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Great Lakes Native Plants158 Stories

Try This Plant for Autumn Color in the Woodland Garden
ShrubsTry This Plant for Autumn Color in the Woodland Garden
By Heather Holm
Alternateleaf dogwood, or Cornus alternifolia, offers a colorful show of creamy spring flowers, blue fruit in summer and maroon fall foliage
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Rhus Hirta Provides Brilliant Foliage Color in Autumn
Flowers and PlantsRhus Hirta Provides Brilliant Foliage Color in Autumn
By Heather Holm
Plant staghorn sumac for its wildlife value, beautiful fall color and bright red fruit that persists into winter
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Support Fall Pollinators With Eupatorium Altissimum
Flowers and PlantsSupport Fall Pollinators With Eupatorium Altissimum
By Benjamin Vogt
Tall thoroughwort, also called tall boneset, is an adaptable native of the central to eastern U.S. with bright white flowers
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American Basswood Provides Garden Shade and Forage for Pollinators
TreesAmerican Basswood Provides Garden Shade and Forage for Pollinators
By Heather Holm
Use Tilia americana as a shade tree or along the edge of a woodland for its large leaves and showy flowers
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Smooth Rose’s Arching, Not-So-Thorny Canes Provide Beauty All Year
RosesSmooth Rose’s Arching, Not-So-Thorny Canes Provide Beauty All Year
By Heather Holm
Plant Rosa blanda, native from the Great Lakes eastward, for its long bloom season, pollinator food and attractive red hips in autumn
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Usher In Fall With Viburnum Lentago
Flowers and PlantsUsher In Fall With Viburnum Lentago
By Heather Holm
Plant nannyberry for a profusion of spring flowers, beautiful autumn color and attractive fruit that the birds will devour
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This Sunny Yellow Flower Helps Fall Pollinators and Landscapes
Flowers and PlantsThis Sunny Yellow Flower Helps Fall Pollinators and Landscapes
By Benjamin Vogt
Oligoneuron riddellii’s distinct grass-like leaves and bright flowers jazz up the garden in the upper Midwest and Central Plains
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Panicum Virgatum, a Prairie Beauty Many Gardeners Can Enjoy
Flowers and PlantsPanicum Virgatum, a Prairie Beauty Many Gardeners Can Enjoy
By Susan Tweit
Switchgrass adds color through the year and is a natural ‘seed feeder’ for birds
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Rudbeckia Laciniata Enlivens Late-Season Shady and Sunny Sites
Flowers and PlantsRudbeckia Laciniata Enlivens Late-Season Shady and Sunny Sites
By Benjamin Vogt
Give long-blooming, towering cutleaf coneflower room to spread in U.S. gardens for maximum rewards
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Ruellia Humilis Thrives in Rock Gardens and Along Boulevards
Flowers and PlantsRuellia Humilis Thrives in Rock Gardens and Along Boulevards
By Heather Holm
Plant fringeleaf wild petunia in central U.S. gardens for its large lilac flowers, compact form and drought tolerance
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Help Monarchs and Other Butterflies by Planting Common Milkweed
Flowers and PlantsHelp Monarchs and Other Butterflies by Planting Common Milkweed
By Heather Holm
Summer-blooming Asclepias syriaca is an important larval host plant for the monarch butterfly and attracts a number of pollinating insects
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