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Orange-yellow rudbeckias with golden and red ornamental grasses in a prairie-like border

Combining rudbeckias with grasses: the prairie look for late summer from July to October

Rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan) and ornamental grasses are the foundation of the prairie border: simple, low-maintenance, but full of colour and movement. Combine them well and you have a July-to-October garden that feels like America's Tallgrass Prairie.

5 min

Pink echinacea flowers swaying among ornamental grasses in summer evening light

Plant Combinations

Echinacea with grasses: prairie garden for summer

Echinacea (coneflower) and ornamental grasses together create a prairie feeling in your front garden. Blooming July to October, wind-resistant, bee paradise, and so gracefully moving.

5 min

Lush prairie border with tall ornamental grasses and purple coneflowers in evening light

Plant Combinations

Wild prairie border: ornamental grasses and perennials in perfect harmony

Learn how to create a lush prairie border with ornamental grasses, Echinacea, Rudbeckia and more. Low-maintenance and full of life all year round.

5 min