Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
1 to 1.5' tall
early blue flowers that open in the morning and dissolve into blue drops later in the day
so plant where they will be seen in the morning
will stay open longer on cool days
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Cup Plant and Joe Pye Weed
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
in front of
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatoirium maculatum
Kids can be interested in the 'cups' formed where the cup plant leaves clasp the huge sqaure stem. Water can collect there which attracts insects and spiders and even small 'tree' frogs.
Tall plants like this can line paths to shelter playing children and inspire imaginative play.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Bottlebrush Grass
Bottlebrush Grass
Elymus hystrix
Grows in the part shade under the bur oaks of the savanna
3' tall
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Prairie Trillium
Prairie Trillium
Trillium recurvatum
Often thought of as a woodland plant, prairie trilllium prefers the partial shade under savanna plants or even at the feet of the tallgrass prairie plants that expose them to sun in the early spring but protect them in shade the rest of the growing season.
Elderberry in Flower
Elderberry
Woody plants that spread by underground runners often thrive in the prairie in small patches, because even thought the prairie fires kill back the tops, the protected roots sprout new stalks. In the years after a burn, the new twiggy shrubs often produce many more berries than in years where no fire preceeded.
Black Raspberry
Black Raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
36" thorny arching cane
Prefers very light shade - Naturally grows at edge of savanna
Fruit in late June to early July
Three part leaves grow on arching stems with white coating and many small thorns
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