Wildflowers

Biennial. Native thistles are not as aggressive as the non-native, invasive thistles and are an excellent food source for many pollinators and birds.

The leaves, long-lasting flowers, and fluffy seed heads of this plant add interest to your garden for several seasons. Visited by small bees and flower flies. Not preferred by deer or rabbits.

Native only to the Ozarks. Also called glade larkspur; likes full sun and dry, well-drained soil. Poisonous if ingested; deer resistant.

It's a goldenrod that looks like an aster. Good for rock garden, or other hot and dry conditions.

Beautiful woodland spring ephemeral. Leaves die back in summer, so plant with species that will hold form summer through fall.

Can be finicky - prefers consistently rich, moist (but not wet) soil, and may take a few years for the flower to mature, but then you will be rewarded with beautiful summer flower heads.

Sometimes called naked-stem sunflower because the flower stem has very few leaves, giving the impression that the flowers are floating in the air. May form rhizomial colony over time.

Use as a groundcover. We love the long-blooming tiny flowers and puff-ball like seed heads. But, seeds will get caught in your socks if you walk through the garden in the fall. Basal leaves can have a purple hue. Not preferred by deer.

A shrub-like form with wonderful seedpods. Bumblebees pollinate the flowers and host to several skippers, butterflies and moths.

Interesting bloom, similar to Dalea purpurea, but white flowers and broader leaves. Drought tolerant once the deep roots are established.

Very aggressively spreads by rhizomes and will also selfseed. Wind pollinated. Prefers poor, well-drained, even rocky, soil. Has a wonderful smell.

A late-season bloom for your shady garden. But it can spread aggressively through rhizomes and self-seeding.

Good choice for a dry shade spot and still tolerates heat.

Great for a woodland edge. Bulbous plant that dies back after seeding in summer but will come back the following spring. May not bloom the first few years. Bulbs traditionally eaten by Native Americans.

Host plant for the buckeye butterfly. Tolerates lots of shade. Blooms open at night and close in the morning, but may last longer on a cloudy day.