Native Plant Bloom Chart Dated: March 6th 2018
Native Plant Bloom Chart Bloom Period Flower
Colour
Bloom Period Flower
Plants for medium to moist soils M J Jl A S Plants for dry to moist soils M J Jl A S Coloour
Northern Bog Violet (Viola cucullata) violet Early Blue Violet (viola adunca) violet
Cut-leaved Anemone (Aneone multifidida) pink Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) white
Dwarf Milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) white Lilac Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon gracilis) mauve
Sweet Scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum) white Northern Bedstraw (Gallium boreale) white
Wild Iris (Iris versicolor) violet Canada Milkvetch (Astralagus canadensis) white
Wild Red Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) red Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) yellow
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) yellow Gaillardia (Gillardia aristata) yellow/red
Heartleaf Alexander (Zizia aptera) yellow Purple Prairie Clover (Petalostemon purpureum) purple
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) pink White Prairie Clover (Petalostemon candidum) white
Narrowleaf Meadowsweet (Spirea alba) white Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) pink
Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) mauve Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) yellow
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) maroon Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) purple
Tall Meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) white Rough False Sunflower (Helianthus helianthoides) yellow
Wild Hops (Humulus lupulus) green/white Tall Coneflower (rudbeckia laciniata) yellow
Blue Vervain (Verbana hastata) violet Smooth Aster (Aster laevis) mauve
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) white
Pearly Everlasting (Avaphalis margaritacea) white Plants for dry to medium soils M J Jl A S
Flat-topped Aster (Doelingeria umbellatus) white Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens) mauve
Helenium (helenium autumnale) yellow Three Flowered Avens (Geum triflorum) pink
Purple Boneset/ Joe Pye (Eupatorium maculatum) pink Lewis Wild Flax (Linum lewisii) blue
Meadow Blazingstar (Liatris ligulistylis) pink Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) violet
Pink Flowered Onion (Allium stellatum) pink Ascending Purple Milkvetch (Astragalus striatus) purple
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculate) purple Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) purple
New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae) purple Dotted Blazingstar (Liatris punctata) pink
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) yellow Hairy Golden Aster (Chysopsis villosa) yellow
Low Goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) yellow
Grasses M J Jl A S Pasture Sage (Artemisia frigida) yellow
Hair Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa) Prairie Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana) yellow
June Grass (Koeleria cristat) Upland White Aster (aster ptarmicoides) white
Sheep Fescue (Festuca ovina/saximontana) Western Silvery Aster (aster sericeus) violet
Slough Grass (Beckmannia syzigachne) Showy Goldenrd (Solidago nemoralis) yellow
Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata)
Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
Fringed Brome (Bromus kalmii)
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) www.prairieflora.com
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) 204-886-2420
Colour
Bloom Period Flower
Plants for medium to moist soils M J Jl A S Plants for dry to moist soils M J Jl A S Coloour
Northern Bog Violet (Viola cucullata) violet Early Blue Violet (viola adunca) violet
Cut-leaved Anemone (Aneone multifidida) pink Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) white
Dwarf Milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia) white Lilac Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon gracilis) mauve
Sweet Scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum) white Northern Bedstraw (Gallium boreale) white
Wild Iris (Iris versicolor) violet Canada Milkvetch (Astralagus canadensis) white
Wild Red Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) red Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) yellow
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) yellow Gaillardia (Gillardia aristata) yellow/red
Heartleaf Alexander (Zizia aptera) yellow Purple Prairie Clover (Petalostemon purpureum) purple
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) pink White Prairie Clover (Petalostemon candidum) white
Narrowleaf Meadowsweet (Spirea alba) white Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) pink
Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) mauve Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) yellow
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) maroon Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) purple
Tall Meadowrue (Thalictrum dasycarpum) white Rough False Sunflower (Helianthus helianthoides) yellow
Wild Hops (Humulus lupulus) green/white Tall Coneflower (rudbeckia laciniata) yellow
Blue Vervain (Verbana hastata) violet Smooth Aster (Aster laevis) mauve
Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) white
Pearly Everlasting (Avaphalis margaritacea) white Plants for dry to medium soils M J Jl A S
Flat-topped Aster (Doelingeria umbellatus) white Prairie Crocus (Anemone patens) mauve
Helenium (helenium autumnale) yellow Three Flowered Avens (Geum triflorum) pink
Purple Boneset/ Joe Pye (Eupatorium maculatum) pink Lewis Wild Flax (Linum lewisii) blue
Meadow Blazingstar (Liatris ligulistylis) pink Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) violet
Pink Flowered Onion (Allium stellatum) pink Ascending Purple Milkvetch (Astragalus striatus) purple
Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculate) purple Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) purple
New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae) purple Dotted Blazingstar (Liatris punctata) pink
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) yellow Hairy Golden Aster (Chysopsis villosa) yellow
Low Goldenrod (Solidago missouriensis) yellow
Grasses M J Jl A S Pasture Sage (Artemisia frigida) yellow
Hair Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa) Prairie Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana) yellow
June Grass (Koeleria cristat) Upland White Aster (aster ptarmicoides) white
Sheep Fescue (Festuca ovina/saximontana) Western Silvery Aster (aster sericeus) violet
Slough Grass (Beckmannia syzigachne) Showy Goldenrd (Solidago nemoralis) yellow
Sweet Grass (Hierochloe odorata)
Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)
Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)
Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)
Fringed Brome (Bromus kalmii)
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) www.prairieflora.com
Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) 204-886-2420