Sunny Garden
These plants are perfect for a sunny garden with moist, well-drained soil. The number at the beginning indicates the number of each plant, and the colors and months in bloom are in parentheses.
Once your garden is established, maybe replace the mulch with a sunny groundcover, like violets or strawberry.
- 5. Golden Alexanders, Zizia aurea (yellow, May-June)
- 7. Foxglove Beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis (white, June-July)
- 10. Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa (orange, June-August)
- 3. Anise Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum (purple, June-September)
- 5. Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium purpureum (purple, July-September)
- 10. Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta (yellow, July-October)
- 3. Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium (purple, bronze, summer-fall)
- 3. Showy Goldenrod, Solidago speciosa (yellow, September-November)
- 4. Prairie Dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepsis (golden, fall-winter)















