If you have a
yard of native landscaping and you don’t mow it down to within an inch of its
life before the end of the natural growing season, the earth may yield amazing
results.
In my “yard,” a flourish
of prairie coneflowers is just now peaking.
The flowers—held upright by thin stems—often seem as if floating on air a
foot or two above the ground.
Prairie coneflowers are a native perennial. They
are exceptionally hardy. Both drought
tolerant and capable of rooting in a variety of soil types, coneflowers enjoy a
wide range across the Great Plains. Their
footprint extends from south central Canada to northern Mexico, and west from
Manitoba and Minnesota to southeastern Idaho.
This flower does
remarkably well in dry and open places (read Mitch’s yard here). I will eventually mow my “yard,” but for now
I am giving it over to the natives.
Posted are images
I captured with my smarter-than-me-phone.
—Mitchell Hegman
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