BEFORE
ASTER
OBLONGIFOLIUS
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
AFTER
LIATRIS
SPICATA
NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY #1
LIATRIS
SPICATA
(blazing star)
BLOOM TIME
MAR
APR
ALLIUM
CERNUUM
(nodding wild onion)
MAY
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
ASTER
OBLONGIFOLIUS
(prairie dropseed)
(aromatic aster)
JUN
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
JUL
AUG
(switchgrass)
SEP
ALLIUM CERNUUM
LIATRIS SPICATA
PANICUM VIRGATUM
ASTER OBLONGIFOLIUS
SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS
OCT
NATIVE PLANT
COMMUNITY #1
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
(prairie dropseed)
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
(switchgrass)
LIATRIS
SPICATA
(blazing star)
ASTER
OBLONGIFOLIUS
(aromatic aster)
ALLIUM
CERNUUM
(nodding wild onion)
120 SQ.FT.
NATIVE PLANT
COMMUNITY #2
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
(prairie dropseed)
BOUTELOUA
GRACILIS
(blue grama grass)
COREOPSIS
PALMATA
(stiff coreopsis)
PARTHENIUM
INTEGRIFOLIUM
(wild quinine)
ECHINACEA
PALLIDO
(pale purple coneflower)
120 SQ.FT.
NATIVE PLANT
COMMUNITY #3
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
(prairie dropseed)
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
(switchgrass)
DALEA
PURPUREA
(purple prairie clover)
ASTER
OBLONGIFOLIUS
(aromatic aster)
ERYNGIUM
YUCCIFOLIUM
(rattlesnake master)
120 SQ.FT.
COST TO INSTALL
TOOLS
Approximately $6.50 per square foot
The Dutch push hoe
CARE
In spring or after the initial plantining grab your Dutch push hoe and work
inbetween and around every plant. You will need to do this every 14 to 20 days.
You should be able to hoe 1000 sq feet in roughly 100 minutes. Hoeing at 14 -to
20-day intervals should contiue in the second season. In year three- you will have
moved from the nurthuring state to the estalishment stage. The perennials will fill in,
creating a closed plant community by mid June. This tightly knit community will aid
you in reducing the weed population, eliminating sunlight from reaching open soil
and thus greatly inhibiting weed seed germination.
WATERING
The garden should receive a total of 5 inches of water from June to August. If not
the difference should be made up by one or several one inch irrigation applications.
CRITICAL MONTHS TO MONITOR
AVERAGE RAINFALL
5”
5 INCHES
4”
3”
2”
1”
0”
3.8 INCHES
3.6 INCHES
4.1 INCHES
3.8 INCHES
3.5 INCHES
3.5 INCHES
2.4 INCHES
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY #2
ECHINACEA
PALLIDO
PARTHENIUM
INTEGRIFOLIUM
COREOPSIS
PALMATA
(pale purple coneflower)
(wild quinine)
(stiff coreopsis)
BLOOM TIME
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
(prairie dropseed)
JUL
AUG
BOUTELOUA
GRACILIS
(blue grama grass)
SEP
ECHINACEA PALLIDO
COREOPSIS PALMATA
PANICUM VIRGATUM
PARTHENIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM
SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS
OCT
NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY #3
ERYNGIUM
YUCCIFOLIUM
(rattlesnake master)
BLOOM TIME
MAR
APR
DALEA
PURPUREA
(purple prairie clover)
MAY
SPOROBOLUS
HETEROLEPIS
ASTER
OBLONGIFOLIUS
(prairie dropseed)
(aromatic aster)
JUN
PANICUM
VIRGATUM
JUL
AUG
(switchgrass)
SEP
ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM
ASTER OBLONGIFOLIUS
PANICUM VIRGATUM
ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM
SPOROBOLUS HETEROLEPIS
OCT