Compass (Silphium laciniatum) Size: 8 feet Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium-wet to dry Blooms: Early to late summer Attracts: Several variety of , some butterflies including monarchs Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) Individual are priced $1 through $7 Size: 5 feet Light: Full, partial Groups of plants priced up to $20 Soil: Medium-wet to dry Cash or check are accepted. Blooms: Early to mid summer Attracts: Several variety of bees, some butterflies and moths Limited amount available

Downy Wood Mint • Native plants are beneficial to the (Blephilia ciliata) physical environment. Size: 12 inches Native plants have adapted to local Light: Full, partial conditions and have develop deep and Soil: Medium to dry extensive root systems. This conserves Blooms: Early summer water and holds soil in place preventing Attracts: Bees including the erosion. They are naturally resistant to Saturday- June 2, 9 am-Noon honeybee, butterflies and disease and pests, and do not need skippers. Deer resistant artificial fertilizers or synthetic pesticides. or until plants are sold Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum) • Native plants are beneficial to wildlife. Native plants evolved with indigenous Held at The Nature Institute’s greenhouse, Size: 3 feet fauna and fill an important niche in the Light: Full, partial ecosystem. They provide habitat and on the left past the intersection of S. Levis Soil: Medium to medium-dry food for butterflies and moths, bees, Blooms: Mid to late summer and Levis Ln near Cypress Pond in hummingbirds, songbirds, beneficial Attracts: One of THE natives to insects, and . have to attract pollinators. Godfrey. Parking in front of the shed or in Deer resistant grass along the road. Please be courteous • Native plants are beneficial to people. of neighbors and their property. Hoary Vervain Established native plants require little (Verbena stricta) maintenance. They are sustainable, and live longer than non-native species. They Size: 2 feet are naturally resistant to drought, pests, Light: Full, partial and disease. Native plants save people Soil: Medium-dry to dry time and money. Blooms: Mid to late summer Attracts: Many insects, bees, and butterflies All photos within this booklet, courtesy of Prairie Moon Nursery.

Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata) Illinois Bundle Size: 2 feet (Desmanthus illinoensis) Slender Mountain Mint Light: Full, partial (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Size: 5 feet Soil: Medium to dry Size: 2 feet Light: Full Blooms: Mid summer Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium to dry Attracts: All insect pollinators Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry Blooms: Mid summer Blooms: Early to late summer Attracts: Bees, often consumed Attracts: All insect pollinators. by upland gamebirds and Prairie Phlox Deer resistant. many mammals (Phlox pilosa) Size: 2 feet Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium-wet to dry Spotted Balm Lance Leaf Coreopsis Blooms: Early to mid summer (Monarda punctata) (Coreopsis lanceolata) Attracts: Butterflies, moths, some Size: 2 feet bees; often consumed by Size: 2 feet Light: Full Mammals Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium-dry to dry Limited amount available Soil: Medium-dry to dry Blooms: Mid to late summer Blooms: Early to mid summer Purple Prairie Clover Attracts: Bees, wasps, Attracts: Bees, including (Dalea purpurea) butterflies and often honeybees, some browsed by mammals Size: 2 feet butterflies Light: Full, partial Limited amount available Soil: Medium to dry Blooms: Mid to late summer

Missouri Ironweed Attracts: Bees, including the Yellow Coneflower ( missurica) honey bee, small (Ratibida pinnata) Size: 5 feet butterflies Size: 5 feet Light: Full Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry Soil: Medium to medium-dry Blooms: Early to mid summer Rattlesnake Master Blooms: Mid to late summer Attracts: Bees, wasps, (Eryngium yuccifolium) Attracts: All insect pollinators butterflies and often Size: 4 feet browsed by mammals Light: Full Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry Blooms: Mid to late summer Attracts: All insect pollinators Partridge Pea Yellow Giant Hyssop (Chamaecrista fasciculata) (Agastache nepetoides) Size: 2 feet Size: 6 feet Light: Full, partial Short Green Milkweed Light: Full, partial Soil: Medium to dry (Asclepias viridiflora) Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry Blooms: Mid to late summer Blooms: Mid-summer to early Size: 12 inches fall Attracts: Bees, including the Light: Full, partial honey bee Attracts: All insect pollinators, Soil: Medium-dry to dry mostly bees and Blooms: Mid summer butterflies. Deer Attracts: Bees, monarchs resistant. Limited amount available