Tulip Poplar
The large tulip-shaped flowers of this tree are spectacular, but they’re often so high up that they’re hard to see. We’ve planted several Tulip Trees at the PGT. Look for … Continued
Great Spangled Fritillaries
I’m seeing a lot of Great Spangled Fritillaries right now. Anywhere I find a milkweed blooming I see a few of these butterflies flying about.
Indian Pink
This uncommon wildflower is blooming now. It likes partial shade and hummingbirds love it.
Orange Sulphur Butterfly
This butterfly is feeding on Pickerel weed, one of my favorite water plants. The showy violet-blue flower spikes last all summer long. Pickerelweed grows along the edges of ponds and … Continued
Cattails
The cattails are up now. You can find them along the edges of lakes and ponds all across America, often with Red-winged blackbirds nearby.
Foxglove Beardtongue
There are thousands of these bright-white flower spikes blooming in the prairies now. Look close and you’ll see bees, bumble bees, and hummingbirds. It’s the most common plant you’ll see … Continued
Purple Coneflower
Coneflowers have just started blooming and should continue into the summer. This is Purple Coneflower, but the PGT also has Yellow Coneflowers and Pale Purple Coneflowers. A good place to … Continued
Pasture Rose
This native rose doesn’t get tall, rarely more than a foot, but it does have large fragrant flowers. Yesterday I found one blooming in the path through the Savanna on … Continued
Wild Persimmon
The pattern created by these newly emerged persimmon leaves caught my eye. The backlighting and rim-lighting helps. Wild Persimmons are a native small tree that occurs over the eastern and … Continued
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
This is one of many kinds of wildflowers blooming at the Prairie Garden Trust (PGT) right now.