PLANTS IN THE PECK HOMESTEAD NATIVE GARDEN
(SW corner of Grace St. and Parkside Ave. in Lombard, IL)
The plant species selected for this garden are known to have grown in DuPage County
at the time the Peck family arrived in 1837.
SPRING (flowering from April to mid-June, listed in order of bloom time)
NAME COLOR HEIGHT SUN/SHADE
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis White 6-12” Shade
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium albidum Blue 6-12” Sun, part Shade
Cream Violet Viola striata White 6” Shade
Wood Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum Yellow 1-2’ Shade
Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica Blue 2’ Shade
Early Meadow Rue Thalictrum dioicum White 2’ Shade
Prairie Trillium Trillium recurvatum Maroon 1’ Shade
Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia White 6” Sun/part Shade
Wild Hyacinth Camassia scilloides Blue 1’ Sun/part Shade
Shooting Star Dodecatheon meadia White 1’ Sun/part Shade
Jacob’s Ladder Polemonium reptans Violet 1-2’ Shade
Alumroot Heuchera Richardsonii White 1’ Shade
Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum Violet 3’ Shade
Golden Alexanders Zizia Aurea Yellow * 2’ Sun/part Shade
Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Orange 2’ Shade
Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis White 2’ Sun/part Shade
Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum Pink 6-12” Sun
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Green/Maroon 2’ Shade
*Spreads readily by itself
SUMMER (flowering from June to August, listed in order of bloom time)
NAME COLOR HEIGHT SUN/SHADE
Foxglove/Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis White * 2’ Sun/part Shade
Prairie Phlox Phlox Pilosa Pink 6-12” Sun
Sand Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Yellow * 2’ Sun
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Pink 3’ Sun/part Shade
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Orange 2-3’ Sun
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Pink * 5’ Sun
Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea Purple 3’ Sun
Lead Plant Amorpha canescens Purple 2-3’ Sun
Wild Petunia Ruellia humilis Lavender * 6-12” Sun
False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Yellow 4’ Sun
Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium Whitish 5’ Sun
Common Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis Blue 2-3’ Sun/part Shade
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium purpurea Lt. Purple * 5-6’ Shade
Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum Yellow * 6-8’ Sun
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum Pink * 2’ Sun/part Shade
Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya Purple 2-4’ Sun
Wild Golden Glow Rudbecia lacianata Yellow 5’ Sun/part Shade
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris Yellow * 5-6’ Sun
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Lt. Lilac 2-3’ Sun
Rose Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Pink 4’ Sun
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa White 4-7’ Shade
Culver’s Root Veronicastrum virginicum White 4-6’ Sun/part Shade
Thimbleweed Anemone cylindrica White 2-3’ Sun/part Shade
*Spreads readily by itself
FALL (flowers in September and/or October)
NAME COLOR HEIGHT SUN/SHADE
Sand Coreopsis
Tall Coreopsis
Coneflowers
Wild Petunia
Rattlesnake Master
False Sunflower
Cup Plant
Wild Golden Glow
Late Boneset Eupatorium serotinum White * 4’ Sun
Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis Yellow 3’ Shade
Calico Asters Symphyotrichum laterifloris White * 2’ Sun/Shade
White Snakeroot Ageratina altissima White * 3’ Shade
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa Yellow 3’ Sun
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Purple * 4-5’ Sun
Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Yellow * 2-5’ Sun/part Shade
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Yellow 2-3’ Sun/part Shade
Drummond’s Aster Symphyotrichum drummondii Lt. Blue * 4-5’ Sun/part Shade
Short’s Aster Symphyotricum shortii Purple * 2-3’ Shade
*Spreads readily by itself
