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If you are putting native Additional Information County plants in the front yard or a public For more information on native plants, visit these resources: setting, you may want to consider a Low-maintenance landscaping more formal design, using plants with http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/gardens/nativeplants/index.html large flowers, using plants the http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/dg6065.html general public will recognize (Black- http://www.greatrivergreening.org/plant_communities.asp eyed Susans) and using cultivars. http://www.nps.gov/plants/restore/pubs/intronatplant/toc.htm Native plants can look very formal Chisago Soil and Water Conservation District when the right plants and design are 38814 Third Avenue chosen. Check with your city and North Branch, MN 55056 (651) 674-2333 neighborhood about any rules that Chisago Soil and Water Conservation District www.chisagoswcd.org may exist. It is also recommended that you meet with 38814 Third Avenue neighbors and educate them about your native planting North Branch, MN 55056 so they know it is a garden and that it has many benefits. (651) 674-2333 www.chisagoswcd.org Bringing Conservation to Chisago County Plants for Dry Soil & Sun Plants for Moist-Wet & Sun Purple coneflower Echinacea angustifolia Golden aster Heterotheca villosa Swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus Why Choose Native Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Green bulrush Scirpus atrovirens Rough blazingstar Liatris aspera Prairie phlox Phlox pilosa Blue flag Hardstem bulrush Scirpus acutus Plants? Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa Turtle head Chelone glabra Common rush Juncus effusus Prairie onion Allium stellatum Spiderwort Tradescantia occidentalis Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Bottlebrush sedge Carex comosa Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta Blue vervain Verbena hastata Joe-pye weed Eupatorium maculatum Reed manna grass Glyceria grandis Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca Prairie violet Viola pedatifida Cream gentian Gentiana alba Canada bluejoint Calamagrostis canadensis Silky aster Aster sericeus Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii We encourage you to use native plants Bottle gentian Gentiana andrewsii Prairie cordgrass Spartina pectinata Harebell Campanula rotundifolia Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Sneezeweed Helenium authumnale Switchgrass Panicum virgatum in your flower gardens, rain gardens, Stiff tickseed Coreopsis palmata Little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Great St. Johnswort Hypericum pyramidatum Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii lakeshore restoration and in other areas of Prairie larkspur Delphinium virescens Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis Great blue lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Steeplebush Spirea tomentosa your yard. Local native plants are adapted White prairie clover Dalea candidum New Jersey tea Ceanothus americanus Monkey flower Mimulus ringens Meadowsweet Spirea alba to the climate and soil conditions of the Purple prairie clover Dalea purpureum Canada milkvetch Astragalus canadensis Obedient plant Physostegia virginiana Indigo bush Amorpha fruiticosa area. They are more drought tolerant and Flowering spurge Euphorbia corollata Leadplant Amorpha canescens Culvers root Veronicastrum virginicum Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Prairie smoke Geum triflorum Juneberry Amelanchier spp. Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Red osier dogwood Cornus sericea disease resistant than non-native plants Oxeye Helianthus helianthoides from nurseries. Most do not require fertilizers or watering once they get established. Native plants often thrive with less care than non-native plants because of these adaptations. What exactly does native mean? The word “native” can mean different things to different people. To some, native might mean to the upper Wild bergamot Butterfly weed Black-eyed Susan Boneset Bottle gentian Great blue lobelia Midwest region of the country, while to others native Plants for Moist-Wet Soil & Shade might only apply to the species found in the county. Plants for Dry Soil & Shade Wild ginger Asarum canadense Many nurseries consider native plants to be those that Wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis Zigzag goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Marsh marigold Caltha palustris Fowl manna grass Glyceria striata were found in the state before European settlement. White baneberry Actaea pachypoda Showy trillium Jacob’s ladder Polemonium caeruleum Silky wild rye Elymus villosus Rue anemone Anemonella thalictroides Bottlebrush grass Hystrix patula Another approach is to use a certain-mile radius from your Pennsylvania sedge Carex pensylvanica Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Virginia wild rye Elymus virginicus site (plants that originally occurred within a 50-mile radius Wild ginger Asarum canadensis Lady fern Athyrium felix-femina Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Lake sedge Carex lacustris are native). Heart-leaved aster Aster cordifolius Wood fern Dryopteris marginalis Maidenhair fern Adiantum pedatum Fox sedge Carex vulpinoides Large leaved aster Aster macrophylum Kalm’s brome Bromus kalmii Lady fern Athyrium felix-femina Tussock sedge Carex stricta It is important for your to decide how strict of a definition Wild geranium Geranium maculatum Bottlebrush grass Hystrix patula Ostrich fern Matteuccia pennsylvanica Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Highbush cranberry Viburnum trilobum of native you would like to use for your own gardens. For Woodland sunflower Helianthus divaricartus Virginia wild rye Elymus virginicus Sensitive fern Onoclea sensibilis Blue phlox Phlox divaricata Canada wild rye Elymus canadensis example, do you consider a plant that is only found in one Green-headed coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata American hazelnut Corylus americana Cinnamon fern small area of the Boundary Waters to be native to Chisago Large-flowered bellwort Uvularia grandiflora Black currant Ribes americanum county? Are you willing to use plants that are native to Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Wisconsin because they occur within 100 miles of your Bottlebrush grass home? Each nursery will have its own definition of native, so you should ask where each nursery gets its plants from. Cultivars of Native Plants Marsh marigold Aster ’Purple Dome’ Aster novae-angliae Coneflower ‘White Swan’ Echinacea purpurea Monarda ‘Gardenview Scarlet’ Monarda didyma Black-eyed Susan ‘Goldstrum’ Rudbeckia fulgida Wild columbine Jack-in-the-pulpit Showy trillium