Indiana native wildflowers

Exotic, native perennial with unusual fragrant flowers in the shape of a spider. Long-lived bulbous perennial (bulbs multiply in time). Loves moisture, but will grow well in average soil with average moisture. Blooming Time: late summer to early...

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...

'Gone With The Wind' is a seed strain (a bit variable) cultivar, that is smaller than the species of Sporobolus heterolepis. Clumping, long-lived grass with fragrant flowers. Beautiful golden-orange color in the fall and beige in the winter. Prairie...

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...

Moisture loving, native perennial with cute lilac-blue flowers in the summer. Ideal plant for rain gardens, moist spots, banks of your pond, up to a shallow standing water or can be tucked in flower bed with medium-average moisture, especially on heavy...

Bigger, architectural, native perennial with gray-green sword-like leaves. Distinguishing feature is the leaves that bend downward - the outer leaves are recurved, or bending back on itself, leading to a floppy appearance. Blooming Time: white flowers...

Upright and narrow goldenrod with reddish stems and narrow spikes of yellow flowers.Blooming Time: August-SeptemberSize: usually about 4' tall and 2' wide (in optimum conditions up to 5' tall, and in poor conditions only 2' tall)USDA Zones: 3-7Culture:...

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...

Lilac-purple flowers, usually reblooms in late summer. In ideal conditions does bloom nonstop. Somewhat ground covering/trailing growth. Basal part stays evergreen. Blooming time: late April/May (usually starts after the creeping phloxes) till June,...

Non-aggressive sedge with tidy, medium-sized clumps with groundcovering and weed suppressing growth. Fine semi-evergreen leaves. One of the top performers at Mt. Cuba Carex trials, gaining 4.6 points for shade use and 4.3 for use in sunny areas. Blooming...

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...

Valuable late bloomer, usually one of the last sunflower to bloom. Magnet for Monarchs, butterflies, skippers and moths, small songbirds feed on seeds. Large 2-2.5" wide golden flowers, very narrow and shiny leaves. Spreads wide - needs some room...

Native dayflower, unlinke the invasive Asian species, this one is perennial. Interesting addition to moist or wet places, moist woodland edge garden or pollinator garden. Rarely offered. Light blue flowers with 3 petals, nicely contrast to showy yellow...

Very late-blooming perennial with clouds of small pale blue flowers. Tough, adaptable and dry shade tolerant. This cultivar is propagated from cuttings, which means all the plants are clonal with uniform look. Upright plant with heart-shaped basal leaves...

The green-white or green-yellow flowers are followed by dark brown berries. Grass-like wetland perennial that spreads via rhizomes to form dense stands, which provide excellent support for wildlife and appear similar to cattails or irises from far away...

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...