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Ratibida columnifera, or Mexican Hat Coneflower, is a 1-3 foot, long-blooming, easy perennial for dry to moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Mexican Hat Coneflower’s blooms are light yellow drooping rays and a green to brown long central disc flowers … Continued

Ratibida pinnata, or Yellow Coneflower, is a 2-5 foot, long-blooming, easy perennial for dry to moist, well-drained soils in full sun. Yellow Coneflower’s blooms are light yellow with a central brown cone. The perennial is good for borders and meadows, … Continued

Rudbeckia laciniata, or Cutleaf Coneflower, is a tall, stately native perennial with light yellow petals and green center. Cutleaf Coneflower blooms in August and September, and it is an excellent butterfly magnet. Rudbeckia laciniata is also known as Green-Headed Coneflower.

Senna hebecarpa, or Wild Senna, is a three-foot perennial producing bright yellow flowers from July to August. Wild Senna’s blooms attract many bees and butterflies in the late summer. In autumn, the perennial brings colorful leaves and black seed pods … Continued

Solidago flexicaulis, or Zig Zag Goldenrod, is a 2-4 foot woodland perennial goldenrod with oval serrated leaves. Zig Zag Goldenrod prefers dry to medium moist soils in shade to part sun and is a moderate spreader. The perennial produces golden … Continued

Solidago sempervirens, or Seaside Goldenrod, is 2-4 foot, showy perennial with graceful, plume-like, golden yellow flower heads in fall. Seaside Goldenrod prefers sandy or well-drained soils in full to part sun. This perennial is one of the few plants surviving … Continued

Tiarella cordifolia, or Foam Flower, is one foot, woodland perennial with delicate foam-like white flowers in spring. Foam Flower prefers part to full shade in medium to moist rich soils. The perennial produces attractive maple-like mottled semi-evergreen leaves and is … Continued

Tradescantia ohiensis, or Ohio Spiderwort, is a 1-2 foot, tough, drought-tolerant and long-blooming perennial for dry to medium, moist, well-drained soils in full to part sun. Ohio Spiderwort’s deep blue-violet flowers appear from late spring to midsummer alongside blue-green grass-like … Continued

Trillium recurvatum, or Prairie Trillium is a lovely spring perennial with wine-red flowers on top its three, spreading, mottled leaves. The flowers curve inward toward their tips and the sepals hang downward from the flower. One of the earliest blooming … Continued

Trillium sessile, or Red Toad, is a graceful, spring perennial with a fragrant, deep red flower that never fully opens. The flower forms a spike and sits atop three gray-green mottled leaves, with the whole plant reaching a height of … Continued

Viola pedata, or Bird’s Foot Violet, is a perennial with purple flowers, orange centers and leaves shaped like bird’s feet. Bird’s Foot Violet prefers well-drained, drier, sandy soils and grows best in full to part sun.

Viola pensylvanica, or Pennsylvania Violet, is a low maintenance, groundcover perennial with buttery yellow petals blooming in early summer. The nectar from its flower attracts butterflies and bees.