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Midwest native coneflowers bloom throughout the summer. Plants range in height from 16 inches to 4 feet, depending on the variety. 'Kim's Knee-High', tops out at 16-20 inches, and doesn't flop over in the wind and rain. Traditional colors are pink-purple and white, but new cultivars such as 'Tomato Soup' showcase red, yellow and other bright hues.

Coneflower

BUTTERFLY WEED

Though it has the word weed in its common name, don't let that scare you away from butterfly weed. Sometimes called milkweed, it's as easy to grow as a weed but much prettier, plus hummingbirds and butterflies (especially monarchs) adore it. Clusters of orange, yellow, pink or vermillion flowers appear in mid- to late summer, followed by thin, ornamental seedpods.

Evergreen and tough, Lenten is a shade-lover that often blooms while the snow is still on the ground.

Flowers come in shades of purple, red, near-black, white, green, and pink. 

Plant it near a walkway so you can enjoy the show in March. Each plant grows about a foot tall and 18 inches across.

Lenten Rose

A spring flower, sport pink buds that blossom into pink-purple blooms.

Happy in sun or shade, each plant grows 2 feet high and wide.

Bluebells easily reseed themselves, so a colony can grow larger over the years. 

Plant Virginia bluebells behind a summer bloomer to hide the foliage that turns brown and fades by June.

Virginia Bluebells

The scalloped leaves and pale-pink flowers of Hardy geraniums are larger than other hardy geraniums.

Dense foliage and apple-scented spicy perfume make the plant perfect for borders.

 Plants, which begin flowering in June, grow about 6 inches high and 14 inches wide.

They flourish in full sun and need little water. In the autumn, the foliage turns a dramatic burgundy

Hardy Geraniums

The bright-gold flowers of Black-eyed Susans stay in bloom more than a month beginning in August.

Popular varieties include "Indian Summer" and "Goldstrum."

The spikyseed heads offer winter interest and bird food.

Grow these no-maintenance beauties in full sun, and expect them to reach 3 feet tall and 2 feet wide.

Black-eyed Susans

Members of the onion family, alliums (which include chives) are easy to grow from hardy bulbs.

Purple allium, with its unique pom-pom shape and leafless stem, brings height to beds of low-growing plants. 

Lavender Globe Lily and Turkestan Onion varieties thrive in partial shade, making them a natural partner for the shade-loving hosta in our photo.

Allium

o Cloudlike panicle hydrangeas are especially recommended for the Midwest because of their cold tolerance.

o Their large size (6-8 feet tall and wide) and vase shape, these hydrangeas often appear in hedges, borders or as a garden focal point.

o 'Pinky Winky' panicle hydrangea, shown in our photo, has cone-shape flowers that emerge white and mature to pink.

Panicle Hydrangeas

Sedums are easy to grow, stingy with water, and rich in texture and shape. With its masses of flowers and light gray-green foliage, 'Autumn Joy' (in our photo) is familiar to many Midwest gardeners. By midsummer, it produces green broccoli like buds, which open into large pink flower heads that deepen to rusty red by fall. Other favorite sedums include 'Purple Emperor', 'Vera Jameson' and 'Meteor'.

Sedums

Creating a wonderful lacy mix of gray and amethyst, Russian sage bursts forth in late summer or early autumn, rising 3 to 5 feet tall. It's an excellent companion to plants such as roses, ornamental grasses or tall sedums. As long as it has good drainage, it is extremely low-maintenance.

Russian Sage

Don't blame your hay fever on goldenrod. (The real culprit is ragweed, which happens to bloom at the same time.) Goldenrod's dramatic fountain of gold erupts in September and lasts into October. One variety we especially like is 'Fireworks,' which grows to 3 feet in full sun. Other varieties reach 2 feet to 4 feet.

GOLDENROD

Native to dry upland prairies, fragrant Aster prospers in dry, clay or rocky soil. Covered with flowers in fall, it makes a strong companion plant to little bluestem grass and goldenrod. Pinch in early summer to prevent flopping. Choice variety is ‘October Skies’.

Aromatic Aster

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