Prairie Garden
Prairie Garden
A new addition to The Fairest Garden in 2023: A Prairie demonstration garden.
Prairies provide a place for many diverse plants that support a wide range of birds, butterflies and other native wildlife. Without suitable prairie habitat, many birds, insects and butterflies are reduced in number and are in danger of becoming threatened and extinct.
Homeowners can plant prairie gardens in an urban or suburban area that can be part of a larger ecosystem that will provide suitable habitat for many native plants, insects and birds. Even though prairies were not native landscapes in all of Minnesota, a prairie garden or restored prairie can be grown in most areas of the state
Over the years, a prairie might save landowners time and money with reduced use of irrigation, pesticides, fertilizers and mowing.
For more information about selecting and preparing a site for a prairie at your home, visit this page of the UMN Extension service website.
Plant list
A big bluestem – andropogon gerardii
B little bluestem – schizachyrium scoparium
C blue grama – bouteloua gracilis
D side-oats grass – bouteloua curtipendula
E indian grass – sorghastrum nutans
F yarrow – achillea milleforium
G fragrant giant hyssop – agastache foeniculum
H common milkweed – asclepias syriaca
I rough blazing star – liatrus aspera
J golden alexanders – zizia aurea
K black-eyed Susan – rudbeckia hirta
L stiff goldenrod – solidago rigida
M azure aster – symphyotrichum oolentangiense
N wild strawberry – fragaria virginiana
O heath aster – symphyotrichum
Garden map
