Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa). Photo: Scott Woodbury
Rock Garden
Scott Woodbury, horticulturist with the Whitmire Wildflower Garden in Gray Summit, Missouri created the design concept for this rock garden. Learn how to establish rock gardens and about the plants featured in this plan from this audio file from Scott.
Key:
- Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) (6 plants)
- Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) (1 plant)
- Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) (3 plants)
- Leadplant (Amorpha canescens) (3 plants)
- Lanceleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) (3 plants)
- Eastern Blazingstar (Liatris scariosa) (5 plants)
- Prairie Dock (Silphium terebinthinaceum) (3 plants)
- Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata) (3 plants)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida) (9 plants)
- Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) (4 plants)
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) (5 plants)
- Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea purpurea) (6 plants)
- Purple Beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea) (5 plants)