I’m trying to find the cutest plants for my native perennial fairy garden and I’m in 6b – Midwest. just had to shoutout wild quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) aka American feverfew, which looks like little stars made of cottonballs and the perfect plant for a fairy to take a nap on. would love to know what everyone’s favorite cute native plant is!!
by ImaginaryMolasses146
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Pasque flowers! They come up with little coats on! Pussytoes look adorable, and wakerobin trillium and bloodroot are so whimsical!!
i love dutchman’s breeches, it’s a small woodland spring ephemeral with hanging white flowers
Ok I see you wild quinine! Personally I think hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) is cute
you want flowering spurge!!! tall and skinny but omg the sprays of the cutest flowers. would be amazing in bouquets
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Prairie Smoke!
Pearly Everlasting
Honestly, nothing beats Dutchman’s Breeches (*Dicentra cucullaria*) for cuteness imo. I’d only seen pictures of it before I saw it in the wild, and it was so much smaller than I thought it would be!
A lot of the spring ephemerals are overwhelmingly cute though. False Rue Anemone (*Enemion biternatum*), the Hepaticas (*Anemone americana* & *Anemone acutiloba*), Virginia Spring Beauty (*Claytonia virginica*)… I would say American Pasqueflower (*Pulsatilla nuttalliana*) but that plant isn’t cute, rather, it’s *gorgeous* 🙂
Edit: Oh, I forgot some sandy prairie species that are really cute: Lilac Penstemon (*Penstemon gracilis*), Birdfoot Violet (*Viola pedata*), Prairie Violet (*Viola pedatifida*)…