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Wildflowers don't bloom on a specific timeline and dependent upon the geograhical location and the weather they can bloom in different seasons .  The following native perennials traditionally bloom in the months of June, July, and August.

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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...

  • Winged Loosetrife
    $0.00 Choose Options LYTHRUM ALATUM ( Winged Loosestrife)
    Winged Loosestrife (Lythrum Alatum) is a non–aggressive species of Lythrum.  It should not be confused with the extremely invasive Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife).Bushy form bearing multitudes of 1/2"...

  • Golden Alexander - ZIZIA AUREA
    $0.00 Choose Options ZIZIA AUREA | Golden Alexanders
    Zizea named in honor of German botanist, Johann Baptist Ziz and aurea from the Latin word for "golden-yellow". Reaches 3 feet tal, stalked and alternate compound leaves, each leaf divided into three parts with each of those...

  • 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...

  • VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM | Culver's Root
    $0.00 Choose Options VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM | Culver's Root
    "Culver's Root, Culver's Physic, Blackroot, Bowman's Root, High Veronica, Tall Speedwell" "Another commonly found species throughout the Tallgrass region on rich, moist soils, Culver's Root grows from 2 to 7 feet tall...

  • VERBENA STRICTA | Hoary Vervain
    $0.00 Choose Options VERBENA STRICTA | Hoary Vervain
    "Hoary Vervain, Mullien-leaved Verbena, Wooly Verbena" "Verbena is the Latin term for ""sacred herb"". Stricta is Latin for ""upright, erect"". Distinctive square stem, grows to 3 feet. Plant is very hairy normally...

  • Blue Vervain | Verbana Hastata
    $0.00 Choose Options VERBENA HASTATA | Blue Vervain
    Verbena is the Latin term for "sacred herb". Hastata is latin for "resembling a spearhead or arrowhead".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • VERNONIA FASCICULATA | Ironweed
    $0.00 Choose Options VERNONIA FASCICULATA | Ironweed
    Ironweed or Common Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata) offers unusually brilliant purple flowers on top of 6-8' tall stems. Blooms between July and September. Seeds are fluffy brown that disperse nicely in the wind. Ironweed can...

  • MUHLENBERGIA RACEMOSA | Upland Wild Timothy
    $15.00 Choose Options MUHLENBERGIA RACEMOSA | Upland Wild Timothy
    Upland Wild Timothy, (Marsh Muhly), is a warm season grass; it actively grows in summer. It's light green color is unlike other grasses.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • 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...

  • THALICTRUM DASYCARPUM | Purple Meadow Rue
    $0.00 Choose Options THALICTRUM DASYCARPUM | Purple Meadow Rue
    "Purple Meadow Rue, Maid-of-the-mist" Thalictrum is the name of a plant applied to this genus by Dioscorides, ancient Greek naturalist. Dasycarpum is from the Latin word meaning "hairy-carpelled". (The carpel is the...

  • TEUCRIUM CANADENSE | Germander
    $0.00 Choose Options TEUCRIUM CANADENSE | Germander
    "Germander, Wood Sage, Wild Basil" Teucrium comes from the latin name for this genus and canadense meaning "of Canada Teucrium comes from the latin name for this genus and canadense meaning "of...

  • TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA | Goat's Rue
    $0.00 Choose Options TEPHROSIA VIRGINIANA | Goat's Rue
    Goat's Rue (Tephrosia Virginiana) grows on dry, sandy soils throughout the Tallgrass region and well beyond to the east and south. Reaches about two feet in height and is covered with fine hairs making it appear shiny or...

  • $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...

  • SOLIDAGO ULMIFOLIA | Elm-leaved Goldenrod
    $0.00 SOLIDAGO ULMIFOLIA | Elm-leaved Goldenrod
    Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Ulmifolia is the Latin word for "with leaves like an elm (Ulmus)".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • SOLIDAGO SPECIOSA | Showy Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO SPECIOSA | Showy Goldenrod
    Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Speciosa is the Latin word for "showy: good-looking".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • SOLIDAGO RIGIDA | Stiff Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO RIGIDA | Stiff Goldenrod
    Stiff Goldenrod, Rigid Goldenrod, Hard-leaved Goldenrod Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Rigida is the Latin word for "stiff; unyielding".   Click Here for Detailed...

  • SOLIDAGO RIDDELLII | Riddell's Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO RIDDELLII | Riddell's Goldenrod
    Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Riddellii is in honor of the discoverer of this plant.   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • SOLIDAGO OHIENSIS | Ohio Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO OHIENSIS | Ohio Goldenrod
    Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Ohiensis is the Latin word meaning "of Ohio".     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • Solidago nemoralis
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO NEMORALIS | Old Field Goldenrod
    "Old Field Goldenrod, Gray Goldenrod"   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie, Savanna Soil...

  • SOLIDAGO GRAMINIFOLIA | Grass-leaved Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO GRAMINIFOLIA | Grass-leaved Goldenrod
    "Grass-leaved Goldenrod, Lance-leaved Goldenrod" Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid". Graminifolia is the Latin word for "grass-like leaves     Click Here for...

  • SOLIDAGO FLEXICAULIS | Zig-Zag Goldenrod
    $0.00 Choose Options SOLIDAGO FLEXICAULIS | Zig-Zag Goldenrod
    Zig Zag Goldenrod, Broad-leaved Goldenrod Solidago comes from the Latin word solido meaning "to strengthen; to make solid" and flexicaulis is the Latin word for "with pliant or bent stems", probably referring to the shape...

  • 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...

  • SISYRINCHIUM CAMPESTRE | Blue-eyed Grass
    SISYRINCHIUM CAMPESTRE | Blue-eyed Grass
    Blue Eyed Grass, (Sisyrinchium Campestre) is from the Latin name once used for another plant and reassigned to this species. Angustifolium comes from the Latin for "narrow leaf".  Though their foliage is grass-like, the...

  • SISYRINCHIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM | Narrow Leafed Blue-eyed Grass
    SISYRINCHIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM | Narrow Leafed Blue-eyed Grass
    Sisyrinchium is from the Latin name once used for another plant and reassigned to this species. Angustifolium comes from the Latin for "narrow leaf".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • SILENE REGIA | Royal Catchfly
    $0.00 Choose Options SILENE REGIA | Royal Catchfly
        Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie, Savanna Soil Moisture Mesic, Dry Mesic Bloom...

  • Cup Plant - SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM
    $0.00 Choose Options SILPHIUM PERFOLIATUM | Cup Plant
    " Compass Plant, Rosinweed (also refers to S. integrifolium), Turpentine Plant, Polar Plant" Silphium is an ancient Greek term for "resinous juices". Perfoliatum is from the Latin for "with the leaf surrounding the stem so...

  • SILPHIUM LACINATUM | Compass Plant
    $0.00 Choose Options SILPHIUM LACINATUM | Compass Plant
    "Compass Plant, Rosinweed (also refers to S. integrifolium), Turpentine Plant, Polar Plant" Silphium is an ancient Greek term for "resinous juices". Lacinatum is the latin word meaning "torn; jagged; cut into long, narrow...

  • SILPHIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM | Rosinweed
    $0.00 Choose Options SILPHIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM | Rosinweed
    Silphium is an ancient Greek term for "resinous juices". Integrifolium is the latin word meaning "with entire or uncut leaves".     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA | Mad Dog Skullcap
    $0.00 Choose Options SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA | Mad Dog Skullcap
    Scutellaria from the Latin scutella meaning "dish-shaped", or a "a dish", referring to the appendage on the fruiting calyx. Lateriflorus is the Latin word for "flowering on the side".   Click Here for Detailed...

  • SCROPHULARIA MARILANDICA | Late Figwart
    $0.00 Choose Options SCROPHULARIA MARILANDICA | Late Figwart
    Scrophularia comes from the Latin word for "swelling of the neck glands", freferring to the genus' medicinal properties. Marilandica is from the Latin term for "of Maryland".     Click Here for Detailed...

  • SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA | Common Arrowhead
    $0.00 Choose Options SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA | Common Arrowhead
    "Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Indian Onion, Katniss, Swamp Potato, Swan Potato, Tule Potato, Tule Root, Wapatoo, Water Nut, Wapato, White Potato"   Click Here for Detailed...

  • RUMEX ORBICULATUS | Water Dock
    $0.00 Choose Options RUMEX ORBICULATUS | Water Dock
    Rumex is the Latin name for another similar species. Orbiculatus is the Latin word meaning "round; like a wheel".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...

  • RUELLIA HUMILIS | Wild Petunia
    $0.00 Choose Options RUELLIA HUMILIS | Wild Petunia
    "Wild Petunia, Hairy Ruelia" Ruelia is in honor of French herbalist Jean de la Ruelle (1474 - 1537) and humilis comes from the Latin word meaning "low", referring to the low growth habit of this plant.   Click Here...

  • RUDBECKIA TRILOBA | Browneyed Susan
    $0.00 Choose Options RUDBECKIA TRILOBA | Browneyed Susan
    "Brown-eyed Susan, Thin-leaved Coneflower" Rudbeckia named after Olof Rudbeck the elder (1630 - 1702) and the younger (1660 - 1740). Triloba is from the Latin word meaning "three-lobed".   Click Here for Detailed...

  • Sweet Black Eyed Susan - Ion Exchange, Inc. | Rudbeckia subtomentosa
    $0.00 Choose Options RUDBECKIA SUBTOMENTOSA | Sweet Blackeyed Susan
    "Sweet Black-eyed Susan, Sweet Coneflower"     Click Here for Detailed Info Sun Exposure               Prairie, Savanna Soil...

  • Wild Golden Glow (Rudbeckia lanciniata)
    RUDBECKIA LACINIATA | Wild Golden Glow
    "Wild Golden Glow. Green-headed Coneflower" Rudbeckia named after Olof Rudbeck the elder (1630 - 1702) and the younger (1660 - 1740). Laciniata is from the Latin and means "deeply cut", referring to the leaves of this...

  • RUDBECKIA HIRTA | Blackeyed Susan
    $0.00 Choose Options RUDBECKIA HIRTA | Blackeyed Susan
    Black-eyed Susan, Brown Betty, Brown Daisy, Brown-eyed Susan, Coneflower, Donkeybead, English Bull's-eye, Poor Land Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Yellow Jerusalem, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy, Deer Eye"   Click Here for Detailed...

  • RUDBECKIA FULGIDA | Orange Coneflower
    $0.00 Choose Options RUDBECKIA FULGIDA | Orange Coneflower
    Rudbeckia named after Olof Rudbeck the elder (1630 - 1702) and the younger (1660 - 1740). Fulgida comes from the latin word for "shining", probably referring to the orange color highlighting the ray bases...

  • ROSA SPECIES | Wild Rose
    $0.00 Choose Options ROSA SPECIES | Wild Rose
    In 1897 the State Legislature of Iowa named the wild rose the state flower. At the time, any of the species growing within the boundaries of the state were to be considered the state flower. Most often anymore, the accepted...

  • ROSA PALUSTRIS | Swamp Rose
    $0.00 Choose Options ROSA PALUSTRIS | Swamp Rose
    Rosa is the ancient Latin name for "rose". Palustris is the Latin word meaning "marsh-loving" or "found in bogs". Sun...

  • ROSA CAROLINA | Carolina Rose
    $0.00 Choose Options ROSA CAROLINA | Carolina Rose
    Carolina Rose can be found in a wide variety of open habitats, from thickets and open woods to roadsides and along railroads. The stems have straight, needle-like thorns, which distinguishes it from very similar species such...

  • ROSA BLANDA | Meadow Rose
    $0.00 Choose Options ROSA BLANDA | Meadow Rose
    Rosa blanda | Meadow Rose is either a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall or it can be classed as an evergreen but only for warmer climates (maintains leaves all year round). Beware using trees...

  • ROSA ARKANSANA | Prairie Wild Rose
    $0.00 Choose Options ROSA ARKANSANA | Prairie Wild Rose
    Rosa is the ancient Latin name for "rose". Arkansana means "of Arkansas". Sun Exposure               Prairie, Savanna Soil Moisture Wet...

  • RATIBIDA PINNATA | Yellow Coneflower
    $0.00 Choose Options RATIBIDA PINNATA | Yellow Coneflower
    "Drooping Coneflower, Gray Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower (also applied to R. columnifera), Weary Susan, Grayheaded Coneflower" Origin of the name Ratibida is not known. Pinnata comes from the Latin word meaning...

  • RATIBIDA COLUMNIFERA | Long headed Coneflower
    $0.00 Choose Options RATIBIDA COLUMNIFERA | Long headed Coneflower
    "Long-headed Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower (also applied to R. pinnata)" Origin of the name Ratibida is not known. Columnifera comes from the Latin word for "like a column" or "pillar-like", referring to the elongated cone...

  • PYCNANTHEMUM VIRGINIANUM | Mountain Mint
    $0.00 Choose Options PYCNANTHEMUM VIRGINIANUM | Mountain Mint
    "Slender Mountain Mint, Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint, Common Mountain Mint" Pycnanthemum is from the Greek pycnos, meaning "dense" and anthemon, meaning "a flower".   Click Here for Detailed Info Sun...


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