#native wildflowers

Buttonbushes are blooming, much to the delight of every pollinator around! They look like little exploding stars.

Now blooming in the garden: Allegheny monkeyflower, Mimulus ringens.

Left to right, top to bottom: Mayflower, Mandrake, Black Cohosh, Broad-Leaved Arrow-Head, Bur Thistle, Bloodroot.

I sowed a packet of seeds two years ago, and this summer these two survivors have reached blooming size! This PNW native is rare, and I’m excited that it seems to like its home. I’ll collect more seeds from them (with luck) and spread them around my garden.

Goatsbeard (Aruncus dioicus) definitely brings the drama to a woodland garden! This is one that I had to try in 3 places before I found the right conditions. Worth it!

Spiderwort blooms in the morning and closes up by mid afternoon, and spreads at a manageable rate. Perfect flower for this time of year, after the spring blooms but before the full summer extravaganza

image description: close up photos of a small pale pink nearly purple flower, similar to a tulip in that it is bell shaped and has that radial symmetry/ everything-in-multiples-of-three thing going on. the inside petals are covered in bristly white hairs, and purple speckles can be seen within. the stigma is pink, the anthers are sky blue.

Left to right, top to bottom: Monkey Flower, Purple Aster, Hyssop Skullcap, Chicory, Blind Gentian, Blue Vervain, Great Lobelia.