WAYZATA DEPOT GARDEN PLANT LIST 

This list is the initial list of plants installed in the depot garden in 2015. The garden has evolved over the years and will continue to evolve in the years to come. The plants listed here are labeled in the garden. You can visit the garden to see how each of these plants perform in this particular garden.

 Grasses

  • INDIAN GRASS/Sorghastrum nutans
  • LITTLE BLUESTEM/Schizachyrium scoparium
  • PRAIRIE DROPSEED/Sporobolus heterolepus
  • SIDE OATS GRAMA/Bouteloua curtipendula
  • SWITCH GRASS/Panicum virgatum

 Wildflowers

  • Aster
  • BIG-LEAVED ASTER/Aster macrophullus  *
  • NEW ENGLAND ASTER/Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
  • SKY BLUE ASTER/Aster oolentangiensis
  • SMOOTH ASTER/Aster laevis

Coneflower

  • GRAY-HEADED CONEFLOWER/Ratibida pinnata  *
  • PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER/Echinacea pallida
  • PURPLE CONEFLOWER/Echinacea purpurea

Goldenrod

  • STIFF GOLDENROD/Solidago rigida
  • SHOWY GOLDENROD/Solidago speciosa
  • ZIGZAG GOLDENROD/Solidago flexicaulis

Joe Pye Weed

  • JOE PYE WEED/Eupatorium purpureum  *
  • SWEET JOE-PYE WEED/Eupatorium purpureum

Liatris

  • CYLINDRIC BLAZING STAR/Liatris cylindracea
  • MEADOW BLAZING STAR/Liatris ligulistylis
  • PRAIRIE BLAZING STAR/Liatris pycnostachya
  • ROUGH BLAZING STAR/Liatris aspera

Lobelia

  • BLUE LOBELIA/Lobelia siphilitica
  • CARDINAL FLOWER/Lobelia cardinalis

Milkweed

  • BUTTERFLY MILKWEED/Asclepias tuberose
  • POKE MILDWEED/Asclepias exalta  *
  • SWAMP MILKWEED/Asclepias incarnata
  • WHORLED MILKWEED/Asclepias verticillata

Rudbeckia

  • BLACK-EYED SUSAN/Rudbeckia hirta
  • BROWN-EYED SUSAN/Rudbeckia triloba
  • GREEN-HEADED CONEFLOWER/Rudbeckia laciniata

Silphium

  • COMPASS PLANT/Silphium laciniatum
  • CUP PLANT/Silphium perfoliatum

Sunflower

  • MAXIMILIAN SUNFLOWER/Helianthus maximiliani
  • SHOWY SUNFLOWER/Helianthus pauciflorus *

Other

  • BLACK COHOSH/Cimicifuga racemosa
  • BLUE FLAG IRIS/Iris versicolor
  • BLUE VERVAIN/Verbena hastata
  • COREOPSIS/Coreopsis palmata
  • CULVER’S ROOT/Veronicastrum virginicum
  • GOLDEN ALEXANDER/Zizia aurea
  • HAREBELL/Campanula rotundifolia
  • IRONWEED/ Vernonia fasciculate
  • MARSH MARIGOLD/Caltha palustris 
  • MEADOW ROSE/Rosa blanda
  • OBEDIENT PLANT/Physostegia virginiana
  • PRAIRIE SMOKE/Geum triflorum
  • PRAIRIE VIOLET/Viola pedatifida
  • PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER/Dalea purpurea
  • RATTLESNAKE MASTER/Eryngium yuccifolium
  • SPIKENARD/Aralia racemosa
  • WHITE BANEBERRY/Actea alba
  • WILD BERGAMONT/Monarda fistulosa
  • WILD COLUMBINE/Aguilegia canadensis
  • WILD GERANIUM/Geranium maculatum
  • WILD PETUNIA/Ruellia humilis
  • WILD STRAWBERRY/Fragaria virginiana
  • WILD BLUE INDIGO/Baptisia australis
  • WOODLAND PHLOX/Phlox divaricata

Ferns

  • CINNAMON FERN/Osmunda cinnamomea
  • ROYAL FERN/Osmunda regalis
  • SENSITIVE FERN/Onoclea sensibilis

Sedges

  • COMMON TUSSOCK/Carex stricta
  • PENNSYLBANIA/Carex pensylvanica
  • PENNSYLVANIA SEDGE/Carex pensylvanica
  • COMMON TUSSOCK SEDGE/Carex stricta
  • FRINGED SEDGE/Carex crinita

Shrubs 

  • BLACK CHOKEBERRY/Aronia melanocarpa
  • BUNCHBERRY/Cornus Canadensis
  • BUSH HONEYSUCKLE/Diervilla lonicera
  • EARLY WILD ROSE/Rosa blanda
  • LEADPLANT/Amorpha canescens
  • MEADOWSWEET/Spiraea alba
  • NEW JERSEY TEA/Ceanothus americanus
  • PRAIRIE WILLOW/Salix humilis
  • SNOWBERRY/Symphoricarpos albus
  • WILD SENNA/Senna hebecarpa  *
  • WINTERBERRY/Ilex verticillata

Vines

  • VIRGIN’S BOWER/Clematis virginiana