July offers a fanfare of color in our prairies and savannas, including the stunning shows of purple prairie clover, purple leadplant, mountain mint, Culver’s root, rattlesnake master, wild quinine, butterfly weed, and more. Somme Prairie Grove should be magnificent.

Early July and the 4th of July holiday begins with a fanfare of color in our prairies and savannas, including the stunning shows of golden prairie coreopsis, purple leadplant, and ivory wild quinine, and many more.

Miraculous Spinning Seed of Porcupine Grass   Watch this video to experience the spinning seed of porcupine grass:         In June, you can find porcupine grass and their spear-like seeds at prairies and savannas across the Chicago region, including: Belmont Prairie in Downers Grove, Illinois Bluff Spring Fen in Elgin, Illinois Illinois...

The Juneteenth holiday brings newfound color and exotica to our prairies and savannas, including the stunning show of sand coreopsis, purple coneflower, spiderwort, foxglove beardtongue, and more. Learn where to celebrate springtime around the city.

In late May or early June, Ohio spiderwort begins a performance that will last a month or longer, starring a cluster of buds that releases only a couple of flowers each day. Each morning, a new bud opens into a delicate blue or purple flower.