Native Plants for Short Grass Meadow

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

• 1.5 to 2 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to dry soil
• Blooms late fall

 Liatris spicata

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full sun
• Average to dry soil
• Blooms mid summer

Rudbeckia triloba    

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Average to dry soil
• Sort lived perennial. Reseeds

Symphyotrichum (Aster) dumosum 

• 2 to 3 feet tall compact
• Full Sun
• Dry to average soil
• Late summer to fall bloom

 Asclepias tuberosa 

• 1 to 2.5 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Dry soil
• Host plant and important summer nectar souce

 Phlox subulata     

• 6 inches tall
• Full Sun
• Well drained, average to dry soil
• Spring blooming ground cover

Eupatorium dubium

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full Sun to part shade
• Average to dry soil
• Native to piedmont
• Summer bloomer

  Helianthus occidentalis 

• 1 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Dry soil
• Summer bloomer

 Solidago  nemoralis        

• 2.5 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun 
• Average soil
• An important fall nectar source 

  Coreopsis major

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full sun
• Dry soil

 Eupatorium hyssopifolium

• 1 to 2.5 feet tall
• Full sun
• Dry soil

 Salvia lyrata

• 12 to 18 inches tall
• Full sun
• Dry to average soil

  Oenthera speciosa

• 6 to 10 inches tall
• Full sun
• Dry soil

Vernonia lettermannii

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Dry to average soil

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 

• 2 to 3.5 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Dry to average soil
• Mountain mints are one of the top nectar sources

 Ceanothus americanus 

• 8 to 10 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Average to dry soil
• Benefits from a cut back in mid summer to manage height

 Echinacea purpurea 

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun 
• Dry to average soil

  Hypericum punctatum

• 1 to 2 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Dry to average soil

  Fragaria

• 6 inches tall
• Full Sun
• Dry to average soil  

 Oenthera fruticosa

• 1 to 3 feet
• Full Sun to part shade
• Dry to average soil

 Solidago odora

• 2 to 4 feet tall
• Full Sun to part shade
• Dry soil  

  Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium 

• 1 to 2 feet
• Full Sun
• Dry soil  

 Achillea millefolium

• 1 to 3 feet tall   
• Full sun
• Dry to average soil

 Andropogon virginicus  

• 1 to 2.5 feet
• Full Sun
• Dry soil  

 Schizachyrium scoparium     

• 2 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun
• Dry to average soil

 Sporobolus heterolepis  

• 1 to 2 feet
• Full Sun
• Dry soil  

 Agastache x

• 2 to 4 feet
• Full sun
• Average soil

  Rudbeckia fulgida 

• 2 to 4 feet
• Full sun
• Average to dry soil 

Baptisia sustralis

• 3 to 4 feet
• Full sun
• Average soil

Phlox carolina

• 2.5 to 3.5 feet
• Part sun
• Average soil

  Asclepias syriaca 

• 3 to 4.5 feet
• Full sun
• Dry to wet soil
• Spreads vigorously
• Monarch host plant

 Conoclinium coelestinum  

• 1.5 to 3 feet
• Full sun to part shade
• Average soil

 Pycnanthemum incanum 

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun
• Average soil

 Heliopsis helianthoides 

• 3 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to dry soil

 Packera aurea 

• 1.5 to 3 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil

 Chrysogonum virginianum 

• up to 6 inches tall
• Part sun to shade
• Average soil

 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 

• 3 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average soil

  Silphium asteriscus      

• 2 to 4 feet
• Full sun to part shade
• Average soil

Solidago rugosa 

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average soil

   Eupatorium rotundifolium  

• 1 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun
• Average to dry soil

Solidago speciosa 

• 3 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average soil

  Hypericum prolificum 

• 2 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Dry to Wet soil

 Phlox paniculata

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Dry to average soil

 Symphyotricum ericoides 

• 2 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to dry soil

 Monarda fistulosa 

• 3 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to dry soil

 Parthenium integrifolium   

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to moist soil

Coreopsis verticillata   

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to moist soil

 Muhlenbergia capillaris

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full Sun
• Average to dry soil

   Panicum virgatum 

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil

   Andropogon ternarius

• 2 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun
• Average to moist soil

 Eupatorium perfoliatum

• 4 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Moist soil

Monarda didyma

• 3 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Favorite of Ruby throated hummingbird

 Iris virginica

• 2 to 3 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil

 Salidago canadensis   

• 4 to 5 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Important nectar source for migrating monarchs

Rudbeckia lacinata

• 4 to 7 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
•  Cut back mid season to manage height 

 Eupatorium maculatum 

• Variety Gateway
• 5 to 6 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil

 Mimulus rigens

• 1 to 3 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil

Helianthus angustifolius

• 6 to 8 feet tall
• Full sun
• Average to moist soil
• Cut back mid season to manage height

 Vernonia noveboracensis 

• 5 to 7 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
•  Cut back mid season to manage height 

 Physostegia virginiana  

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Favorite of native bees

 Symphyotrichum puniceum 

• 5 to 7 feet tall
• Full sun 
• Average to moist soil
• Important nectar source for migrating monarchs

Asclepias incarnata

• 3 to 4 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Host to monarch butterfly

 Pycnanthemum muticum 

• 2 to 3.5 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Attracts an amazing diversity of insect pollinators

 Coreopsis tripteris

• 4 to7 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Cut back mid season to manage height

 Chelone lyonii

• 4 to7 feet tall
• Full sun to part shade
• Average to moist soil
• Cut back mid season to manage height