7 Types of Wildflowers Every Home Gardener Should Know

Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)

One of the most beautiful natural red wildflowers, this bee balm grows 2 4 feet tall. Its 3- to 4-inch tubular crimson blossoms complement its mint-like leaves and smell.

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Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Black-eyed Susan, one of the two most common native wildflowers in the U.S., grows 1 to 3 feet tall with fuzzy, lance-like leaves. The cone-shaped eye is dark brown rather than black

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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

This native perennial grows to 3 or 4 feet with gently serrated leaves and spikes of red-lipped, five-lobed flowers about 1 inch long. Through September, the cardinal flower thrives in partial shade

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Common Evening Primrose

This biennial attracts night-flying moths with its 1- to 3-inch lemon-scented blooms. It self-sows vigorously, making it seem perpetual. Making one rosette of leaves in its first year, it grows 3 to 5 feet tall

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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

Milkweed, a must-grow wildflower for endangered monarch butterflies whose larvae sip its white "milk" (sap), grows 3 to 5 feet tall with spherical heads of pink to purple scented blooms.

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Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Coneflower grows 2 4 feet tall and is the most prominent natural purple wildflower for its therapeutic properties and 4-inch downward-daisy blossoms. While its spiky orange and brown cone points up

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Dogtooth Violet (Erythronium americanum)

Dogtooth violets, named for their corm forms, are sometimes called trout lilies for their red or mottled green foliage. Spring wildflowers precede deciduous tree leafing.

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