| Common Name | Queen-of-the-Prairie |
| Scientific Name | Filipendula rubra |
| Height | 2'-6' tall, 1' long flower cluster |
| Sun/Shade | Full sun |
| Bloom Season | June - August |
| Bloom Color | Pink |
| Soil | Moist, fertile, rich loam |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Plant rhizomes, spreads. Division and replanting every three years contains it. |
| Notes | Dies back, so best among other grasses that will conceal it when it isn't in bloom. |
| Prairie Nursery | Enders | Possibility Place | |
| Costs | 2 yr bare root
1-3 $6.95ea. 4-11 $5.95ea. 12-31 $5.75ea. 32-63 $5.25ea. 64-95 $4.95ea. 96+ $4.75 ea. |
Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up |
Flat of 32, single species, $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Filipendula rubra:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=FILRUB
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
-Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers
in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
1999