After a really dry winter and early spring, the rains have returned and so they have coaxed an incredible number of wildflowers out of the prairie earth. Over the previous weeks now we have seen many species, listed below are a few of them:
Purple coneflower – a showy plant about 1-2 ft tall with purple petals surrounding a deep red-violet middle disk
Black-eyed Susan – a standard perennial with vivid yellow petals and darkish middle
Prairie coneflower – just like the black-eyed Susan, this plant is taller (2-3 ft) sporting yellow petals round a big middle that’s darkish brown and egg-shaped
Purple poppy-mallow – low-growing species with purplish petals
Butterfly milkweed – stunning prairie perennial with vivid orange flowers, aptly named because it attracts all kinds of butterflies and different pollinators
Prairie wild rose – small shrub with pink flowers and lined in small spines
All these crops and plenty of extra await discovery in your subsequent go to.
