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Fall Blooming Wildflower
Aster nova-angliae
Family - Compositae - DaisyThe New England Aster is the prettiest of the asters and one of the showiest of the fall blooming wildflowers. It grows in thickets, meadows, moist areas and prairies. The geographic...
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Zig Zag Goldenrod Solidago Flexicaulis
Goldenrod Zig ZagSolidago flexicaulis
Family - Compositeae - DaisyThe Zig Zag Goldenrod is the most unlikely looking member of this large family. Most of the members of the Solidago tribe have flower spikes at the top of the plant, a
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Great Lobelia - Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia siphilitica
Family - Campanulaceae - BluebellGreat Blue Lobelia, or Big Blue Lobelia, displays its intense blue flowering spikes from late August until mid to late September. The species name, siphilitica, refers to itÂ’s...
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Willow Aster
Aster praealtus
Family - Astereae - AsterThe Willow Aster inhabits thickets, prairies, and meadows in an area ranging in the north from Manitoba, Canada to Massachusetts, South to Virginia and Maryland and west to Missouri and...
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Aster curtisii
Aster curtisii
Family - AstereaeThis fall blooming wildflower is found in the high mountainous areas of Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Primarily a woodland wildflower, it blooms during September and October. The violet blue...
Fall Blooming Flowers - Autumn Beauty For Your Garden
There are many fall blooming flowers from which to choose for the autumn garden. Some are perennial which will return to brighten your flower garden for many years. Set a few pumpkins and gourds around to complete your classic...
Perennial Flowers - Plant Them And They Shall Return
Perennial flowers are flowers which live for more than one season. There is such a large
selection of perennials available that the novice flower gardener can easily become confused.
Then throw in hardiness zones, light...
Penstemon - Beardtongue - Wildflower For The Perennial Garden
Penstemmon canescens
Family Scrophulariaceae - Snapdragon
This particular penstemon is a transplant from the wild. In the woodlands of southeastern Indiana this wildflower brightens the summer forest with its pink flowers....
Columbine - Elegant Beauty For Your Perennial Flower Garden
The columbine is one of the prettiest flowers in the garden. Blooming occurs
in late spring through early summer, the long spurred flowers are the
most elegant flowers in the perennial flower garden. Aquilegia has been...
Fall Tree Colors - Flowering Dogwood Cornus Florida
Cornus florida
Family - Cornaceae - DogwoodThe burgundy-red leaves of the Flowering Dogwood are a perfect accent to the other fall colors found in the autumn forest. Usually accompanied by bright red berries, the leaves provide a...
Annual Flower Plants For The Garden
Few flower gardens would be complete without annual flowers. Their earliness and generosity of bloom will bring color and grace to any garden. Annual flower plants can be placed among perennials to fill in gaps in their bloom times,...
Fall Wildflower - Eupatorium serotinum - Late Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Family Asteraceae- AsterLate Boneset is a fall blooming wildflower usually found in woodlands and in the marginal areas around them. Its range runs from Massachusetts in the eastern United States, west to...
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Goldenrod Blue Stem
Solidago caesiaFamily - Composite - DaisyThe Blue Stem Goldenrod, sometimes called the Wreath Goldenrod, is a bit different than most of the other members of the Solidago family. It has a smooth green, purple or purplish green stem...
Four O'Clock - Afternoon Beauty For Your Flower Garden
Mirabilis jalapaFamily - Nyctaginaceae - Four O'ClockThe family name is Latin in origin, and means wonderful. And that is a good description of this wonderful annual flower. It is native to South America, from areas of Mexico, and...
The Annual Flanders Poppy - Bright Color For the Flower Garden
Papaver rhoeasFamily - Papaveraceae - PoppyThis is the poppy made famous by the poem, "In Flanders Fields"
by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD. It is a hardy annual availble in
red, deep purple, scarlet, and white. It will grow...