Wildflowers

This milkweed is for your rain garden; can take wet and average conditions. Also attracts hummingbirds. Fragrant.

A taller, perennial black-eyed Susan that will persist longer than the R. hirta, under ideal growing conditions. Has a sweet smell, hints the common name.

Annual. A wonderful smelling plant (we think it smells like maple syrup). Beautiful in all stages and seasons (late fall/early winter is Tracy's favorite form). Also called rabbit tobacco.

Annual/biennial, so allow to reseed. Best in a part shade, moist area. Can deadhead for additional blooms. Bumblebees and other long-tongued bees are the primary pollinators.

Tall and aggressive so not suited for small gardens, but has wonderful wildlife benefits if you have the space for it.

Prefers drier/well drain soils and is drought tolerant. Doesn't spread as quickly as the common or whorled milkweeds.

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.