With 120 plants to choose from, we’re excited to share our updated Prairie and Meadow Plants for Landscaping booklet. The new look and features are similar to the companion Woodland Plants for Landscaping booklet released last year. Choose the best native plants for your property using these updated booklets, along with the rest in the series.
What’s New?
Here are some changes we’ve made to the newest edition:
New Plants
Wildflowers were, and still are, the star of this booklet, which also includes a variety of grasses, sedges and a few shrubs and small trees. Along with the 88 plants from the original list, we’ve included 32 beautiful new plants that will look amazing in your yard.
How Much Water?
We no longer divide the plants by moisture needs/preferences. Instead, moisture preferences are marked by a water droplet icon—empty for dry to moist soils and full for moist to wet soils.
Birds and Bees
We included a new section in this booklet to show how a plant might support a bird or pollinator.
Other Great Features
Not everything needed to be changed! You can still find many of the same great features, including growing conditions, tolerances and blooms times.
Plan Your Spring Garden
Now is a perfect time to curl up with a blanket, grab a hot beverage and start planning what to add to your garden once it warms up. Perhaps you love the unique flower of the spotted beebalm, or want to add more host plants for monarchs with whorled milkweed. If you have a wet area in your yard, try adding some path rush for a delicate touch, or gray’s sedge for a taller, bolder look. Create a hedgerow birds will love with grey dogwood, chokecherry and the newly added northern bayberry. Or keep things low to the ground with common bearberry that will stay green all year long.
View or download a copy of our new Prairie and Meadow Plants for Landscaping and start planning your own prairie or meadow garden.