1. The perfect plant for the rain garden…
By: Grace Lohrmann
Prairie Smoke
(Our Habitat Garden, 2012, [Online]
The perfect plant for the rain garden…
(Breaking Ground, 2012, [Online])

2. Overview of the Plant Rare prairie plant
(Wild Flowers West, 2009, [Online])
Common names include the Three Flower Avens, Pink Plumes, Johnny Smokers, Geum triflorum and it belongs in the rose family, or the Rosacea
The Prairie Smoke resembles smoke hovering over the ground
(Vlieg, 2008, [Online])

3. Sun The Prairie Smoke needs sun
The Prairie Smoke can live off of partial sun
The rain garden includes partial sun, but no full sun

4. Water and Soil require ments
Soil and water
The Prairie Smoke needs a medium amount of water
Soil conditions must be dry or mesic soils
The Prairie Smoke needs a soil pH level of about 6.8 to 7.2 (seven is pure water, the lower numbers are for acidity and higher numbers are for alkalinity)

5. Height of the Prairie Smoke
The Prairie Smoke can grow to be sixteen inches tall
Can be as short as six inches
The Prairie Smoke can grow from 0.15 – 0.4 meters tall

6. Clay in the Rain Garden
The rain garden that will soon be planted is mostly clay loam
The Prairie Smoke is known to
do well in rich prairie loams
The Prairie Smoke also does
well in clay and sand

7. Care The Prairie Smoke rhizome (the underground root)
cuttings, which should be done in late summer or
the early spring
The Prairie Smoke also frequently forms
dense mats creating an attractive ground
cover for insects
The roots of the Prairie Plants
spread slowly if the rhizomes
are cut

8. Found in Current Day Prairie Smoke can be found in prairies,
savannahs and lakeshores
The Prairie Smoke is also found
in open woods and sloping meadows
The prairie smoke is found beside
roads and parking lots

9. Natural Habitats Prairie Smoke is naturally found
in Midwestern Prairies
Found from the lake shores of
Lake Huron, including New York,
and from Ontario to Alberta
Has a native range from the northern
tier of the United States through
most of Canada

10. Blooming times The Prairie Smoke starts blooming
in April at the earliest
Latest the Prairie Smoke blooms
is June
The Prairie Smoke stays in bloom
to about August

11. The Prairie Smoke produces a nut-like seed
Fruits
The Prairie Smoke produces a nut-like seed
Fruits have plum-like gray tails about two inches long
The tails are feathery and soft
(Prairie Moon Nursery, 2012, [Online])

12. Flowers and Petals Flowers often have three to a cluster
Five oval petals stand mostly erect to
form a cup about three fourths inches across
The Prairie Smoke’s flowers are a reddish,
purplish while the petals are a pinkish,
yellowish or whitish
(Mobyle, 2009, [Online])
(Blogspot, 2010, [Online])

13. Leaves and Stems The leaves appear to be fernlike
stem leaves are few, small and opposite
and leaves are toothed
Stems and leaves have soft, fuzzy hairs
(Hilty, 2012, [Online])
(Slichter, 2007, [Online])

14. Reference List
Blogspot. (2010). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from blogspot website: Brandenburg, David M. (2012). Field Guide to Wildflowers of North America. New York City, NY: Sterling Publishing. Breaking Ground. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Breaking Ground website: Hilty, John. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Illinois wildflowers website: Kirt, Russel R. (1995). Prairie Plants of the Midwest: Identification and Ecology. Champaign, IL: Stripes Publishing. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2012). Geum Triflorum. Retrieved from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Website:

15. Reference List
Mobile, Goin. (2009). Prairie Smoke Blossoms. Retrieved from Goin Mobyle website: North American Wildlife. (1998). Wildflowers. Pleasantville, NY: Readers Digest Association. Our Habitat Garden. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Our Habitat Garden website: Prairie Moon Nursery. (2012). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Prairie Moon Nursery website: Runkel, Roosa D. (2009). Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Iowa: University of Iowa Press. Slichter, Paul. (2007). Retrieved from halley hosting website :Science.halleyhosting.com/. Vlieg, Marco. (2008). Smoke Man. Retrieved from Aj Barickman Fine Gallery website:

16. Reference List
Wildflowers West.(2009). Prairie Smoke. Retrieved from Wildflowers West website: Young, Dick. (1994). Kane County Wild Plants and Natural Areas: Second Edition. Geneva, IL: Lake County Forest Preserve District.