A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Purple prairie clover
Dalea purpurea
Purple flower spikes feed pollinators, and the leaves host native butterfly caterpillars.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Give this prairie perennial full sun and good drainage; leave its deep root system undisturbed once established.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil / Average moisture
- Mature size
- 1–3 ft tall · 1–1½ ft wide
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–8
- Garden role
- Purple prairie flower spikes
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of woodland sage.
Salvia nemorosa
Try purple prairie clover for purple prairie flower spikes.
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Purple prairie clover: cultivar413 · CC BY 2.0
Woodland sage: 3268zauber · CC BY-SA 3.0
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