Cup Plant

This big sunflower relative is native prairie plant that has done well and produced seed for us in our gardens. Where the leaves attach to the stem this plant creates a cup that fills with water in the rain and provides shelter for many native organisms. Tree frogs seem to love this one, birds will drink from the water cups formed, a real magnet for wildlife. Yellow Blooms come in mid-summer and last a long time. Big colony-former that likes to self-seed.
Moist-Dry, FS/PS, perennial
Silphium perfoliatum

Cost: $4.00 per 4 inch pot