Indiana native wildflowers

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Fast growing native fern with long, narrow fronds. Adaptable to soil and moisture. Easily "seeds" around with small bulblets that form on the leaves.

Highly adaptable and freely seeding native perennial. This is fairly small/narrow plant that grows from flat basal rosette of leaves with showy flowers. 

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...

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...

Charming native spring ephemeral with odd looking flowers. Disease free, deer and rabbit resistant. For it's qualities awarded by Award of garden Merit by Royal Horticultural Society (UK).

As the common name suggest, this is really one of the earliest Goldenrods to bloom. Excellent source of food for native bees, honeybees, butterflies and small birds. Usually 3' tall x 2' wide (in...

Showy and tall native perennial with typical whorls of three leaves and many yellow flowers. Usually 5' tall x 1-2' wide, vase-shaped clumps, but in

Superior native, nearly unknown in horticulture, underutilized perennial with late summer blooming and good deer and rabbit resistance! But is already recognized by the best garden designers and can...

Groundcovering native wildflower for half shade or shade garden. Adaptable. 2' tall with flowers, rather large fresh green 6" tall leaves, spreads by rhizomes and groundcovers soil. In optimum...

"Like others in this genus, 'Gateway' is no exception in its power to attract butterflies with its huge, bright mauve-pink flower clusters atop deep wine red stems. July to September bloom makes...

Wonderful late flowering native perennial for average to drier soil. Good sized, well behaved, attractive to butterflies and pollinators. Very ornamental and still very underused native wildflower.

A bit shorter foxglove with coppery-rose to strawberry rose flowers in May to June. Shorter-lived or biennial. Sometimes sold under commercial name 'Summer King'. 2-3' tall x 1-2' wide, basal leaves,...

Adaptable native wildflower, important late source of nectar and pollen for native bees, various butterflies including Monarch butterflies and other insects. Seeds feed the birds. 3' tall x 1' wide...