[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”2544″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Grassland Meadows are highly rewarding due to their compelling beauty, simplicity, and ability to achieve a natural effect at relatively low cost.
Native grasses comprise of 70% to 80% of the natural meadow, with the balance being flowers and a few shrubs or small trees. Excellent plant choices for creating a grassland meadow include Indian Grass, Broomsedge, Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Greater Fringed Genetian, Wild Petunia, New England Aster, Dense Blazing Star, and Eastern Red Cedar.
Meadow variants include the ‘no-mow’ lawn that is created by replacing turf grass with natural short native sedges and rushes such as Pennsylvania Sedge, Pretty Sedge, and Path Rush.
Meadow installations are possible through lawn removal and plugging. Large installations use ‘mow high’ and over-seeding techniques.
Recommended Plants
| Herbaceous | Shrubs | Trees |
| Allium cernuum | Calicarpa americana | Carpinus caroliniana |
| Andropogon virginicus | Comptonia peregrina | Cercis canadensis |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Myrica pennsylvanica | Fraxinum pennsylvanica |
| Baptisia alba | Rhus glabra | Juglans nigra |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Rhus typhina | Juniperus virginiana |
| Coreopsis verticillata | Viburnum dentatum | Prunus pennsylvanica |
| Doellingeria umbellata | Quercus macrocarpa | |
| Echinacea paradoxa | ||
| Echinacea purpurea | ||
| Gentianopsis crinita | ||
| Heterotheca villosa | ||
| Hypoxis hirsuta | ||
| Juncus tenuis | ||
| Liatris pilosa | ||
| Liatris spicata | ||
| Lobelia siphilitica | ||
| Monarda fistulosa | ||
| Oligoneuron rigidum | ||
| Penstemon digitalis | ||
| Pycnanthemum muticum | ||
| Rudbeckia hirta | ||
| Ruella humilis | ||
| Solidago rugosa | ||
| Solidago sphacelata | ||
| Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | ||
| Symphyotrichum novae-angliae | ||
| Symphyotrichum oolentangiense | ||
| Vernonia noveboracensis |
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