Sue’s prairie-style plants
1 Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’, an ornamental grass with silky spikelets.
2 Echinacea purpurea (coneflower), a late summer perennial attractive to wildlife. 3 Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’, whorled clary, a perennial flowering into autumn. 4 Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’, a daisylike perennial in flower from late summer. 5 Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (feather reed grass), with golden seedheads in autumn.
6 Sedum ‘Matrona’, a late-summer succulent with bronze stems, pink flowers and attractive winter seedheads. 7 Autumn toadstools.
8 An autumn pot of geraniums and pelargoniums.