wildflowers

  • Light purple colored shrp lobeb hepatica plant

    Sharp-lobed Hepatica is an Early Spring Bloomer

    Hepaticas are among the first flowers to bloom in the spring. The flowers close at night and on cloudy days when pollinators are not…

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  • False sunflower in glorious yellow in tilt shift lens

    False Sunflower is a Hardy, Easy Bloomer

    False sunflowers bloom throughout summer in the perennial border or cutting garden. It also works well in a native plant or wild garden, as…

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  • A patch of yellow helenium autumnale - common sneeze weed

    Common Sneezeweed

    Common Sneezeweed looks gorgeous when planted en masse and mixes wonderfully with decorative grasses or other perennial plants. It has daisy-like blooms that often…

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  • Monkey flower plant, stem and purple flower

    Monkey Flower

    Named monkeyflower after the apparent resemblance the blooms have to a monkey’s face, the Square-Stemmed Monkeyflower bears asymmetrical, tubular violet or pink flowers which…

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  • Poke milkweed

    Caring for Poke Milkweed

    Although the milky sap is poisonous to humans, poke milkweed is an important nectar source for native bees, wasps, and other nectar-seeking insects. Unfortunately,…

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  • A Pink Cosmos Flower in Full Bloom

    Cosmos is a Hardy Plant with Showy Flowers

    Cosmos plants are highly resilient, blooming lavishly from early or midsummer to fall, depending on variety, and have beautiful cut leaves, spectacular blooms, and…

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  • Canada Mayflower plant, leaf and flower in a forest

    Canada Mayflower Growing Guide

    Canada Mayflower can form large patches in a wide range of habitats, but it is most common in boreal coniferous forests. They are abundant…

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  • Close up of Solidago nemoralis flower

    Grey Goldenrod

    Goldenrods are a type of herbaceous flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, also known as the Compositae. Although the plant starts out green, the…

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  • Pale Corydalis close up with stem and flowers

    Pale Corydalis has a Delicate Flower

    Corydalis sempervirens is an attractive biennial native to rocky, shallow-soil sites and cooler climates. It is easy to start from seed and has light…

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  • Close up of white penstemon digitalis

    Foxglove Beardtongue

    Foxglove Beardtongue is a fantastic addition to native plantings, wild gardens, cottage gardens, and naturalized areas. Plant a solitary plant among shorter companions that…

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  • Chimaphila pipsissewa flower

    Pipsissewa is a Rare Evergreen

    Pipsissewa, Chimaphyla umbellata, is rare and remarkable for having leaves all year round; it is an evergreen. As a small perennial flowering plant, it…

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  • White baneberry seeds that resemble doll's eyes

    White Baneberry and its Stunning Doll’s Eyes

    White baneberry, also known as Doll’s eyes, is a popular novelty plant to grow. In addition to its clusters of tiny white flowers, the…

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  • A Marsh Marigold plant in full yellow bloom

    Marsh Marigold, a Favorite Spring Bloom

    Marsh marigolds resemble massive buttercups. It is a popular spring plant because of its vivid yellow blooms that bloom in moist soil. Yellow marsh…

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  • Common Dog Violet with its purple flower

    Dog Violet

    Dog Violet (Viola conspersa) is common in fields and pastures. It can be used as ground cover. The plants are only 2-4 cm tall…

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  • A jack in the pulpit flower

    Jack-in-the-Pulpit

    Jack in the Pulpit has a unique and beautiful tubular green leaf. It is easily grown in fertile, medium to wet soil in part…

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  • A full view of an actaea rubra plant with its red fruitb

    Red Baneberry For Shade Gardens

    Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra) is a good choice for cool shade gardens due to its lovely leaves, blooms, and vivid red berries. Find it…

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  • A Viola canadensis plant showing leaves and flower

    Canada Violet

    Canada Violet, a native upright perennial forb, grows 8 to 16 inches tall on stems that might be smooth, green, somewhat angular, or covered…

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  • A wild leek plant with a cear view of its leaves

    Wild Leek

    Wild leek are one of the earliest wild edible plants to emerge in spring. Historically, ramps were regarded as a spring tonic, and early…

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  • Thimbleweed plant with leaf and white flowers with yellow centers

    Thimbleweed Care, Propagation, Toxicity

    Thimbleweed is an excellent spring flower for the shaded or woodland garden, with flowers from summer to early fall. It is a good choice…

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  • Swamp milkweed flowers with a monarch butterfly feeding on it

    Swamp Milkweed

    Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is known for its ability to thrive in swampy areas and wet meadows. It is a monarch butterfly host plant…

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  • Smooth Solomon’s Seal

    Smooth Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum commutatum) is a drought tolerant perennial for the shade garden, native to Ontraio and Eastern North America. It adds a…

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  • A full Canadina Burnet plant with over a dozen flowers in a field

    Canadian Burnet

    Canadian Burnet features impressive airy spikes of white flowers at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall. Its textured narrow…

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  • Bluets in a field

    Caring for and Propagating Bluets

    Bluets are low-growing perennials that have multiple blue or white-ish blooms with bright yellow centres. They are native to Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and…

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  • The bright yellow flower of the Silphium terebinthinaceum

    Prairie Dock

    Magnificent Silphium genus, it displays its bright yellow flowers on tall stems in late summer. Grows easily from seed, and is at home on…

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