Some suggested plants for your sunny meadow

Build a sunny meadow in your back 40, your backyard, a median strip or a pot and bring joy to you and to the pollinators in your life! Here are some suggested plants to use to create a custom mix:

Flowers:

Smooth Oxeye Sunflower; Heliopsis helianthoides

Goldenrod; Solidago Shorti

New York Ironweed; Veronia noveboracensis

Liatris ‘Blazing Star’; Liatris aspera

Purple Conefllower; Echinacea purpurea

Blackeyed Susan; Rudbeckia hirta

Coreopsis verticillata and lanceolata

Mistflower; Eupatorium coelestinum

Bigleaf Lupine; Lupinus polyphyllus

Smooth Blue Aster; Aster laevis

Joe Pye Weed; Eupatorium fistulosum

Common Milkweed; Asclepias syriaca

Grasses:

Big Bluestem; Andropogon gerardii

Little Bluestem; Schizachyrium scoparium

Muhly

Pennisteum

Switchgrass – Panicum virgatum