Discover over 50 authentic Michigan native species grown for resilience, beauty, and ecological balance. Browse by habitat, soil type, or bloom time—and click on each plant name to explore detailed information, photos, and growing tips.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Quarts | Gallons | Color or Season | Flower Time | Height | Muck | Clay | Loam | Sand | Wet | Med | Dry | Prairie | Savanna | Woodland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alum Root | Heuchera richardsonii | 0 | 0 | green | May-Jul | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | 43 | 77 | lavender | Jul-Sep | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Big Bluestem | Andropogon gerardii | 114 | 60 | warm grass | Warm | 7 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Black-Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | 6 | 21 | yellow | Jun-Oct | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Blue Flag Iris | Iris versicolor | 1 | 29 | blue | May-Jul | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | 36 | 47 | blue | Jul-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | 0 | 14 | white | Jul-Sep | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Butterfly Weed | Asclepias tuberosa | 3 | 46 | orange | Jun-Aug | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | 23 | 23 | red | Jul-Sep | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 60 | 33 | red/yellow | Apr-Jun | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | 2 | 0 | yellow | Jul-Sep | 8 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | 0 | 31 | white | Jun-Aug | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | 0 | 4 | yellow | Jul-Sep | 8 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Dog Tooth Daisy | Helenium autumnale | 30 | 41 | yellow | Aug-Oct | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | 0 | 145 | white | Jun-Jul | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Golden Alexander | Zizia aurea | 104 | 44 | yellow | Apr-Jun | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | 29 | 114 | blue | Jul-Oct | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Hairy beardtongue | Penstemon hirsutus | 2 | 2 | pink-white | Jun-Jul | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Hibiscus (Mallow) | Hibiscus moscheutos | 0 | 4 | white or pink | Jul-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Hyssop | Hyssopus officinalis | 0 | 60 | purple | 4 | |||||||||||
| Indian Grass | Sorghastrum nutans | 16 | 18 | cool grass | Warm | 6 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Ironweed (Missouri) | Vernonia missurica | 28 | 22 | purple | Jul-Sep | 6 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Joe Pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum | 0 | 85 | rose | Jun-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| June Grass | Koeleria macrantha | 30 | 41 | warm grass | Cool | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||
| Lanceleaf coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | 52 | 94 | yellow | Jul-Oct | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | 29 | 18 | purple | Jun-Aug | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Little Bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | 36 | 9 | warm grass | Warm | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Lupine | Lupinus perennis | 0 | 68 | blue | May-Jul | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Marsh Blazing Star | Liatris spicata | 0 | 47 | purple | Jul-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum virginianum | 29 | 46 | white | Jun-Sep | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| New England Aster* | Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | 4 | 175 | purple | Aug-Oct | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | 25 | 0 | white | Jun-Aug | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Nodding Wild Onion | Allium cernuum | 39 | 29 | lavender | Jul-Aug | 1.5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata | 0 | 0 | yellow | Jun-Aug | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Prairie Dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum | 0 | 0 | yellow | Jul-Sep | 9 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Prairie Drop Seed | Sporobolus heterolepis | 0 | 185 | warm grass | Warm | 4 | ||||||||||
| Prairie Sage | Artemisia ludoviciana | 0 | 146 | silver | Apr-Jun | 0.7 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | 15 | 7 | purple | Jul-Sep | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Purple Top Grass | Tridens flavus | 4 | 5 | warm grass | Warm | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||||
| Rattlesnake Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | 22 | 80 | silver | Jun-Aug | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Rose Milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | 21 | 115 | yellow | Aug-Oct | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Rosin Weed | Silphium integrifolium | 0 | 23 | white | Jul-Sep | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | 5 | 38 | blue | Jul-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Showy Coneflower | Rudbeckia fulgida | 57 | 42 | yellow/ orange | May-Aug | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa | 29 | 59 | yellow/orange | Jul-Oct | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Smooth Blue Aster | Symphyotrichum laeve | 13 | 74 | blue | Aug-Oct | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Spotted Bee Balm | Monarda punctata | 38 | 96 | pink-lavender | Jul-Sep | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Sweet Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | 0 | 102 | red | Jun-Aug | 4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Switch Grass | Panicum virgatum | 20 | 90 | warm grass | Warm | 5 | ||||||||||
| Tall Coreopsis | Coreopsis tripteris | 45 | 30 | yellow | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Thimbleweed | Anemone cylindrica | 0 | 10 | yellow | Jul-Oct | 7 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Western Sunflower | Helianthus occidentalis | 0 | 8 | yellow | Jul-Sep | 3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||
| Whorled Milkweed | Asclepias verticillata | 5 | 0 | white | Jul-Aug | 2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||||
| Wild Petunia | Ruellia humilis | 44 | 6 | lavender | Jun-Aug | 1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |||||
| Yellow Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | 39 | 100 | yellow | Jul-Sep | 5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
