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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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  • 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...

  • ASTER AZUREUS | Sky Blue Aster
    $0.00 Choose Options ASTER AZUREUS | Sky Blue Aster
    Sky Blue Aster (Aster azureus) Also known as Symphyotrichum oolentangiensis. Found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie region in a dizzying array of habitats from marshes to woodlands. Aster colonies frequently cover large...

  • 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 SYRIACA (Silkweed)
    $0.00 Choose Options ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA (Silkweed)
    Silkweed (Asclepias Syriaca) - has one to several stout, erect stems, 2-3 ft. tall, bear large, domed clusters of pink or pinkish-white flowers at the top or on stalks from leaf axils. Leaves are oval, thick, and somewhat...

  • Asclepias Incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
    $0.00 Choose Options ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA | Swamp Milkweed
    Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incanata) - Sometimes referred to as Red Milkweed, this fragrant flower is the favorite host for Monarch butterflies. Later in the season, the large pods will break to reveal seeds that will...

  • Prairie Sage - Artemesia ludovinciana
    $0.00 Choose Options ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA | Prairie Sage
    Prairie Sage (Artemisia Ludoviciana) - Found throughout the Tallgrass Prairie Region and well throughout North America. Can grow to 40 inches in height and prefers disturbed areas along roads and railways, dry areas on...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUM | Little Blue Stem
    $0.00 Choose Options ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUM | Little Blue Stem
    This native perennial grass is 2-3' tall and tufted at the base. The culms are tan or reddish brown, hairless, and terete; the base of each culm is erect, rather than decumbent across the ground. Alternate leaves are...

  • ANDROPOGON GERARDI | Big Blue Stem
    $0.00 Choose Options ANDROPOGON GERARDI | Big Blue Stem
    "This native perennial grass is 3-8' tall, more or less erect, and unbranched or little branched. Each culm is terete, tan, and hairless; its nodes are dark-colored, slightly swollen, and glaucous. There are several...

  • AMORPHA FRUTICOSA | False Indigo
    $0.00 Choose Options AMORPHA FRUTICOSA | False Indigo
    False Indigo (Amorpha Fruiticosa) is common in moist prairie thickets and along streams and rivers in prairies throughout the Tallgrass Region. Not as common east of Illinois.  Large, bushy shrubs can reach 10 feet,...

  • AMORPHA CANESCENS | Leadplant
    $0.00 Choose Options AMORPHA CANESCENS | Leadplant
    Leadplant (Amorpha Canescens), A shrubby perennial, often as an undergrowth of Big Bluestem, Leadplant reaches 3 feet. Stems become large (1/2 inch) and woody with age; compound leaves with numerous small leaflets...

  • Allium Cernuum (Nodding Onion)
    $0.00 Choose Options ALLIUM CERNUUM | Nodding Onion
    Nodding Onion (Allium Cernuum) is a stunning, easy to grow perennial growing 1 to 2 feet; white to pink flowers at the top of an arching stem and blooming from July through August.   The nodding habit may...

  • ALISMA PLANTAGO-AQUATICA | Water Plantain
    $0.00 Choose Options ALISMA PLANTAGO-AQUATICA | Mad Dog Weed
    Water Plantain (Alisma Plantago-Aquatica), also known as Mad Dog Weed, can be erect or drooping, perennial favoring the shallow water of wetlands, marshes, muddy banks and water-logged ditches. It is also occasionally found...

  • AGROPYRON TRACHYCAULUM | Slender Wheat Grass
    $0.00 Choose Options AGROPYRON TRACHYCAULUM | Slender Wheat Grass
    Slender wheatgrass is a short-lived, native, perennial bunchgrass that is widely distributed. It was the first native grass to be grown under cultivation. Sun...

  • AGASTACHE SCROPHULARIAEFOLIA | Giant Purple Hyssop
    $0.00 Choose Options AGASTACHE SCROPHULARIAEFOLIA | Giant Purple Hyssop
    Giant Purple Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariae) - A great tall plant for the back of the perennial border. Tall spikey flowers attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. Prefers full sun and grows 3-4' tall. Labiatae...

  • AGASTACHE NEPETOIDES | Giant Yellow Hyssop
    $0.00 Choose Options AGASTACHE NEPETOIDES | Giant Yellow Hyssop
    Giant Yellow Hyssop (Agastache Neptoides) is a perennial, 3 to 5 feet with square stems; white to yellow flowers in dense spikes; blooms from July to September in woodland edges and rocky, wooded hillsides from Quebec to...

  • ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM | Yarrow
    $0.00 Choose Options ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM | Yarrow
    Yarrow, (Achillea Millefolium) is very common to fields, pastures, disturbed areas, roadsides, previously disturbed prairies and open sites throughout the Tallgrass biome. Tiny white flowers in umbels at the top of the plant...


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