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New plants

Having come back from the Grand Prairie Friends plant sale this Saturday
with an armload of greenery, I'd have to guess that it was a success.
The crowds were large, the plants were hard to get to, and the lines 
were long, but I think everybody was still in a fairly good mood.  When I 
backed into someone while trying to make my escape from the Baptisia
leucantha we were both able to (successfully) laugh about it.

I came away with:

   2 Baptisia leucantha
   1 Andropogon scoparius
   1 Vernonia spp. (guessing altissima)
   3 Allium cernuum
   3 Amorpha canescens
   1 Parthenium integrifolium
   2 Ruellia humilis
   1 Coreopsis palmata
   1 Veronicastrum virgatum
   1 Ratidiba pinnata
   1 "Red Milkweed" (Asclepias rubra?)

I'm one of those people who loves prairies and native plants, but doesn't
have enough space to do a prairie restoration.  So I content myself by
landscaping with the flora of our native environs, trying to replace
Eurasian species with compatible counterparts.  Usually I end up with
a mix, but I always choose native species when I get the chance.

Anybody else have interesting species in their yards?  What about those
of you with larger projects -- do you plant plugs or seeds?  

Chris
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