Flowering Plants - Seeds

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A lovely grass with delicate stems that sway in the breeze and soft white seed heads.  Leaves turn bronze colour in the fall.  It is clump forming and will not overtake the garden. Little Bluestem is a warm season grass so it will be slower to show in the spring. 

Type: Perennial, native to Ontario

Height: 2-3'

Light: full sun to light shade

Soil: sandy to loam

Water: will tolerate very dry soils

Bloom time: fall

Planting: Seeds grow best when planted into containers in the spring.  Press into the soil well to make contact with the soil.  They will take some time to germinate and will only do so when it gets a bit warmer.  Here is a good guide: A Beginner's Guide To Little Bluestem | GrowIt BuildIT

Wild life support: Seeds feed a variety of birds and are great for creating hiding and shelter spots for birds and other wildlife.  They can be used in the vegetable garden to create a "beetle bank"- an area to protect ground beetles which are awesome predators of garden pests. 

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A cheery hit of yellow early in the summer.  

Type: Perennial, near native to Ontario

Height: 2 - 4 feet

Light: Full sun to part shade

Soil: Tolerant of many types of soil from clay to sand.  

Water: water well until established, then quite drought tolerant.

Bloom time: Blooms in mid June.   

Planting: Cold, moist stratification required - see options in photos, courtesy of Northern Wildflowers. 

Wild life support:  visited by small bees and host plant for the Black swallowtail butterfly