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Wildflower Gardening

Below, in alphabetical order by subject, are links to information that will help you make your yard a more enticing place for local wildflowers and the butterflies, birds, and other creatures they support.

Asters—Stars of the Show in Fall

Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis—Spectacular Scarlet Blossoms That Hummingbirds Adore

Cabbage-Leaf Coneflower, Rudbeckia maxima—A Composite With Presence

Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina 'Laciniata'—A Sophisticated Cultivar

False Indigo, Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'—A Spectacular Native Hybrid

Fothergillas—Super Shrubs for Sun or Shade

Goldenrods—Three Cultivars to Set Your Autumn Garden Ablaze

Milkweeds—Easing the Plight of the Monarch Butterfly

Native Groundcovers—Low-Growing Herbaceous Plants for Sun and Shade

Native Perennials—New Cultivars That Light Up the Summer Garden

Native Plants—Creating Biodiversity in Our Own Backyards

Natives Revival —Is Native-Plant Gardening Linked to Fascism?

Pawpaws—Tropical Trees for the Temperate Zone

Perennials—Treasuring the Native Perennials of North America

Pitcher Plants—Beguiling New Sarracenia Hybrids

Viburnums—A Selection of Versatile and Underused Natives

Wildflower Fever!—A Selection of Unusual Natives

Wildflower Gardens—Designing With Nature