Individual plant specimens can be sourced from one of three categories: wild, landrace, or feral. Not all species originated as wild.
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Some highlights I snapped pictures of today:
Monarda punctata finally starting to bloom! This is one of our (and the bees) absolute favorites. I have 2 patches. Ultimately, there are 6+ flowers stacked. No idea what the actual terminology for flowers like this is.
Joe pyeweed almost in bloom. This was sold me as coastal, but it’s 6.5’ tall, so it’s either huge because everything grows 50-100% taller than it should be in this garden, or it might be gateway.
Woodland sunflower (helianthus divaricata) blooming. I didn’t respect the note that this forms colonies when I planted a few patches a year ago…it has spread SO much. I’ll be trying to dig up clumps to move in the fall. I tried moving two last fall and they had absolutely epic roots after just 4 months in the ground.
One more- I think the developing flowers on hibiscus moschuetos are just so cool. A few have been starting to open each day.
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Im not too picky about ‘natives’ myself.
If i see bees or wasps loving something by the roadside… i go back and get seed in the fall.
My favorite flowers right now are bergamot, chickory and crown vetch as well as my swamp milkweed.
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Are you talking about dog fennel? It’s native to the east/southeast USA
Apparently not. I’ll try to get a picture later. The leaves are more fern-like than feathery. It’s attractive, but very aggressive.