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Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine!              Marilyn Oct 29, 2014 4:38 PM CST |
| Need To Know Which Plants Are Considered Wildflowers In The U.S? I want to know ASAP to be able to submit pics to the ATP Wildflowers Category Photo Contest. Can y'all help please? Thanks! |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)             Horntoad Oct 29, 2014 4:44 PM CST |
| I would think the name says it. Wild Flower as in any flower that grows naturally in the wild. wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: Catmint/Robin Maryland (Zone 7a)         Catmint20906 Oct 29, 2014 5:33 PM CST |
| how about this site, Marilyn: http://www.wildflowerinformati... "One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards” ― Thalassa Cruso |
Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine! Marilyn Oct 29, 2014 11:20 PM CST |
| Jay and Catmint, Thanks for your help and thanks for a link for a list. You're right, Jay, I should've thought of that way: "Wild Flower as in any flower that grows naturally in the wild."    |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.    |
| Well, the list that Catmint provided is very nice, but it includes plants such as African daisy and many others not native to the U.S. I guess that a plant doesn't need to be native to our area to be able to grow in the wild, but maybe we should be sticking to natives. You can find the plants native to Kentucky here, http://www.wildflower.org/plan... Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a) Horntoad Oct 30, 2014 8:23 AM CST |
| The photo contest category is "Wildflowers and Natives" so any wildflower would be acceptable. wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. |
Yes, I agree, I guess I got carried away, sorry.  Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a) Horntoad Oct 30, 2014 8:57 AM CST |
frostweed said:Yes, I agree, I guess I got carried away, sorry. I certainly understand your point of view.Natives are all I have submitted, even in other categories. wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. |
| Thank you Jay, Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: Catmint/Robin Maryland (Zone 7a) Catmint20906 Oct 30, 2014 3:24 PM CST |
frostweed said:Well, the list that Catmint provided is very nice, but it includes plants such as African daisy and many others not native to the U.S. I know, I was noticing that as well! On the other hand, if you pick up a 'wildflower' seed mix, a lot of these same flowers are in it! Prairie Moon has some nice *native* wildflower offerings. http://www.prairiemoon.com/ "One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards” ― Thalassa Cruso |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b)       greene Oct 30, 2014 7:22 PM CST |
| I like this site even though it is a UK site it has tons on wildflowers http://www.thewildflowersociet... Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Marilyn Northern KY (Zone 6a) Laughter is the best medicine! Marilyn Nov 1, 2014 5:19 PM CST |
| Thanks Josephine & everyone! |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. |
| You are welcome Marilyn Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: BrendaVR Ontario, Canada (Zone 6a)    BrendaVR Nov 4, 2014 6:15 PM CST |
| For telling whats native or introduced/exotic in North America I tend to use the USDA site: http://plants.usda.gov/java/ But yes, for the contest, since it says "Wildflowers and Natives" I think they are open to naturalized exotics. If we had no holes in our leaves we would have no butterflies! |
Name: Jay Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a) Horntoad Nov 4, 2014 6:53 PM CST |
| I think BONAP is much better than USDA. http://bonap.net/NAPA/Genus/Tr... wildflowersoftexas.com texasnatureonline.com |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. |
| I think all sites have something good and interesting to offer Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
Name: greene Savannah, GA (Sunset 28) (Zone 8b) greene Nov 4, 2014 8:34 PM CST |
| (Except probably for the one I posted from the UK as I had missed the part of the question that said 'in the U.S.') Sunset Zone 28, AHS Heat Zone 9, USDA zone 8b~~"Leaf of Faith" |
Name: Alex Junge MN st paul, (Zone 4a)  Plantsmylove Dec 12, 2014 5:01 PM CST |
| The tricky thing to remember when planting is not all wildflowers are native. pick flowes native to your zone when planting otherwise it could do more harm then good . many many terrible plants were brought over and planted because they looked pretty or had some value at the time, purple loosestrife, common buckthorn and garlic mustard are primie examples in MN.. |
Name: josephine Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a) Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native. |
| You are right, we do need to be careful Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature. Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers. |
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