Wildflowers | Moisture/Light | Flower Colour | Bloom time | Height | |
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Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) |
Med - moist/Full Sun | Purple-violet | June - August | 30cm | |
Ascending Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus striatus) |
Dry/Sun-shade tolerant | Purple blue | June - Aug | to 45cm | |
Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) |
Med - moist/Full Sun - shade | Pink lilac | July - Aug | 30-70cm | |
Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Med - moist/Full Sun | Orange-yellow-brown | July - Sept | to 60cm | |
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum) |
Med/Full Sun | Blue violet | May - June | to 15cm | |
Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis) |
Moist/Partial shade | White | June - July | 20-60cm | |
Compound Fleabane (Erigeron compositus) | Dry /Full Sun | White-yellow | May - June | 10-30cm | |
Crowfoot Violet (Viola pedatifida) |
Med - moist/Shade tolerant | Violet blue | June | 5-10cm | |
Cut-leaved Anemone (Anemone multifida) |
Med - moist/Shade tolerant | Pink | May - June | 15-50cm | |
Dotted Blazingstar (Liatris punctata) |
Med /Full Sun | Deep rosy purple | Aug | to 30cm | |
Early Blue Violet (Viola adunca) |
Med/Shade Tolerant | Violet-purple | May - June | 13-18cm | |
Early Yellow Locoweed (Oxytropis macounii) |
Dry/Full sun | Yellow | May - June | 15cm | |
False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina stellata) |
Moist/Shade tolerant | White | May | 45-100cm | |
Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) |
Med /Full Sun | Pink-light purple | Aug - Oct | 10-40cm | |
Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | Orange-yellow | July - Aug | 20-60cm | |
Giant-Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) |
Med - moist/Shade tolerant | Lavender | June - Sept | 30-90cm | |
Golden Bean (Thermopsis rhombifolia) |
Med - moist/Fullsun partshade | Yellow | May - early June | 10-40cm | |
Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) |
Med - moist/Shady | White | July - Sept | 20-50cm | |
Ground-Plum (Astragalus crassicarpus) |
Dry /Full Sun | Pale purple to white | May - June | to 5cm | |
Hairy Golden - Aster (Chrysopsis villosa) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | Yellow | July - Sept | 15-50cm | |
Hairy Umbrellawort (Mirabilis hirsuta) |
Dry/Full sun | Reddish pink | Aug | 20-30cm | |
Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) |
Med - moist/Full Sun/ shade tolerant | Purple blue | June - Sept | 10-45cm | |
Heart-leaved Alexanders (Zizia aptera) |
Med - moist/ Full sun/ Some shade | Deep yellow | June - July | 7-35cm | |
Hedysarum (Hedysarum alpinum) |
Med/Full Sun | Pink-violet | June - July | 15-40cm | |
Indian Breadroot (Psoralea esculenta) |
Dry /Full Sun | Light bluish purple | June - July | 15-30cm | |
Later Yellow Locoweed (Oxytropis gracilis) |
Dry/Full sun | Yellow | Aug - Sept | 12-25cm | |
Lilac-flowered Beard tongue (Pentstemon gracilis) |
Med - moist/ Full sun | Pale lilac | June - July | 15-30cm | |
Long Fruited Anemone (Anemone cylindrica) |
Med - moist/Full Sun | White | May-June | up to 40cm | |
Low Everlasting (Atennaria aprica) |
Med - dry /Full Sun | Creamy white | May - June | 10-20cm | |
Low Townsendia (Townsendia sericea) |
Dry /Full Sun | Pink-white | Apr - May | to 5cm | |
Meadow Blazingstar (Liatris ligulistylis) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | Deep rosy purple | Aug | to 45cm | |
Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago decumbens) |
Med /Full Sun | Yellow | Aug - Oct | 10-40cm | |
Northern Bedstraw (Galium boreale) | Med/Shade tolerant | White | July - Aug | 30-60cm | |
Northern Bog Violet (Viola nephrophylla) |
Moist/Shade tolerant | Bluish purple | May - July | 60cm | |
Northern Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum) |
Med - moist /Full Sun | Light pink | Aug - Sept | 90cm+ | |
Oblong - Leaved Gentian (Gentiana affinis) |
Med - moist/Full Sun-shade tol | Dark blue | July | 20-25cm | |
Pink-flowered Onion (Allium stellatum) |
Dry/Full sun - some shade | White | May - June | 20-60cm | |
Prairie Cinquefoil (Potentilla pensylvanica) |
Med - dry /Full Sun | Yellow | June - July | up to 40cm | |
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) |
Dry /Full Sun | Yellow-brown | July - Sept | 25-60cm | |
Prairie Crocus (Anemone Patnus) |
Dry /Full Sun | Mauve | April | 10-20cm | |
Prairie Onion (Allium textile) |
Dry/Full sun | White | May - June | 7-30cm | |
Purple Coneflower (Echinachea angustifolia) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | Light purple | June - July | 20-40cm | |
Purple Prairie Clover (Petalstemon purpureum) |
Dry /Full Sun | Red-purple | June - July | to 40cm | |
Reflexed Rock-cress (Arabis retrofracta) |
Med /Full Sun | White to Pink | May - June | 10-60cm | |
Showy Locoweed (Oxytropis splendens) |
Med /Full Sun | Deep blue-purple | June - July | 15-30cm | |
Slender Beardtongue (Pentstemon procerus) |
Med - moist/ Full sun | Purple blue | June - Aug | 25-60cm | |
Smooth Aster (Aster laevis) |
Med /Full Sun - shade tolerant | Violet-blue-yellow | Aug - October | 30-120cm | |
Smooth Blue Beardtongue (Pentstemon nitidus) |
Dry/Full sun | Bright blue | May - June | 15-45cm | |
Smooth Fleabane (Erigerun glabellus) |
Med - moist/Full Sun-shade tol | Blue-pink-white | June - July | 10-50cm | |
Smooth Wild Strawberry (Fragaria glauca) |
Med - moist/Full Sunshade tol | White | May - July | to 60cm | |
Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) |
Med /Full Sun | Yellow | Aug - Sept | 20-45cm | |
Three - toothed Cinquefoil (Potentilla tridentata) |
Dry/Partial shade | White | July | 10-35cm | |
Three-flowered Avens (Geum triflorum) |
Med - dry /Full Sun | Reddish, Purple | May - June | 15-20cm | |
Two-grooved Milk-vetch (Astragalus bisulcatus) |
Dry /Full Sun | Deep purple to reddish | June | 20-60cm | |
Velvety Goldenrod (Solidago mouis) |
Med /Full Sun | Purple-violet | June - Aug | to 60cm | |
Western Red Lily (lilium philadelphicum) |
Med - moist/Full Sun | Red orange | June | 20-60cm | |
White Beard tongue (Pentstemon albidus) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | White | May - June | 10-30cm | |
White Cinquefoil (Potentilla Arguta) |
Med - moist/Full Sun | Creamy white, yellow | June - July | 30-75cm | |
White Prairie Clover Petalostemon candidum) |
Med - dry/Full Sun | White | July - Aug | 20-50cm | |
Wild Blue Flax (Linum lewisii) |
Dry /Full Sun | Pale Blue | June - July | 25-60cm | |
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) |
Med - moist/Partial shade | Red | June - July | 30-90cm | |
Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota) |
Med - moist/Full Sun shade tol | Yellow white | July | to 60cm | |
Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis) |
Moist - wet/Shade tolerant | Light blue | June - July | to 50cm | |
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |
Dry - moist/Full Sun | White | June - August | 30-60cm | |
Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum) |
Moist/Shade tolerant | Yellow | June - July | 20-80cm | |
Yellow Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) |
Med /Full Sun | Lemon Yellow | July - August | 1-1.5metres | |
Yellow Umbrella plant (Eriogonom flavum) |
Dry/Full sun | Yellow | June - Aug | 4-10cm |
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