between April 15 to May 15 and or September 1 to September 15. Plugs should be used if installation occurs during the summer months. Install sedum cuttings and plugs in such a manner to provide 50 % coverage in 1 year and 80% coverage within 2 years of indicated areas. Pre-planted vegetated mats shall provide 90% coverage within 1 year of indicated area and maintain 90 percent coverage of planted areas in year two. Plant media should be hardy to zones 3, 4 or 5 depending on project location in Wisconsin. Scientific Name Drought Tolerance Growth Form Mature Height Bloom Color/Time Achillea tomentosa Allium moly Allium schoenoprasum high high very high small perennial hardy bulb hardy Bulb 3" - 7" 10”-12” 12" - 15" Yellow/ Yellow/Spring Yellow/Spring Armeria maritima high clump 4" - 5" White-Pink- Red/Spring Delosperma nubigenum (Zone 5 only) very high spreading 10" 2" - 3" Yellow/Summer Sedum acre Sedum acre ‘Aurea’ Sedum album high high very high spreading 12” spreading 12”-15” spreading 12" 2”-3” 1”-2” 3" - 4" Yellow/Summer Yellow/Spring White/Summer Sedum album ‘Coral Carpet’ Sedum album ‘Green Ice’ Sedum album ‘Murale’ Sedum dasphyllum (Zone 5 only) very high very high very high very high spreading spreading spreading 12” spreading 5" 1” 1”-2” 4” 2" - 3" White/Summer White/Summer White/Summer White/Summer Yellow/Summer Sedum ewersii very high spreading 6" 5" - 6" Pink/Summer Sedum floriferum "Weihenstaphaner Gold" or ‘Bailey’s Gold’ very high spreading 10" 3" - 4" Yellow/Summer Sedum fosteranium (reflexum) very high spreading 8" 4" - 5" Yellow/Summer Sedum hybridum "Immergrauch" very high spreading 8" 5" - 6" yellowSummer Sedum kamtschaticum very high spreading 10" 4" - 6" Yellow/Summer
Latin Name Common Name Flower Bloom Time Height Sun Exposure Soil Moisture Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion Purple July/Aug 18" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Mesic Anemone cylindrica Thimbleweed White June/July 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Anemone patens wolfgangiana Pasque Flower Purple April/May 6" Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Mesic to Dry Aguilegia canadensis Columbine Red April/June 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Aster ericoides Heath Aster White Aug/Oct 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Aster laevis Smooth Aster Aug/Oct 4' Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Mesic Aster sericeus Silky Aster Purple Sept/Oct 12" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Carex bicknellii Bicknelli's Sedge 3' Full Sun Mesic to Dry Mesic Carex muhlenbergia Sand Bracted Sedge 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Carex pensylvanica Carex radiata Coreopsis lanceolata Coreopsis palmata Pensylvania Sedge Star Sedge Lanceleaf Coreopsis Prairie Coreopsis Yellow Yellow June/Aug June/Aug 6”-12” 18” 24” 24" Part to Full Shade Part to Full Shade Full Sun Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Mesic Dry Mesic to Dry Dalea (Petalostemum) candidum White Prairie Clover White June/Sept 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Violet
Dalea (Petalostemum) purpurea Purple Prairie Clover Purple July/Sept 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower Purple June/July 3' Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower Purple July/Sept 4' Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Mesic Eragrostis spectabilis Purple love grass 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge White June/Aug 3' Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Fragaria virginiana Geum triflorum Heuchera richardsonii Wild Strawberry Prairie Smoke Alum Root White Pink White April/June April/May May/July 6” 6”-9” 24" Full Sun Full Sun Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Dry Mesic to Dry Liatris aspera Rough Blazing Star Purple July/Oct 3' Full Sun to Part Shade Mesic to Dry Liatris cylindracea Cylindrical blazing star Purple July/Oct 12" Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Mesic to Dry Penstemon digitalis Foxglove beard tongue White June/July 4' Sun to Shade Mesic to Dry Mesic Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beard tongue Purple May/June 18" Sun to Shade Wet Mesic to Dry Potentilla arguta Prairie cinquefoil Yellow June/Sept 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Dry Mesic to Dry Rudbeckia fulgida Orange Coneflower Orange July/Sept 3' Full Sun to Part Shade Wet Mesic to Dry Mesic Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan Yellow June/Oct 24" Full Sun to Part Shade Wet Mesic to Dry Ruellia humilis Wild Petunia Purple June/Aug 12" Full Sun Mesic to Dry Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 3' Full Sun to Part Shade Wet Mesic to Dry Solidago ptarmicoides Upland White Aster White June/Sept 12" Full Sun Dry Mesic to Dry