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Marcie O’Connor
www.aprairiehaven.com

Native Plants that grow well in gardens:

(Please don’t dig plants from the wild – there are fewer and fewer wild places, and the ones we have need to be preserved.)

Dry Sun

Butterfly Weed   (Asclepias tuberosa)
Yellow Coneflower   (Ratibida pinnata)
Black-eyed Susan   (Rudbeckia hirta)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Wild Columbine   (Aquilegia canadensis)
Smooth Blue Aster   (Aster laevis)
Sky Blue Aster   (Aster oolentangiensis)
Canada Milkvetch   (Astragalus canadensis)
White Wild Indigo   (Baptisia lactea)
Indian Paintbrush   (Castilleja coccinea)
Prairie Coreopsis   (Coreopsis palmata)
Purple Prairie Clover   (Dalea purpurea)
Pale Purple Coneflower   (Echinacea pallida)
White Gentian   (Gentiana alba)
Rough Blazing Star   (Liatris aspera)
Lupine   (Lupinus perennis)
Wood Betony   (Pedicularis canadensis)
Large-flowered Penstemon   (Penstemon grandiflorus)
Prairie Phlox   (Phlox pilosa)
Spiderwort   (Tradescantia ohiensis)
Hoary Vervain   (Verbena stricta)
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)



Wet Sun

Swamp Milkweed   (Asclepias incarnata)
Blue Lobelia   (Lobelia siphilitica)
Cardinal Flower   (Lobelia cardinalis)
Oxeye   (Heliopsis helianthoides)
Flat-topped Aster   (Aster umbellatus)
Marsh Marigold   (Caltha palustris)
Sweet Joe Pye Weed   (Eupatorium purpureum)
Bottle Gentian   (Geniana andrewsii)
Tall Meadow Rue   (Thalictrum dasycarpum)
Blue Vervain   (Verbena hastata)
New England Aster (Aster Novae-angeliae)
Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale)
Turk’s Cap Lily (Lilium michigense)

Shade

Trillium   (Trillium species)
Bloodroot   (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Woodland Phlox   (Phlox divaricata)
Mayapple   (Podophyllum pelataum)
Red Baneberry   (Actaea rubra)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit   (Arisaema triphyllum)
Big Leaved Aster   (Aster macrophyllus)
Wild Geranium   (Geranium maculatum)
Hepatica   (Hepatica species)
Jacob’s Ladder   (Polemonium reptans)
Early Meadow Rue   (Thalictrum dioicum)
Bellwort   (Uvularia grandiflora)
Violets    (Viola species)
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Good for butterflies but aggressive or problem plants

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Native thistles – Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor), Tall Thistle (Cirsium altissimum), Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)

Trees

Oak, Willow, Wild Cherry, Wild Plum, Birch, Poplar, Cottonwood, Crabapple, Maple, Pine, Hickory, Hawthorn

Nurseries that sell native plants or seeds:


Prairie Moon Nursery
http://www.prairiemoon.com/
32115 Prairie Lane
Winona, MN  55987
866-417-8156
info@prairiemoon.com

Prairie Restorations
http://www.prairieresto.com/index.shtml
P.O. Box 95, Scandia, MN 55073
 Phone: 651-433-1435
651-433-1437
scandia@prairieresto.com

Landscape Alternatives
http://www.landscapealternatives.com
25316 St. Croix Trail
Shafer, MN 55074
(651) 257 4460
landscapealt@frontiernet.net

Oak Prairie Farm
http://www.oakprairiefarm.com/
W4642 Highway 33
Pardeeville, Wisconsin 53954
phone or fax TOLL FREE: 1-800-894-3884
customercare@oakprairiefarm.com

Prairie Nursery
http://www.prairienursery.com/
P. O. Box 306
Westfield, WI, 53964
1-800-476-9453
cs@prairienursery.com



Nectar Plants for Butterflies
•    Many flowers in a cluster so they can get more nectar without moving
•    Natives – so they’ll be sure to have nectar

Milkweeds
Sunflowers
Phlox
Blazing Stars
Asters
[non natives: Zinnias, Tithonia  (Mexican Sunflower), Purple Coneflower, Butterfly Bush]




Butterflies and Moths and their host plants: 

Monarch Butterfly – milkweeds (Butterfly Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Common Milkweed)

Black Swallowtail Butterfly – plants in the carrot family (Parsley, Dill, Fennel, Golden Alexander)

American Painted Lady – Pussytoes (Antennaria species), Sweet Everlasting (Gnaphalium species)

Fritillaries – Violets

Painted Ladys – Thistle

Skippers – mostly grasses

Mourning Cloak – Willow, Elm, Hackberry, Birch

Cecropia Moth – Lilac, Apple, Cherry, Birch, Maple, Ash, Elderberry

Luna Moth – Birch, Walnut

Polyphemus Moth – Oak




References:

Bringing Nature Home, by Douglas Tallamy
Noah’s Garden, by Sara Stein
Landscaping for Wildlife by Carrol Henderson – MN DNR

Butterflies through Binoculars, by Jeffrey Glassberg
Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America, by Charles Covell, Jr.
Caterpillars of Eastern North America, by David Wagner
Field Guide to Insects of North America, by Eric Eaton and Kenn Kaufman
Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars by Amy Bartlett Wright

Field Guide to Wildflowers, by Roger Tory Peterson and Margaret McKenny
Northland Wildflowers, by John Moyle and Evelyn Moyle

Web sites:

University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point herbarium
http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/namesearch.html

Bug Guide
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740

Bird info
http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/wbba/