Indiana native wildflowers

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). Basal rosette of watery leaves, nodding flowers, dies back after...

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 optimum conditions can reach 4' and spread by rhizomes to...

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 be seen for example in the Lurie Garden in Chicago...

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 conditions can be fast spreader. Golden-yellow , smaller...

"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 'Gateway' a bold and dramatic display when planted with...

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. Also called Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort. 3' tall x 1...

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, 2-3" pendulous tubular flowers attract hummingbirds...

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 upright and a bit leggy looking plants. Violet-blue...

Robust looking perennial with large, spiky and shiny leaves and pink-mauve snapdragon-like flowers in early summer. Trouble free and drought tolerant. Awarded by Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain) in 1993. 3-4' tall x 2...

Showy, easy to grow, suitable for garden conditions and with superior qualities for native pollinators! Aromatic minty leaves.  This plant is not aggressive than similar Mints or Monarda, and it's better to pair it with smaller or same-sized plants...

Slender shrubby looking native perennial with nicely arching branches, small pink flower and great wildlife support. 2' tall x 1.5-2' wide, flowers in July-August/September. Full sun, part sun, adaptable to soil types, but prefers somewhat drained soil...

Compact and (nearly) dwarf beebalm, but unlike other dwarf cultivars, still "natural" looking, healthy and vigorous! The only recommended dwarf cultivar and one of the winners at Mt. Cuba Monarda trials. So far, we have observed, that it does very well...

Short-lived perennial that selfseeds, ideal for dappled sun, half shade, light or dappled shade garden. Fire Pink is mascot of our logo. 1.5-2' tall x 1' wide clumps of dark green leaves. Flowers in May to July attract hummingbirds, butterflies, native...

Very robust, archetypal catmint (other newer cultivars are compared to this one). Free flowering, vigorous and pest free. Excellent garden performer, recommended by Chicago Botanic Garden in Nepeta trials (4 stars out of 4). Sterile, not seeding, large...

Very drought tolerant and probably one of the finest- textured grasses. Cool season grass (with active growth in cooler part of the season - spring). 2' tall x 1.5' wide clumps of fresh green leaves, topped by "hairs" of flowers and seeds from June/July...

Native woodland perennial with many herbal properties. Smaller clumps, 0.75' tall x 0.75'-1' wide, leaves emerge from yellow tuber, single flower without petals sits right above each leaf. Flowers in April/May, followed by attractive red berries...

Low growing, partially groundcovering native stonecrop for half shade or shade. Dark green leaves, low mounds, only 2-3" tall x 6-12" wide, 6-8" tall with white flowers in April/May to June. Half sun, half shade, light shade, medium-moist to medium-dry...

Hybrid stonecrop with gray fleshy leaves and low arching mounds topped with dark ruby-red flowers in August to September. 0.5-0.75' tall x 0.5-1' wide, somewhat groundcovering mounds, leaves are more or less evergreen. Full sun, drained soils are the...