Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil) Size:38 Plug Flat Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife) is

Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife) is native loosestrife (yes there are native loosestrife :) of the wetlands in and around Illinois with showy yellow flowers

Despite the name

Use this as your base and add diversity in future years by adding species through seed or plugs

Common Name Scientific Name % of Mix Seeds/ft2 Total Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis 50

Flower Time June - July

Desmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil) Size:38 Plug Flat Lysimachia ciliata (Fringed Loosestrife) isDesmodium canadense (Showy Tick Trefoil) is a common plant of many prairie restorations and native landscapes because it is quite showy, but also because it fixes nitrogen increasing soil health improving the ecosystem. It is named for its showy flowers yes, but also from it seed pods sticking (Tick) to animal fur and the occasional human passer. It is quite an ingenious seed dispersal mechanism, just like nature to find the most clever way to make it