Wildflowers Encyclopedia

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Purple coneflower is a long-lived prairie perennial reaching 60-150 cm with bristly, dome-shaped seed heads and drooping purple-pink ray florets spanning 7-12 cm. Native to tallgrass prairies from Illinois to...

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Purple coneflower is a long-lived prairie perennial reaching 60-150 cm with bristly, dome-shaped seed heads and drooping purple-pink ray florets spanning 7-12 cm. Native to tallgrass prairies from Illinois to...

Hakonechloa macra (Japanese Forest Grass)

Hakonechloa macra is a graceful, slow-growing ornamental grass forming cascading mounds of arching, linear leaves 30-45 cm tall, turning from bright green or gold (in cultivars) to warm bronze, copper,...

Hakonechloa macra (Japanese Forest Grass)

Hakonechloa macra is a graceful, slow-growing ornamental grass forming cascading mounds of arching, linear leaves 30-45 cm tall, turning from bright green or gold (in cultivars) to warm bronze, copper,...

Campanula portenschlagiana (Dalmatian Bellflower)

Campanula portenschlagiana is a vigorous, low-growing bellflower from the limestone cliffs of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, producing masses of open, upward-facing, violet-blue bell-shaped flowers from May through August. Hardy...

Campanula portenschlagiana (Dalmatian Bellflower)

Campanula portenschlagiana is a vigorous, low-growing bellflower from the limestone cliffs of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, producing masses of open, upward-facing, violet-blue bell-shaped flowers from May through August. Hardy...

Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed)

Heracleum sphondylium is the largest native umbellifer in most European hedgerows, producing massive flat compound umbels 15-25 cm across of white to pinkish flowers on robust hollow stems 50-200 cm...

Heracleum sphondylium (Hogweed)

Heracleum sphondylium is the largest native umbellifer in most European hedgerows, producing massive flat compound umbels 15-25 cm across of white to pinkish flowers on robust hollow stems 50-200 cm...

Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert)

Geranium robertianum is a small, strongly scented annual or biennial of shady hedgerows, walls, and rocky places across Europe, bearing delicate pink flowers 14-18 mm across from April to November....

Geranium robertianum (Herb Robert)

Geranium robertianum is a small, strongly scented annual or biennial of shady hedgerows, walls, and rocky places across Europe, bearing delicate pink flowers 14-18 mm across from April to November....

Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)

Chilopsis linearis is a deciduous small tree or large shrub of the Bignoniaceae family, native to desert washes and arroyos of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. Plants grow 3-8...

Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow)

Chilopsis linearis is a deciduous small tree or large shrub of the Bignoniaceae family, native to desert washes and arroyos of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. Plants grow 3-8...