Native Wildflowers
About Native Wildflowers
Region-native wildflowers that support pollinators and require minimal maintenance.
All Native Wildflowers Varieties
Allegheny Monkey Flower
Easy
Apollo Orange
90-100 days · Easy
Autumn Phlox
Easy
Bee Balm
300-365 days · Easy to moderate
Strong minty, citrusy flavor similar to oregano
Bizzy Lizzy
Easy
Black-Eyed Susan
100-120 days · Very easy
Not applicable - ornamental use
Blanket Flower
Easy
Not applicable
Blue-Eyed Grass
Easy
Brown-Eyed Susan
90-100 days · Easy
Butterfly Weed
365 days · Easy
No culinary use - toxic if consumed
California Poppy
55-60 days · Easy
Petals are edible with mild, lettuce-like flavor
Canada Goldenrod
Easy
Cardinal Flower
Easy
N/A
Cheyenne Spirit
126-165 days · Easy
Common Milkweed
Easy
Coral Bells
Easy
N/A
Cup Plant
Easy
Cutleaf Coneflower
Easy
Dutchman's Breeches
Easy
Foamflower
Easy
Foxglove Beardtongue
Easy
Fringed Bleeding Heart
Easy
Golden Alexander
Easy
Gray Goldenrod
Easy
Gray-Headed Coneflower
Easy
Great Blue Lobelia
Easy
Hairy Alumroot
Easy
Hairy Beardtongue
Easy
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed
Easy
Indian Pink
Easy
Jacob's Ladder
Easy
Jerusalem Artichoke
Easy
Nutty and slightly sweet with artichoke-like notes; crisp raw, starchy when cooked.
Joe-Pye Weed
Easy
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Very easy
N/A - ornamental
Large-Flowered Tickseed
Easy
Large-Flowered Trillium
Easy
Lemon Mint
110-120 days · Easy
Strong minty flavor with sharp peppery-spicy bite; more intense than common culinary mints, best used as a supporting flavor or mellowed in drying and cooking
Mayapple
Easy
Mexican Hat
Easy
Milkmaid
120-130 days · Easy
Narrow-Leaved Mountain Mint
Easy
New England Aster
365-450 days · Easy to moderate
Not applicable - ornamental/wildlife use
New Guinea Impatiens
Easy
New York Aster
Easy
New York Ironweed
Easy
Obedient Plant
Easy
Paradiso Tall Mix
135-165 days · Easy
Partridge Pea
Easy
Not typically consumed, primarily wildlife and pollinator plant
Partridgeberry
Easy
Pink Turtlehead
Easy
Prairie Blazingstar
Easy
Not applicable
Prairie Dock
Easy
Prairie Trillium
Easy
Purple Coneflower
300-365 days · Easy
Not applicable - medicinal/ornamental use
Purple Milkweed
Easy
Purple Poppy Mallow
Easy
Red Trillium
Easy
Red Turtlehead
Easy
Showy Goldenrod
Easy
Smooth Blue Aster
Easy
Spiderwort
Easy
Mucilaginous stems and leaves, mild flavor
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Easy
Spring Beauty
Easy
Stokes' Aster
Easy
Sundrops
Easy
Swamp Milkweed
120-130 days · Easy
Sweet Alyssum
50-60 days · Very easy
Sweet, honey-like fragrance but not commonly eaten
Sweet Coneflower
Easy
Tall Coreopsis
Easy
Tall Ironweed
Easy
Tall Thimbleweed
Easy
Threadleaf Coreopsis
Easy
Trout Lily
Easy
White Heath Aster
Easy
White Turtlehead
Easy
White Wild Indigo
Easy
Whorled Milkweed
Easy
Wild Bergamot
Easy
Minty, citrusy with oregano-like notes
Wild Blue Indigo
Easy
Not for culinary use - plant contains alkaloids
Wild Blue Lupine
Moderate
Not applicable
Wild Blue Phlox
Easy to moderate
Not applicable
Wild Columbine
Moderate
Not applicable - ornamental use (plant is toxic)
Wild Geranium
Easy
Wild Ginger
Easy
Aromatic ginger-like scent
Wild Indigo
Easy
Not applicable
Wild Lupine
Moderate
N/A
Woodland Sunflower
Easy
Yellow Columbine
Easy
Yellow Trillium
Easy
Yellow Wild Indigo
Easy
Find the Best Native Wildflowers for Your Zone
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