PlantsFlowers
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Low dry prairie spring flower
ModerateFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 12–18 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr–Jun; ornamental seedheads
- How it spreads
- Clumping
- What to buy
- Plug or division for reliable residential establishment; seed for larger restoration areas.
- When to plant
- Apr–May; late Aug–Sep, finishing about six weeks before the first frost.
In the design
Leave some stems and seedheads through winter; divide or thin only when needed.
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Reference details
- Conservatism value
- 10
- Wetland indicator
- FACU