Let's all share what's been going on in our wildflower garden with each other! Post pictures, tell each other about it, or just talk about wildflowers!

Happy gardening!

The bluebonnets are finishing up blooming and setting seed pods.


Herbertia just started; aren't they the prettiest?

Oh my goodness definitely @piksihk! They are BEAUTIFUL! Keep up the good work!

Happy gardening

My red maids have already started to die out. In case you haven't seen the pics before: (of when they were in bloom)

Spring wildflowers coming up
Trout-lily
Bloodroot
spring beauty

Wow! Those are beautiful @gardengus! My favorite one that you showed us is the Trout Lily. It's magnificent.

Kim @Fredenburg, thanks for opening my eyes to red maid! Never heard of them... such lovely color blooms.

No problem! They are definitely one of my favorites.
Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis) Red Maids (Calandrinia ciliata) and Lily (Lilium lancifolium) are probably my top three favorites.

out looking for .......well not exactly wild flowers




phlox


mayapple




geranium





red trillium


jack in the pulpit




Ahh yes there they are



Lunch

Wow! They're beautiful Gus! The geraniums and the phlox in particular. I just love all of the bright colors!

Wine cups And bachelor buttons with verbena and Lace flower
Spiderworts

Wow! The wine cups and the bachelor buttons are so pretty Betsy!

Hello. Here are some plants native to my region I love having in my garden.

It is monarch time in the garden, and the Joe Pye Weed isn't even blooming yet. The Asclepias tuberosa has been a great source of nectar for visiting monarchs and a pollinator magnet.

Baptisia alba growing with Silphium terebinthinaceum. The Silphium comes from a tiny seedling that was sprouting. It was my volunteer job many years ago to weed the native plant garden at the museum so I took this out of place One inch tall native and nurtured it until it had strength to fill its spot. That garden had the second best honey ever.

Opuntia humifusa, found all over in the Indiana Dunes and now my yard.

Asclepias sulivantii and Aclepias tuberosa, not something one would find together in the wild. Monarchs don't mind.

I love the intense orange of Asclepias tuberosa. Reminds me of driving in Indiana, but not as much as the Silphium terebinthinaceum, that is iconic to our landscape.

Wow! Such beautiful flowers AnnMarie!

Yes, very lovely indeed!!!

Thank you. I love growing prairie plants. Our wildflowers are very wonderful. They are magnets for pollinators, butterflies, humming birds, all sorts of other birds. Best part is I really don't have to worry about watering my plants.

My Cardinal Flower Lobelia is about to bloom and cultivar of a native hibiscus to our area is forming buds.

Sempervivoides said:Best part is I really don't have to worry about watering my plants.

Very true! They have extremely low or even no maintenance, yet they still produce beautiful flowers!

@Sempervivoides, jealous! I missed the chance to take a picture of my blooms :doh:. After years of nothing, I had 4 this year!

My wildflowers-

Those daisies are beautiful!

Thank you! I've recently trimmed them back and another batch looks about ready to pop up.