Galium concinnum (Shining Bedstraw)
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Gaura biennis (Biennial Gaura)
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Biennial Gaura establishes in a prairie planting early, giving the area much-deserved early color in year two and blooming in the somewhat dreary month of September.
Gaura coccinea (Scarlet Gaura)
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Gaura longiflora (Large-flowered Gaura)
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Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
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Bottle Gentian are slow-growing but long-lived and require little care once established. Bumblebees are the main pollinators because they are the only insects strong enough to pry open the closed flowers. Cream Gentian is the first Gentian to bloom in late summer. Bottle Gentian and others (see our website) may wait until September or October to lend late-season color to mostly sunny sites in medium-wet to medium-dry soils.
Gentiana crinita (Fringed Gentian)
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Gentiana crinita is a biennial; it grows vegetatively during the first year and completes its life cycle during the second but will re-seed! Fringed Gentian flowers open on sunny days, but generally remain closed on cloudy days.
Gentiana flavida (Cream Gentian)
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Cream Gentian are slow-growing but long-lived and require little care once established. Bumblebees are the main pollinators because they are the only insects strong enough to pry open the closed flowers. Cream Gentian is the first Gentian to bloom in late summer.
Gentiana quinquefolia (Stiff Gentian)
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Stiff Gentian is a biennial; it grows vegetatively during the first year and completes its life cycle during the second but will re-seed.
Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium)
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Wild Geranium is a species familiar to many of us from woodland floors. Easy to transplant, it does well in full sunlight, too.
Geum aleppicum (Yellow Avens)
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Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke)
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The silky, flowing styles of the fruiting stage of Prairie Smoke, never fail to win admirers at first sight. When setting seed, large stands of the plant create a gauzy effect that resembles smoke hovering close to the ground. Prairie Smoke should grow well in zones 3-9 in fertile, yet well-drained soils.
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
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Sweet Everlasting has a wonderful maple syrup smell.
Helenium autumnale (Sneezeweed)
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Sneezeweed sets large and numerous daisy-like, yellow flowers that can provide welcome color in late summer and autumn when many other blossoms have disappeared. Sneezeweed prefers full to partial sun and wet to wet-medium soils. Despite its common name, it presents no problems for most allergy sufferers. Its pollen is distributed by insects, not wind.
Helenium flexuosum (Purple-headed Sneezeweed)
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Helianthus grosseserratus (Saw-tooth Sunflower)
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Saw-tooth Sunflower can reach heights of 8 feet and blooms well into the fall.
Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian's Sunflower)
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Helianthus mollis (Downy Sunflower)
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Characteristic fine, soft, downy hairs cover the stems and leaves of Downy Sunflower, giving it a blueish-gray-green appearance.
Helianthus occidentalis (Western Sunflower)
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This is a well-behaved Sunflower compared to some of the other more aggressive Helianthus species. It is also one of the shorter native Sunflowers reaching maximum heights of 3'. Western Sunflower has attractive, red, leaf-less stems.
Helianthus pauciflorus (Showy Sunflower)
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Also known as Helianthus rigidus or H. laetiflorus (Stiff or Prairie Sunflower), Showy Sunflower is host to the Gorgone
Checkerspot, a butterfly that is restricted to high quality prairie dry
remnants.
Heliopsis helianthoides (Early Sunflower)
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It is possible to hike from a fairly moist, almost wetland situation to the driest south facing hillside and Early Sunflower can be found all along the way.
Heracleum maximum (Cow Parsnip)
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Heuchera richardsonii (Prairie Alumroot)
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Hibiscus laevis (Rose Mallow)
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The large, lovely and plentiful blossoms of Hibiscus laevis evoke associations with its more tropical cousins in southeast settings.
Hibiscus lasiocarpos (Hairy Rose Mallow)
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Hairy Rose Mallow has beautiful, large 5" flowers with a variety of color from white to deep pink; highly recommended for home landscaping.
Hibiscus moscheutos (Swamp Rose Mallow)
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