Indiana native wildflowers

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...

Taller rosinweed, with airy loosely branched stems and lighter yellow flowers. Adatable to light and soil conditions. Good pollinator and bird plant. Will seed around, bit not aggressively. Blooming Time: July to SeptemberSize: usually about 5’...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Highly ornamental and well behaved clump sedge that likes moisture, but will do fine in medium moist garden in half shade. Usually grows to 2' (up to 3' in rich and moist soil) x 1-1.5' wide clumps. Cool season grass (grows actively since early spring),...

Easy to grow, forgiving, long-flowering perennial, very valuable for many native insects, several butterflies and skippers and small birds. Tough and longer-lived. Stays in clumps, and has coarse leaves Blooming Time: June to AugustSize: 3' tall x 1...