Grey- Head Cone Flower

The Grey Headed cone flower is a a plant in a prairie that gets about four feet tall. It grows yellow peddles on the side of it. It blooms in the mid- spring. It almost looks a daisy but its peddles are upside down. This wildflower is not invasive, not endangered, and can not be eaten. It is native to plain regions but can be grown in all regions. It is indigenous to northern american plains. Adapts to almost all soils but prefers gritty soil. It needs full sun.

Milkweed and Indian Grass

MILKWEED

  People have used milkweed for fiber, food, and medicine all over the United States and southern Canada. Milkweeds supply tough fibers for making cords and ropes, and for weaving a coarse cloth. Milkweed stems are collected after the stalks senesce in late fall-early winter.

 Milkweed is a great plant for the garden and provides habitat for many creatures. In addition to being a host plant to the monarch butterfly, milk offers many other benefits.

There are over 100 species of milkweed in North America and the diversity of foliage and flower color is quite amazing. All milkweeds are herbaceous perennials, meaning they live for more than two years. In fact, most milkweeds will live for several years if cared for properly. Since some milkweeds can't handle freezing temperatures, there are two classifications we like to divide them into.

Indian Grass

Yellow Indian grass is a tall, bunching sod-former, 3-8 ft. in height, with broad blue-green blades and a large, plume-like, soft, golden-brown seed head. This showy perennial’s fall color is deep orange to purple. This is a beautiful grass with a somewhat metallic golden sheen to its flowering parts. It is an important associate in the tall grass prairies and is relished by livestock. It appears to be favored by occasional flooding and repeated burning and sometimes forms nearly pure stands in the lowlands. Warm-season grass with rich gold-and-purple sprays of flowers and seeds in the fall. (Ontario Native Plants 2002)