Wildflowers

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.

A beautiful Amsonia for a drier area. May be trimmed back after flowering to create a desired shape.

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. Spreads through roots to make colonies.

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.

Light green spots on early spring leaves look like water droplets, giving the name "waterleaf." Those spots disspear later in the season. Bees love this forest flower.

Can grow in water depths of a few inches to 5 feet. Very aggressive, especially in shallow ponds. Very fragrant blooms that range from white to pink (usually white). Provides habitat for frogs, turtles, fish, and several insects.

Can grow in water depths of a few inches to 7 feet. Best used potted and managed in smaller water features; can spread aggressively in ponds. Cute little flowers are wind pollenated.

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.

A large specimen for moist shade or part shade but may also tolerate full sun. Male and female flowers on separate plants; both have white flowers. Male flowers are fuller; female flower produces brown seed capsales in the summer. Plants sold unsexed.

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.