Rattlesnake Master
This is an unusual prairie plant that resembles a yucca or some other desert plant. You can find the prickly balls of flowers blooming now.
Prairie Blooms
There’s a lot blooming in the prairies now. In this picture you can see Purple Coneflower, Grey-headed Coneflower and White Wild Indigo. Ratibida pinnata, Echinacea purpurea, Baptisia alba
Monarda
Patches of Beebalm can be seen along the edges of the prairie now. Many types of insects, including bees, wasps, moths, and butterflies, visit the flowers to drink nectar.
Water Lily Puddle
We’ve had a lot of rain recently; as much as 12-inches in a week. Here the rain has left a puddle on a Water Lily leaf. At the Prairie Garden … Continued
Pickerelweed
Pickerel weed is one of my favorite water plants. The showy violet-blue flower spikes attract butterflies the flowers keep blooming all summer long. It grows along the edges of ponds … Continued
American Lotus
The American Lotus is starting to put on a good display. What a gorgeous wildflower! To see the lotus at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT), follow the paved sidewalk to … Continued
Wild Petunia
Along the mowed paths in the prairies, occasionally you’ll come across this wildflower. To see it you need to look down at your feet. It’s blooming now and will keep … Continued
Gray-headed Coneflower
Some years these yellow coneflowers fill the prairies, but other years, like this one, there aren’t many. I’m not sure why there aren’t more this year, we’ve had more than … Continued
Purple Coneflower
The iconic prairie flower! The best place to see Purple Coneflowers at the PGT this week is along the edge of Indigo Prairie, especially near the Lotus Ponds. We also … Continued