Indiana native wildflowers

Heavily blooming goldenrod, tiny flowers, one of the top performers at Mt. Cuba Solidago trials. Great in average to wet soil (and wet clay), well behaved, stays in clumps. Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod. Blooming Time: July/August - September...

Robust perennial sunflower with ornamental leaves and fairly big golden flowers at the end of summer and early fall. Tolerates drought, dry soils, and is a very good cut flower. Attracts a lot of wildlife! Blooming Time: August to...

End of season flowering native plant, small creamy flowers in loose panicles open to highly ornamental fluffy seedheads. Fragrant flowers attract a lot of insects. Suitable for dryish garden. Size: usually around 3' tall x 1.5-2’ wide. Can handle...

Native dropseeds, quite common in natural remnants, but not common in gardens. Reminds a bit of Prairie Dropseed - it is clumping grass with fibrous roots, but the flowering stems have tight (closed flowers for the most of the time), and are not...

Unique creamy-white native goldenrod, very adaptable to light and soil condition and very drought tolerant. Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod. Blooming Time: July - September/October Size: usually 2' tall and 1' wide (in poor dry soil can be...

Short native goldenrod for dry sunny garden. Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod. Blooming Time: July - August/September Size: usually 18-24" tall and wide, in optimal conditions can spread with fibrous roots into smaller loose colonyUSDA...

Monarch favorite perennial. Large button-shaped flowers arranged in spikes in late summer and early fall. Blooming Time: August - SeptemberSize: 3' tall x  0.25-0.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to 8 Culture: average soil, medium to dry soil in full sun or...

White blooming yarrow that originates from 'Oertel's Rose' Shorter, vigorous, north American genotype that will not vanish in your garden. Best for more naturalistic looking garden, meadows or so. Blooming time: main blooming time is early...

Upright native aster with late blooming, small light yellow flowers age to reddish-purple. Pollinator magnet, adatable to various soil and light conditions. Blooming Time: August - September/OctoberSize: around 3' high x 1-1.5' wideUSDA Zones: 3 to...

Native shrub with bluish-green leaves (evergreen in the south), and larger 1.5-2" golden-yellow flowers in midsummer. Attractive to native bees, bumblebees and butterflies. Flowers appear on new wood, so can be sheared back in the spring if needed...

Robust, structural, native perennial and superior pollinator plant with a very long blooming time. Adaptable savannah plant that will struggle in very dry soil or too much shade. Unique candlestick structure for the middle or background of the flower bed...

Tall narrow & structural native perennial great for the background of a naturalistic flower bed. Interesting white flowers, large leaves up to 8" in diameter with very showy silver leaf undersides (often shows in the breeze or wind). Often with...

Spreading natural form that requires some space, but is also easy to reduce, if needed. Excellent late support for variety of pollinators and even hummingbirds! Better behaved in heavier soils. Blooming Time: early August to SeptemberSize: 4' tall x 3'...

Smaller drooping flowers with purple calyxes and short cream-pink petals. Can be used as groundcover in moist soils. Quite an ornamental plant and the parent plant of several cultivars with bigger flowers. Native wetland Avens, that likes moisture and...

Ground-covering native Viola for naturalization in partial shade or shade. Beautiful small plant, not fussy about soils, tolerant to drier shade. Can become aggressive seeder or spreader, so the best use is in more natural areas. Great wildlife support...

Shorter-lived perennial or even biennial, that persists in the garden due to self-seeding. Very easy to grow, adaptable and opportunistic - it will fill the gaps - but you can recognize it for it's fuzzy leaves. Can be easily reduced, if needed...

Butterfly and native insect magnet! This long-flowering native perennial gets its name from the short, stiff hairs that cover the stems and narrow leaves, giving them a rough texture. The tall, upright stems have less foliage toward the top and are...

Highly adaptable and freely seeding native perennial. This is fairly small/narrow plant that grows from flat basal rosette of leaves with showy flowers.  Great for naturalization or groundcovering substitute for lawn.  Blooming Time: Flower in...