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Spring Blooming

Native Wildflowers and Prairie Grasses can provide vibrant color throughout the seasons. 
The following native species traditionally bloom in the spring, in the months of April, May and June.

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  • Asclepias hirta - Tall Green Milkweed
    Asclepias hirtella - Tall Green Milkweed
    Tall Green Milkweed (Ascleipias hirtella) is found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie region in open areas, usually in prairies or remnants of prairies. It is showing up now along old country roads and abandoned roads and...

  • ZIZIA APTERA | Heartleaf Alexanders
    ZIZIA APTERA | Heartleaf Alexanders
    "Heartleaf Alexanders, Heart-leaved Meadow Parsnip" Zizea named in honor of German botanist, Johann Baptist Ziz and aptera from the Latin word for "having no wings".     Click Here for Detailed...

  • VIOLA PEDATIFIDA | Prairie Violet
    $0.00 VIOLA PEDATIFIDA | Prairie Violet
    Prairie violet is perennial from a short underground stem above stringy roots. Plants are usually about five or six inches tall. The long-stalked leaves are divided into narrow segments. Early in the season each plant bears...

  • Ohio Spiderwort
    $0.00 Choose Options TRADESCANTIA OHIENSIS | Ohio Spiderwort
    Common Name: Spiderwort, Cow Slobber, Indian Paint, Job's Tears, Blue Jackets, Widow's Tears, Moses in the Bulrushes, Dayflower, Trinity Flower. Scientific Name:  Tradescantia Ohiensis (Named in...

  • TRADESCANTIA BRACTEATA | Prairie Spiderwort
    $0.00 Choose Options TRADESCANTIA BRACTEATA | Prairie Spiderwort
    Prairie Spiderwort (Common Name) | Tradescantia Bracteata (Scientific Name) reaches 2 to 3 feet tall and prefers sandy or rocky prairies, open rocky oak woodlands; mostly in the Tallgrass biome from western Illinois...

  • STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA | Bladdernut
    $0.00 Choose Options STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA | Bladdernut
    Leaves are opposite, pinnately compound with three (rarely 5) ovate or obovate leaflets that are 2 to 4 inches long. Leaflet margins are serrate.Flower is green-white, bell-shaped and small, borne on dangling 2 inch long...

  • $0.00 Choose Options SPARGANIUM EURYCARPUM | Giant Bur Reed
    (PLS) Very common throughout the entire US, Here in Allamakee county it is much less common than it is in the Lakes Region of Iowa. Can reach 4 feet tall and has distinctive, large, bur-shaped fruits. Leaves are very stiff...

  • SMILACINA RACEMOSA | False Solomon's Seal
    $0.00 Choose Options SMILACINA RACEMOSA | False Solomon's Seal
    "False Solomon's Seal, Golden Seal, Job's Tears, Solomon's Plume, Treacle Berry, Wild Spikenard, Zigzag" Smilacina comes from a Greek word meaning "small and thorny"; a misnomer because this plant has no thorns but it...

  • POLEMONIUM REPTANS | Jacob's Ladder
    POLEMONIUM REPTANS | Jacob's Ladder
    "Jacob's Ladder, Bluebell, Greek Valerian, Skunk Weed"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie,...

  • PHLOX PILOSA | Prairie Phlox
    $0.00 PHLOX PILOSA | Prairie Phlox
    "Prairie Phlox, Downy Phlox" Phlox comes from the Greek word for "flame", most likely referring to the flowers' brilliant color.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • PHLOX DIVARICATA | Woodland Blue Phlox
    $0.00 PHLOX DIVARICATA | Woodland Blue Phlox
    Woodland Blue Flox (Phlox divaricata) is known by several common names including Woodland Phlox, Wild Blue Phlox.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • PETALOSTEMUM CANDIDUM | White Prairie Clover
    $0.00 Choose Options PETALOSTEMUM CANDIDUM | White Prairie Clover
    White Prairie Clover, Thimbleweed, White Tassel Flower"   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie,...

  • PENTHORUM SEDOIDES | Ditch Stonecrop
    PENTHORUM SEDOIDES | Ditch Stonecrop
    Saxifragaceae Family (sometimes placed in its own family, Penthoraceae) - Ditch Stonecrop. Virginia Stonecrop     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • PENSTEMON GRANDIFLORUS | Large-flowered Beardtongue
    $0.00 Choose Options PENSTEMON GRANDIFLORUS | Large-flowered Beardtongue
    Penstemon comes from two Greek words, penta meaning "five" and stemon meaning "stamen". Grandiflorus is after the Latin word meaning "with large flowers". Can grow to 3 feet with pale pink flowers on a tall stem. Toothed...

  • Swamp Betony - Wood Betony | Pendicularis canadensis
    $3.00 Choose Options PEDICULARIS CANADENSIS | Wood Betony
    Pendicularis canadensis - Wood Betony has yellow, showy flowers that are easy to spot in full boom in meadows in the spring because of the unusual flowers and foliage, it has a striking appearance. Habitats include...

  • OSMORHIZA CLAYTONII| Sweet Cicely
    $0.00 Choose Options OSMORHIZA CLAYTONII| Sweet Cicely
    Osmorhiza is from the Greek word for "sweet-smelling root" referring to the root of O. longistylis. The odor of O. claytoni is distinctly more turnip-like.     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • OENOTHERA PILOSELLA | Prairie Sundrops
    OENOTHERA PILOSELLA | Prairie Sundrops
    Prairie Sundrops are bushy plants that have flower clusters or hairy buds atop hairy stems. Flowers are bright yellow, 2" wide and have four large petals, large showy stamens, and fine white or transparent lines that radiate...

  • Missouri Primrose
    $0.00 OENOTHERA MACROCARPA | Missouri Evening Primrose
    Missouri Evening Primrose blooms spring through summer. Showy, trailing plants bloom with large, yellow, fragrant flowers up to 4". Great selection for dry sites: rock gardens, dry planting beds and container gardens...

  • OENOTHERA BIENNIS | Evening Primrose
    $0.00 Choose Options OENOTHERA BIENNIS | Evening Primrose
    Night Willow-herb, Large Rampion, Tree-primrose, King's Cure-all, Scurvish"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • MIMULUS RINGENS | Monkey Flower
    $0.00 Choose Options MIMULUS RINGENS | Monkey Flower
    "Monkey Flower, Monkey Face, Gape Plant"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie, Savanna Soil...

  • MERTENSIA VIRGINICA | Virginia Bluebells
    MERTENSIA VIRGINICA | Virginia Bluebells
    The stems of the plant are subsucculent and nearly hollow so the plant is fragile. It grows well from seed and should be cultivated more. If left undisturbed, this species will thrive and form large colonies...

  • LUPINUS PERENNIS | Wild Lupine
    $0.00 Choose Options LUPINUS PERENNIS | Wild Lupine
    Lupinus is the Latin name for this plant genus and perennis is from the Latin for "continuing through the years".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • LUDWIGIA ALTERNIFOLIA | Seedbox
    $0.00 Choose Options LUDWIGIA ALTERNIFOLIA | Seedbox
    "Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, False Loosestrife, Rattlebox, Smooth Seedbox"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • Blue Flag Iris
    $0.00 Choose Options IRIS SHREVEI | Blue Flag Iris
    Blue Flag Iris (Iris Shrevei) - Iris is from the Greek word for "rainbow" and shrevei is in honor of Ralph Shreve. Commonly found in the marshy areas of the Tallgrass prairie, I. shrevei blooms from May to June and can...

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    $0.00 Choose Options HEUCHERA RICHARDSONII | Prairie Alumroot
    "Prairie Alumroot, American Sanicle, Cliffweed, Ground Maple, Rock Geranium" Heuchera after Johann Heinrich von Heuchera, early German medical botanist and richardsonii after Sir John Richardson, 19th century explorer of...

  • HEPATICA ACUTILOBA | Hepatica
    HEPATICA ACUTILOBA | Hepatica
    Hepatica is attractive and easy to identify because of its three-lobed leaves.. The typical flower color is blue but the white-flowered form is common also.     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GEUM TRIFLORUM | Prairie Smoke
    $0.00 Choose Options GEUM TRIFLORUM | Prairie Smoke
    "Old Man's Whiskers, Johnny Smokers, Long-plumed purple Avens"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • GERANIUM MACULATUM | Wild Geranium
    $0.00 Choose Options GERANIUM MACULATUM | Wild Geranium
    Wild Geranium, Alum Bloom, Alum Root, American Kimo Root, Chocolate Flower, Crane Bill, Crowfoot, Culver Root, Dove's Foot, Love Knot, Pigeon Foot, Red Robin, Rock Weed, Sailor's Knot, Shame Face   Click Here for...

  • EPILOBIUM GLANDULOSUM | Northern Willow Herb
    $0.00 Choose Options EPILOBIUM GLANDULOSUM | Northern Willow Herb
    Northern willow Herb" Epilobium from the Greek meaning "upon or above the pod" referring to the manner in which the flowers keep blooming above the seed pods as they develop lower on the flower spike. An herbal tea made...

  • Midland Shooting Star
    $0.00 Choose Options DODECATHEON MEADII | Midland Shooting Star
    "Midlanbd Shooting Star, American Cowslip, Birdbills, Johnny Jump, Pride-of-Ohio, Rooster Heads" Dodecatheon after the Greek word for "twelve Gods" and Meadii in honor of Dr. Richard Mead, early English physician and...

  • CALTHA PALLUSTRIS | Marsh Marigold
    $0.00 Choose Options CALTHA PALLUSTRIS | Marsh Marigold
    From the old Greek caltha meaning "cup" and from the Latin palustris meaning "of the marsh". Marsh Marigolds (Caltha Pallustris) are showy yellow flowers bloom rather early in the spring, from April through May. They are a...

  • BROMUS CILIATUS | Fringed Brome
    $0.00 Choose Options BROMUS CILIATUS | Fringed Brome
    (PLS) Fringed Brome (Bromus Ciliatus) has a drooping florets oat-like appearance. Cool-season, clump-forming grass. Often with conifers such as cedars Drooping florets oat-like appearance. Cool-season, clump-forming grass...

  • BOUTELOUA GRACILIS | Blue Grama
    $0.00 Choose Options BOUTELOUA GRACILIS | Blue Grama
    (PLS) Blue Grama (Bouteloua Curtipendula) is an important, drought-resistant, short grass in the mixed prairies and throughout the Great Plains and Southwest. It can be confused with Hairy grama Grass (B.hirusta), which is...

  • BAPTISIA LEUCOPHAEA | Cream Wild Indigo
    $0.00 Choose Options BAPTISIA LEUCOPHAEA | Cream Wild Indigo
    Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia Leuchophaea) is found on prairies throughout the Tallgrass region with cream-colored, drooping 1- to 2-inch flowers on a one foot spike from May to June. Can reach 3 feet in height, but is...

  • BAPTISIA LEUCANTHA | White Wild Indigo
    $0.00 Choose Options BAPTISIA LEUCANTHA | White Wild Indigo
    From the Greek baptizein meaning "to dye"; refers to the historical economic use as a poor indigo dye and leucantha, meaning "white-flowered". White Wild Indigo (Baptisia leucantha) is found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie...

  • BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS | Blue Wild Indigo
    $0.00 Choose Options BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS | Blue Wild Indigo
    From the Greek baptizein meaning "to dye"; refers to the historical economic use as a poor indigo dye.and "Australis", of Australia. Found on prairies throughout the Tallgrass region, this species is the more southerly...

  • ASTER ERICOIDES | Heath Aster
    $0.00 Choose Options ASTER ERICOIDES | Heath Aster
    From the Greek, "Aster" in reference to the shape of the flower and its bracts. At least 200 species are found across North America with dozens in the Tallgrass Praire region alone     Click Here...

  • ASTRAGALUS CANADENSIS | Canada Milkvetch
    $0.00 Choose Options ASTRAGALUS CANADENSIS | Canada Milkvetch
    Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis) Sometimes referred to as Canadian Milkvetch. A legume found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie region on wet to dry prairies and in open woods, along roadsides and in open areas that...

  • ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA | Whorled Milkweed
    $0.00 Choose Options ASCLEPIAS VERTICILLATA | Whorled Milkweed
    Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) Generally less than two feet tall with slender, usually unbranched stems and several thread-like leaves originating at each point along the stem. Small, stalked clusters of usually...

  • Butterfly Milkweed
    $0.00 Choose Options ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA | Butterfly Milkweed
    Butterfly Milkweed (Ascleipias tuberosa) is found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie region in open areas, usually in prairies or remnants of prairies. It is showing up now along old country roads and abandoned roads and...

  • ASCLEPIAS SULLIVANTII - Prairie Milkweed
    ASCLEPIAS SULLIVANTII - Prairie Milkweed
    Prairie Milkweed ( Asclepias sullivantii) Becoming rarer (especially north of Iowa) in moist to wet prairies throughout most of the Tallgrass region, Prairie Milkweed can reach heights up to 3 1/2 feet. Similar to and...

  • ASCLEPIAS PURPURASCENS | Purple Milkweed
    ASCLEPIAS PURPURASCENS | Purple Milkweed
    Purple Milkweed (Asclepias Purpurascens) has intense rose red - pink flowers for several weeks in early to mid summer, followed by the attractive pods of silky seeds typical of the genus. Blooms can hold for...

  • ASARUM CANADENSE | Wild Ginger
    ASARUM CANADENSE | Wild Ginger
    Wild Ginger (Asarum Canadense) - Distinctive (roughly heart-shaped) leaves, an unusual fleshy deep maroon to rich brown flower and the aroma of the crushed root are all characteristics of Asarum canadense. The flower is so...

  • ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM | Jack in the Pulpit
    ARISAEMA TRIPHYLLUM | Jack in the Pulpit
    Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema Triphyllum) - Very distinctive spathe (hooded floral leaf) being green or purple brown and often striped, it folds over and shelters the spadix. The flowers are very tiny and actually appear at...

  • AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS | Columbine
    $0.00 Choose Options AQUILEGIA CANADENSIS | Columbine
    Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) - Drooping red flowers with 5 long, curved spurs; reaches 2 feet in height and prefers rocky woods and slopes. Found from Manitoba through Quebec and southward through the US. Distinctive...

  • ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA | Angelica
    $0.00 Choose Options ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA | Angelica
    Angelica (Angelica atropurpurea) - A relatively rare find today in swampy woodlands of the northern Tallgrass region. Tiny green-white flowers in large round heads from May to September. Can grow to 6 feet with a hollow...

  • ANEMONE VIRGINIANA | Tall Thimbleweed
    $0.00 Choose Options ANEMONE VIRGINIANA | Tall Thimbleweed
    Tall Thimbleweed (Anemone Virginiana) A. virginiana, A. cylindrica and A. riparia are all very similar. Ironically, "Tall Thimbleweed" is the one of the three species that is the shortest, reaching only about three feet in...

  • ANEMONE PATENS | Pasque Flower
    ANEMONE PATENS | Pasque Flower
    Pasque Flower (Anemone patens) - Found in all prairie regions from the Arctic Circle to the Southern United States. It is the earliest of all prairie flowers blooming in March and April. Grows from 2 inches to 16 inches and...


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