Native Wildflowers

Beach Dune Sunflower

Helianthus debilis

Cold: Semi-tender Light: Sun Salt: Excellent Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

2 ft height. Long lived annual, pull main plant out when too leggy. Reseeds. Showy yellow flowers all year. Excellent ground cover.

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia sp.

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

1 ft height. Perennial. Bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.

Blue-eyed Grass (aka Iris)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Moist Leaves: Evergreen

1 ft height. Showy. Spreads. Perfect at the base of a bird bath.

Blue Flag Iris

Iris virginica

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Moist / Flooded Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Perennial. Lavender flowers in spring. Wet sites. Naturalizes.

Calamint, Georgia

Calamintha georgiana

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Alkaline Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

2 ft height. Rare dry land mint. Pink-purple blooms spring through fall, full blooming in fall. Attracts butterflies and bees.

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Moist / Flooded Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Perennial. Brilliant red flower in summer. A favorite of hummingbirds.

Cutleaf Coneflower

Rudbekia lanciniata

Cold: Hardy Light: Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Acid Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Perennial. Unique Florida Rudbekia with green flower heads. Blooms summer-fall. Re-seeds.

Dotted Horsemint (aka Spotted Beebalm)

Monarda punctata

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Fair Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Perennial. Mint family. Good insect pollinator. Aromatic.

Giant Ironweed

Vernonia angustifolia

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average Leaves: Evergreen

4 ft height. Perennial. Purple blooms June to October. Combine with goldenrods. Attracts butterflies. Re-seeds.

Goldenrod, Pinebarron

Solidago fistulosa

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Showy stalked yellow flowers summer through fall. Attracts pollinators.

Goldenrod, Seaside

Solidago sempervirens

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Dry / Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

5 ft height. Spikes of yellow flowers summer through fall. https://flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-solidago-sempervirens/

Goldenrod, Slender

Solidago stricta

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Evergreen

3 ft height. Spikes of yellow flowers summer through fall.

Milkweed, Pink Swamp

Asclepias incarnata

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous

2 ft height. Perennial. Pink flowers. Larval host to the Monarch, Queen and Soldier butterflies. Attracts various pollinators.

Milkweed, White Swamp

Asclepias perennis

Cold: Hardy Light: Sun / Partial Shade Salt: Poor Soil PH: Wide Moisture: Average / Moist Leaves: Deciduous

2 ft height. Perennial. White flowers. Larval host to the Monarch, Queen and Soldier butterflies. Attracts various pollinators.