butterfly weed wild bleeding heart flower

Solitary, upward facing, cup-shaped, poppy-like, magenta flowers (to 2.5' wide) continuously appear on thin stems above the foliage from mid-spring to fall. Purple poppy mallow is a mat-forming Missouri native which typically forms a low foliage mound from 6-9' tall and 3' wide. This boltonia cultivar is noted for its compact habit (typically grows 3-4' tall), its grayish-green leaves and its tiny, pure white, 3/4' daisies which cover this aster-like plant with a profuse bloom from late summer to early autumn. Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies, and leaves are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars).īoltonia asteroides var. Its long-lasting, bright yellow flowers appear throughout the summer on stiff, erect stems typically rising 2-3' tall.īutterfly weed is a Missouri native that typically grows in a clump 1-3' tall and features clusters of bright orange to yellow-orange flowers from late spring throughout the summer. 'Coronation Gold' is noted for its deeply-dissected, fern-like, aromatic, silvery to gray-green foliage. Plants are grouped alphabetically by sun requirements. For example, many cultivars of purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, are good, long-season bloomers, but only the species has been listed. The following plants were selected from perennials that have displayed a long-season of bloom at the Missouri Botanical Garden based on several years of bloom data. In many cases, only the species or a good, representative cultivar of a species has been included.

Butterfly weed wild bleeding heart flower