Minneapolis

Printing note: This design was created to be 8.5″ x 14″ and the design pdf will print best on legal size paper.

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Plant List

This list is inclusive of only the native plants in this specific native garden design. The list is meant to provide a basic preview of the beautiful and diverse plants featured in this design and serve as a reference tool when selecting plants at a nursery. (The list can be printed in two columns using landscape mode in your print settings.) More thorough information about each of these native plants can be found online at the Audubon, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and United States Department of Agriculture websites, all of which provide a wealth of native plant information including comprehensive North American native plant databases.

Alternate Leave Dogwood

Alternate Leave Dogwood(Cornus alternifolia)

Anise Hyssop

Anise Hyssop(Agastache foeniculum)

Big Leaf Aster

Big Leaf Aster(Eurybia macrophylla)

Bloodroot

Bloodroot(Sanguinaria canadensis)

Blue Grama

Blue Grama(Bouteloua gracilis)

Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed(Asclepias tuberosa)

Chokecherry

Chokecherry(Prunus virginiana)

Common Elderberry

Common Elderberry(Sambucus canadensis)

Crooked-stem Aster

Crooked-stem Aster(Symphyotrichum prenanthoides)

Culver's Root

Culver's Root(Veronicastrum virginicum)

Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle

Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle(Diervilla lonicera)

Early Meadow Rue

Early Meadow Rue(Thalictrum dioicum)

Golden Alexanders

Golden Alexanders(Zizia aurea)

Harebell

Harebell(Campanula rotundifolia)

Heart-leaved Aster

Heart-leaved Aster(Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

Hoary Vervain

Hoary Vervain(Verbena stricta)

Indian Grass

Indian Grass(Sorghastrum nutans)

Interrupted Fern

Interrupted Fern(Osmunda claytoniana)

Lady Fern

Lady Fern(Athyrium filix-femina)

Large-flowering Bellwort

Large-flowering Bellwort(Uvularia grandiflora)

Leadplant

Leadplant(Amorpha canescens)

Little Bluestem Grass

Little Bluestem Grass(Schizachyrium scoparium)

Mayapple

Mayapple(Podophyllum peltatum)

Meadow Blazing Star

Meadow Blazing Star(Liatris ligulistylis)

Mountain Mint

Mountain Mint(Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Nannyberry

Nannyberry(Viburnum lentago)

Narrow-Leaved Coneflower

Narrow-Leaved Coneflower(Echinacea angustifolia)

New Jersey Tea

New Jersey Tea(Ceanothus americanus)

Nodding Onion

Nodding Onion(Allium cernuum)

Ohio Spiderwort

Ohio Spiderwort(Tradescantia ohiensis)

Path Rush

Path Rush(Juncus Tenuis)

Pennsylvania Sedge

Pennsylvania Sedge(Carex pensylvanica)

Prairie Coreopsis

Prairie Coreopsis(Coreopsis palmata)

Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed(Sporobolus heterolepis)

Prairie Phlox

Prairie Phlox(Phlox pilosa)

Prairie Pussytoes

Prairie Pussytoes(Antennaria neglecta)

Prairie Smoke

Prairie Smoke(Geum triflorum)

Purple Coneflower

Purple Coneflower(Echinacea purpurea)

Purple Prairie Clover

Purple Prairie Clover(Dalea purpurea)

Rattlesnake Master

Rattlesnake Master(Eryngium yuccifolium)

Red Osier Dogwood

Red Osier Dogwood(Cornus sericea)

Rough Blazing Star

Rough Blazing Star(Liatris aspera)

Showy Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod(Solidago speciosa)

Smooth Penstemon

Smooth Penstemon(Penstemon digitalis)

Smooth Serviceberry

Smooth Serviceberry(Amelanchier laevis)

Snowberry

Snowberry(Symphoricarpos albus)

Solomon's Seal

Solomon's Seal(Polygonatum biflorum)

Sprengel's Sedge

Sprengel's Sedge(Carex sprengelii)

Sweet Black-eyed Susan

Sweet Black-eyed Susan(Rudbeckia subtomentosa)

Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Sweet Joe Pye Weed(Eutrochium purpureum)

Tall Thimbleweed

Tall Thimbleweed(Anemone virginiana)

Virginia's Bluebells

Virginia's Bluebells(Mertensia virginica)

White False Indigo

White False Indigo(Baptisia alba)

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot(Monarda fistulosa)

Wild Columbine

Wild Columbine(Aquilegia canadensis)

Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium(Geranium maculatum)

Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger(Asarum canadense)

Wild Strawberry

Wild Strawberry(Fragaria virginiana)

Yellow Coneflower

Yellow Coneflower(Ratibida pinnata)

Zigzag Goldenrod

Zigzag Goldenrod(Solidago flexicaulis)



About the Designer

Carmen Simonet is a landscape architect with a passion for using native plants. She has over 25 years of experience providing landscape master planning and site design services for commercial developments, public parks, and private gardens. She is the owner of Carmen Simonet Design LLC and recent projects include design of a natural playscape for a child development center, consulting on the landscape design for a conservation development, designing lakeshore buffer plantings, and residential gardens seeking to replace lawn with native habitat! Carmen received her BLA and MS in landscape architecture from the University of Minnesota.

Designer Statement

As a designer I bring together making places for people and partnering with nature to make healthy living landscapes. Using ecological design principles, I depict ideas that move clients away from conventional practices, and towards the creation of biodiverse, regenerative landscapes.

About Wild Ones

Wild Ones (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization) is a knowledgeable, hands-on, and supportive community focused on native plants and the ecosystem that depends on them. We provide resources and online learning opportunities with respected experts like Wild Ones Honorary Directors Doug Tallamy, Neil Diboll, and Larry Weaner, publishing an award-winning journal, and awarding Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Program grants to engage youth in caring for native gardens.

Wild Ones depends on membership dues, donations and gifts from individuals like you to carry out our mission of connecting people and native plants for a healthy planet.

Looking for more native gardening inspiration? Take a peek at what our members are growing!