Ashy Sunflower
There are several kinds of yellow sunflowers blooming now. To help identify them it helps to turn them around and look at the back of the flower. At the PGT … Continued
Ladies Tresses Orchid
This week I’ve found a few of these tiny wild orchids growing in the mowed paths at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT). The flower stalks are only about ten inches … Continued
Prairie Dock
3-inch blossoms are appearing on the top of tall stalks on this prairie wildflower. The flower stalks grow up to 10 tall and it has huge leaves at the base.
Purple Coneflower
Patches of these wildflowers can still be seen now in the plantings around the PGT visitor center and along the edges of the prairie.
Monarch Caterpillar
Swamp Milkweeds are one of the last milkweeds to bloom. I found some on the bank of the Lotus Ponds yesterday and on it I found a Monarch caterpillar stretching … Continued
Rose Mallow
These showy wildflowers have been blooming since July. At the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT) you can find it growing on the edge Beaver Lake and at the Lotus Ponds.
Jerusalem Artichoke
This is one of the many kinds of yellow flowers blooming in the prairie now. I’ve read that its tuber can be used as a root vegetable, but I’ve never … Continued
Blazing Star Prairie
The growing conditions for prairie wildflowers has been perfect this year; plenty of rain. That has resulted in a great show of flowers blooming in the prairie now. This is … Continued