Native Plant Walks
Oakhurst County Forest Preserve
College of DuPage Natural Areas
Another stunning arrangement in a raised bed. Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) are most prominent in this photo.
Back at the plaza behind the science building, we saw these seriously sturdy concrete raised beds with very impressive native gardens. Cup plant in the corner!
A. purpureum again. It is irresistable! Also in the photo, spiderwort, closed for the day; coreopsis, canada goldenrod and non-native mullien.
Asclepias purpureum at College of DuPage
Foliage of two Silphiums
Another stunning combo, Wild Quinine and Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpureum)
Parthenium integrifolium, Wild Quinine
Baptisia alba macrophylla, Wild White Indigo
A sweet combination, Amorpha canescens and Dalea candida or White Prairie Clover
Desmodium canadense, Tick Trefoil, is about to burst into bloom. The flowers are pink, followed by little strips of seeds which will follow you home.
Remic Ensweiler, Prairie Manager at College of DuPage
Pat Armstrong
Wild Ones slogging along the muddy trail
Spring Beauty
Closeup of Spring Beauty blossom
Spring cress, an edible wild plant
Jack -in-the-Pulpit
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, or maybe a Jill
Another stunning arrangement in a raised bed. Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) are most prominent in this photo.
Back at the plaza behind the science building, we saw these seriously sturdy concrete raised beds with very impressive native gardens. Cup plant in the corner!
A. purpureum again. It is irresistable! Also in the photo, spiderwort, closed for the day; coreopsis, canada goldenrod and non-native mullien.
Asclepias purpureum at College of DuPage
Foliage of two Silphiums
Another stunning combo, Wild Quinine and Purple Milkweed (Asclepias purpureum)
Parthenium integrifolium, Wild Quinine
Baptisia alba macrophylla, Wild White Indigo
A sweet combination, Amorpha canescens and Dalea candida or White Prairie Clover
Desmodium canadense, Tick Trefoil, is about to burst into bloom. The flowers are pink, followed by little strips of seeds which will follow you home.
Remic Ensweiler, Prairie Manager at College of DuPage