
Prairie Dock
- Botanical Name
- Silphium terebinthinaceum
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 3 to 10 feet
- Width
- 1 to 3 feet
- Flowers
- Summer: bright yellow, sunflower-like
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Tolerates poor soils and is drought tolerant once established
- Tolerates light shade
- Tall flower stems don't require support, but often lean
- Because of long taproot, transplanting once established is not recommemded
- Slow to establish, but very long lived in the garden
- Bumble bees and native bees are attracted to prairie dock
- Birds, such as goldfinches, feast on the seeds
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