Native wildflowers or native flowers can be an attractive and useful addition to almost any landscape.
One might consider planting the native flowers either by installing plants or planting seeds.
If seeds are selected please be advised that planting during natures own natural seeding time which is fall would deliver the best results.
Your neighbors in town or a new addition perhaps would complain if your front yard was turned into a beautiful defined beds either in the front or back yards a welcome improvement.
For those fortunate to live in the country where home owner associations do not exist have far more options for the use of native flowers than their city counterparts.
In July of 2006 during a visit to Oregon I found the native flowers both in natural settings and those implemented by man to be far more attractive than their so called tame cousins.
We stopped at the beautiful coastal village of Depoe and after visiting a number of the local shops my family and I ventured across the highway to a whale watching area.
The outside platform and windows inside the structure offered good views of the Pacific and I must say that everything was simply beautiful.
What really caught my eye both coming and going was a well planned wildflower display in a rather small raised bed located at the base of the steps coming down from the sidewalk above to the platform.
Native flower selections are numerous and please consider selecting from the following:
Of course this is not an all inclusive list but should give you a good start towards selecting wildflower varieties to use in the landscape.
You may decide to use a wildflower seed mix and when in bloom is certainly beautiful.
A mixture offers several benefits which are:
Without question some varieties will have different blooming times and this will allow for a longer season of color.
If you were to choose only one or two varieties it is always possible that this limited palette may not find growing conditions at your site favorable and this is where a mixture really shines as many varieties incorporated into this blend will be happy on your home grounds.
When choosing a wildflower seed mix or individual selections you certainly will find your favorite color or colors available whether they include red, lavender, gold, white, purple, blue, bicolor or yellow.
See our sections on the flowering plants that are native to:
