Clover](https://i0.wp.com/windflowernatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_4938-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&ssl=1)
$15.00
Purple prairie clover is a staple of the tall grass flower community. It grows readily in a wide range of soil types, from rich mesic soil, to dry sandy hills. It is a very important food source for many pollinators including the federally endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Size: 24″ Sun: Full, Partial Soil: Medium, Medium-Dry,…