Eco-Grass
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Eco-Grass, a blend of fine-leaved fescue cultivars, is an excellent choice for solid border areas or footpaths adjacent to native plantings or as a responsible alternative to an energy-intensive conventional turf lawn. Click the product title to learn more about Eco-Grass...
Echinodorus berteroi (Upright Burhead)
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Echinocystis lobata (Wild Cucumber)
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Wild Cucumber is an aggressive, annual vine with very fragrant blooms. Despite its name, the fruit is not edible. Smooth, branching vines may stretch 15-20' and sport attractive, alternately-placed leaves, resembling maple foliage.
Echinochloa walteri (Walter's Barnyard Grass)
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New! Walter's Barnyard Grass is an attractive tall grass with purple inflorescence common to the Eastern US coasts, but also occurs in the Midwest.
Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee Coneflower)
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Recently removed from the federal endangered species list, Tennessee Coneflower is well worth having around. Flat, pastel pink flowers with green and burgundy centers follow the sun like sunflowers.
Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
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Purple Coneflower may be the most iconic prairie plant. Cultivar varieties abound but the pure native that we sell is golden red to purple, matures to about 4' on most sites and may release a slight fragrance in strong sunlight. Flowers appear June-September with some plants re-blooming in fall.
Echinacea paradoxa (Bush's Coneflower)
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The paradox of this plant is that it is a yellow Coneflower; all other native Echinaceas are shades of purple and pink. This is a rare plant native to the Ozark region of AR and MO, but it grows well in the Upper Midwest. It is the most fragrant of all the Coneflowers.
Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower)
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Pale Purple Coneflower provides nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies, and the leaves provide food for the Ottoe-skipper larva. Deer don't seem to bother this early summer bloomer when only a few other sun loving plants are in bloom.
Echinacea atrorubens (Reflexed Coneflower)
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Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Coneflower)
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Dulichium arundinaceum (Three-way Sedge)
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Dodecatheon meadia (Midland Shooting Star)
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Midland Shooting Star can become very robust with a few dozen flowers coming out of each plant; especially in moist rich soils. It also establishes well and will self seed in dry rocky situation or in the shade of a shrub or small tree.
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Amethyst Shooting Star)
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Dioscorea villosa (Wild Yam)
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Wild Yam is a perennial, climbing vine that, with a trellis or other support, will reach heights of 15 ft. It does not produce edible tubers.
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
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Dutchman's Breeches is a true spring woodland ephemeral species, blooming early April and going dormant mid-May.
Diarrhena americana (Beak Grass)
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Beak Grass is an excellent source of food for Wild Turkeys.
Desmodium sessilifolium (Sessile-leaf Tick Trefoil)
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Desmodium illinoense (Illinois Tick Trefoil)
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Desmodium glutinosum (Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil)
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Desmodium cuspidatum longifolium (Hairy Bracted Tick Trefoil)
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Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil)
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The nectar, pollen, seeds and foliage of Showy Tick Trefoil appeal to a number of insects, birds and mammals.
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Bundle Flower)
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Delphinium virescens (Prairie Larkspur)
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Delphinium virescens (Prairie Larkspur) is considered a subspecies of D. carolinianum (Wild Blue Larkspur) so can also be called Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens. Prairie Larkspur is usually white whereas Wild Blue Larkspur is usually blue.
Delphinium tricorne (Dwarf Larkspur)
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Delphinium exaltatum (Tall Larkspur)
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This Larkspur has a much later bloom time than other Delphinium species. It is blooming in July when others, like Wild Blue Larkspur, are already dormant.
Delphinium carolinianum (Wild Blue Larkspur)
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Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oat Grass)
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Dalea villosum (Silky Prairie Clover)
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Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
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Before flowering, it can be easy to tell the Purple from the White Prairie Clover by looking at the leaves. Wide on the White, narrow on the Purple Prairie Clover.
Dalea foliosa (Leafy Prairie Clover)
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