Come summer, the Good Lord bestows nature’s blessing for us on the Coteau. Beautiful flowers of all shapes and sizes can be found garnishing the floor of the Coteau from April until August. These pictures are a sampling of flowering plants and other interesting plants which are common sights within 100 yards of the Lodge. The very air you breathe in the summer on the Coteau is fragrant with the sweet smell of flowering plants. You really have to experience it for yourself!
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
Hoary Paccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
Hoary Vervain & Yellow Coneflower
Leadplant (Amorpha canescens)
Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana)
Prairie Rose Hips (Rosa arkansana)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angusifolia)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angusifolia)
Purple Prairie Clover (Dalea pupurea)
Western Snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) Known locally as Buckbrush
White Sage (Artemisia ludoviciana) also known as Western Mugwort
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Yellow Coneflower (Rabtibida columnifera)
Yellow Goatsbeard (Tragopogon pratensis)
Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis)
Very nice, looks like it’s going to be huge. Your an inspiration to those like me who can’t hammer a nail. I’ll keep an eye on your progress.
Best Wishes,
Steve Itman