I was at a site today that has a prairie put in at least 7 or 8 years ago and here is what is there today.
Liatris is fairly common
Man made prairie pics
It is brush hogged about once a year to keep the sweet clover and cottonwoods down
I doubt chickory was seeded, but it could be worse
Black Eyed Susan's are not so common, not nearly like I've seen them spread in captivity
Some kind of coreopsis
bad photo - it was windy. A Mexican Hat ratibida
A lot of Queen Anne's Lace(wild carrot) I doubt that was seeded
Gaillardia is doing real well.
This is my favorite - and I forgot the name. I want to say triloba something.
This is doing the best in this dry site.
Lastly the Purple Coneflower is stable and hanging in there.
Well that's it - I hope you enjoy it.
Al
Your "triloba" plant is Purple Praire clover - Petalostemon purpureum.
I was close ;) I do know it does well in very dry sites.
Yes Al--I'd say its hanging in there better than some of mine are. LOL
Does this site belong to a private person or is it one of those prairie restoration projects? We have several of those here.
It's at a light industrial manufacturer. I have seen some others around and they don't seem to have the diversity and the low amount of thistles.
How pretty! I did enjoy looking at those pics. Gave me some good ideas for my gardens too. ;)
Lin