Kalm’s St. John’s Wort in full summer bloom with rich yellow flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Hypericum kalmianum, commonly known as Kalm’s St. John’s Wort,
Common Spiderwort’s vivid deep-blue flowers bloom for weeks in late spring and early summer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Tradescantia ohiensis, known as Common
Illinois Rose in full bloom showing its characteristic soft pink flowers with yellow centers — the only native climbing rose of North America. Photo: Wikimedia
Apple Serviceberry in full spring bloom, covered in star-shaped white flowers before the leaves emerge. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Amelanchier grandiflora, commonly known
Penstemon digitalis in full bloom with elegant white flower spikes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Penstemon digitalis, commonly known as Beardtongue or Foxglove Beardtongue, is one
Compass Plant in full prairie bloom, its towering stems topped with large sunflower-like yellow flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Silphium laciniatum, commonly known
American Larch standing in the boreal landscape. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Larix laricina, commonly known as American Larch, Tamarack, or Eastern Larch, is
Arrow-leaved Aster in bloom with characteristic pale blue to lavender ray flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Aster sagittifolius (syn. Symphyotrichum sagittifolium), commonly known
Western Sandcherry in bloom — a low, spreading shrub adapted to sandy soils of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain foothills. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public
Virginia Creeper climbing with its characteristic five-leaflet compound leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Parthenocissus quinquefolia, commonly known as Virginia Creeper, is one of the
