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Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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Posted by johnstaci Z5 SmithvilleMO (My Page) on Sun, Jan 2, 05 at 0:47
| Can anyone help me rank the following from most aggressive to least aggressive. I have chosen the following wildflowers to plant and want to concentrate on ones that can best compete with grasses I'm planting with. I'd like to get my list down to 5 or so. Right now the following are flowers I'm considering:
Rocket Larkspur
Purple Coneflower
Brown Eyed Susan
Black-Eyed Susan
Shasta Daisy
White Coneflower
Yellow Coneflower
Shasta Daisy
Salvia May Night
Coreopsis
Lobellia
Lupine
Prarie Lily
Ox-Eyed Daisies
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Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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| Shasta daisy is very aggressive, and I am not sure that it is a native(might be) Coreopsis is native and let's say, enthusiastic. Ox eye daisies seed merrily, but unwanted plants can easily be yanked |
RE: Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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based on my experience at my property the top choices to introduce in order to establish a population by interseed with grasses would be
brown eyed susan,
black eyed susan
purple coneflower
shasta daisy
plains coreopsis
tickseed coreopsis
gray headed coneflower
ox eye daisy
bee balm
new england aster
partridge pea |
RE: Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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| Shasta Daisy is not native, and neither is ox-eye daisy. I find shastas to be unacceptably invasive and hard to remove. Ox-eye's not so much. April |
RE: Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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| Make sure Ox-Eye or Shasta Daisy are not listed with your county extention office as noxious weeds. Vera |
RE: Aggressive vs. Nonaggressive Wildflowers
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| Blue lobelia appeared this summer in two wet locations that went wild when I had to stop gardening for a while. I also planted red cardinal flower plants in some higher ground. My cardinal flowers did not do well when they dried out so I had to water them. I hope they are aggressive as they are so brilliant in color. Last year, they were tidy little stalks, so this summer will be the test. They do seem to need a good water supply. Good luck on your plantings. I have been following your posts. You have a wonderful project for yourself |
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