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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS PHOTO NAME Common & Scientific HEIGHT White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricata 12” - 30” Wild Bergamot 24” - 48” Monarda fistulosa Wreath Goldenrod Solidago caesia FLOWERS Bloom Time & Color LIGHT SOIL Moisture & Type WILDLIFE MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white freely seeds; lights up fall shade L SO C L SO Y, fragrant flowers and foliage; can spread C L SO Y, blooms in shade; not aggressive MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT pink to purple 18” - 36” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT small yellow DEER RESISTANT AND NOTES GROUNDCOVERS, CAREXES AND GRASSES PHOTO NAME Common & Scientific HEIGHT Christmas Fern 12” - 24” Polystichum acrostichoides Golden Ragwort Packera aurea Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Spreading Sedge Carex laxiculmis Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum FLOWERS Bloom Time & Color LIGHT SOIL Moisture & Type WILDLIFE MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT no bloom, dark green leaves 6” - 18” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT yellow 24” - 48” 3” - 6” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT yellowish-white 36” - 72” MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT green to brown to rose 3”- 6” L S Y, drought tolerant; very ornamental; turns bronzeorange after frost C L SO Y, spreading, mat-forming evergreen – Y, mostly evergreen; grows in dense rounded clumps C L O C L S Y, bunch grass with great fall color; tolerates wet areas L SO Y, spreads vigorously in sun; host for 80 caterpillar species L SO Y, evergreen; forms dense mats; easy-to-control – – MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white 3”- 6” C L O Y, semi-evergreen ground foliage with a spring flower layer floating at 2’-3’ – MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT red, purple, or white 12” - 18” Y, clumping; evergreen L O MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT green to reddish tan MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT white DEER RESISTANT AND NOTES KEY LIGHT........................................................................................................................................................................................... WILDLIFE Butterflies Shade = less than 3 hours of direct sunlight a day, or filtered sunglight Partial shade = approximately 3 to 6 hours of direct sunlight a day Full sun = at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a

terflies Shade = less than 3 hours of direct sunlight a day, or filtered sunglight Partial shade = approximately 3 to 6 hours of direct sunlight a day Full sun = at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day SOIL CONDITIONS – Moisture..................................................................................................................................... – – Dry = water does not remain after a rain Moist = soil is damp, and occasionally saturated Wet = soil is saturated, except during droughts Hummingbirds Songbirds Beneficial Insects (Bees, other pollinators, and pest-controlling insects like lady beetles) HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL A non-woody plant that lives for more than two years. It dies back at the end of each growing season, then re-emerges each spring from the root stock. DEER RESISTANCE Y = Deer-resistant plant SOIL CONDITIONS – Type........................................................................................................................................................ (Note that even listed plants may sometimes be eaten.) PHOTO CREDITS C L S O USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database: https://plants.usda.gov/ Organic soil (contains a high percentage of organic matter such as decayed leaves) Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder: Sandy or coarse-textured soil (drains rapidly) www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/ your-garden/plant-finder.aspx Loamy or medium-textured soil (drains but holds moisture) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: www.wildflower.org Clay or fine-textured soil