Spring Blooms
Celebrate the awakening of the growing season with native wildflowers that bloom from early spring through late May. These early risers provide critical nectar and pollen for emerging pollinators when few other food sources are available. From woodland ephemerals that carpet the forest floor before the canopy leaves out to prairie pioneers that break through last year's thatch, spring bloomers set the stage for a season of ecological abundance. Perfect for adding early color to gardens while supporting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects during their most vulnerable period.
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Prairie Smoke (Geum Triflorum) -
Bradbury Bee Balm (Monarda bradburiana) -
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) -
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium Reptans) -
Eastern Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) -
Golden Ragwort (Packera Aurea) -
Early Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dioicum) -
Plantain-leaved Pussytoes (Antennaria Plantaginifolia) -
Prairie Phlox (Phlox Pilosa) -
Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon Digitalis) -
Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera Richardsonii) -
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus) -
Gray's Sedge (Carex grayi) -
Path Rush (Juncus Tenuis) -
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia Ohiensis) -
Plantain Sedge (Carex plantaginea) -
Common Blue Violet (Viola Sororia) -
Wild Ginger (Asarum Canadense) -
Penn Sedge (Carex Pensylvanica) -
Canada Anemone (Anemone Canadensis) -
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Angustifolia) -
Midland Shooting Star (Dodecatheon Meadia) -
Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum) -
Virgina Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum Virginianum)