Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo: Scott Woodbury
Finch’s Feast
Another wildlife theme garden is a Finch’s Feast, which concentrates on fruiting trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses with seed heads. Add a birdhouse, birdbath or feeder to attract even more birds.
Key:
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Rose Verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
- Missouri Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)
- Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
- Eastern Gama Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides)
- Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
- Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Grey-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrate)