Natives for season-long interest
Spring
Prairie smoke (Geum triflorum)
Full sun Zone 2
Red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum)
Full sun to part shade Zone 6
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Part to full shade Zone 3
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
Part shade Zone 3
Late spring/early summer
Spotted geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Full sun Zone 4
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
Full sun to part shade Zone 2
Blue phlox (Phlox divaricata)
Part shade Zone 4
Midsummer
Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Full sun Zone 4
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Full sun Zone 3
Late summer
Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis spp.)
Full sun Zone 4
Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
Full sun to part shade Zone 4
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Full sun Zone 3
Fall
Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)
Part shade Zone 4
Prairie dropseed grass (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Full sun Zone 4
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7 Comments
I am looking for plants that will survive when the creek we live beside floods our yard in the early spring. Zone 4. This area is well treed with alot of natural ferns. Sue
Hi Sue, I encourage you to post your question in our forums - there are tons of helpful gardeners who would be able to guide you!
I would like to know the name of the flower above please?
I believe that is a close up of blue phlox. (Ground cover variety)
Great article, very thoughtful! Keep it up!
The bottom of my sloping yard is always water-logged in the spring between melting snow and early rain. However my daylilies and coneflowers always return bigger and better every year. There is so many beautiful daylilies available today.
The bottom of my sloping yard is always water-logged in the spring between melting snow and early rain. However my daylilies and coneflowers always return bigger and better every year. There is so many beautiful daylilies available today.