This plant goes by many names, including Red, Yellow, Coral, Hummingbird, or Redflower False Yucca, and Samandoque. Not actually a yucca, this perennial produces 2 to 3 foot long, evergreen leaves, crowded at the short base. Coral-colored, tubular flowers bloom out of arching, pink stems, attracting wildlife including deer and hummingbirds. This plant is drought resistant, growing in full sun, and in a variety of dry soils, from sandy soil to loam and clay.
Despite its sunflower-like appearance, this upright perennial is also called False Sunflower because unlike true sunflowers (genus Helianthus), the flower head retains its rays. Smooth Oxeye typically grows 3 to 4 feet tall and features yellow-orange, daisy-like flowers with cone-shaped central disks, blooming throughout the summer. It can withstand dry, sandy or clay soils, and full sun to partial shade.
Jerusalem-Artichoke, Sunchoke, is a perennial, herbaceous plant that grows up to 8 feet tall, branching coarse, hairy, and stout stems. The yellow flower heads, 3 to 4 inches across, bloom in late summer through fall and attract birds for their seeds. It grows in full sun and moist to dry soil, and its foliage and edible tubers are eaten by deer and livestock.
Also known as Western Sunflower, this perennial grows large leaves that form a 4 to 8 inch tall foliage clump. The orange-yellow flowers with yellow disks bloom from mid-summer to fall on stiff flower stems that typically rise 2 to 3 feet in height. This plant grows best in full sun and a variety of dry to moist soils, tolerating poor, sandy or loamy soils, but preferring those that are well-drained.
Maximilian, or Max, Sunflower, is a perennial plant with stems that can grow up to 10 feet tall with many long and narrow leaves. This plant is eaten by livestock and deer, while its showy, yellow flower heads attract bees and butterflies for their nectar, and birds for their seeds. Maximilian Sunflower is native to prairies, growing best in full sun and dry to moist, clay-like soil.
Also known as Rough Sunflower, this perennial wildflower grows as much as 5 feet tall, with short, stiff hairs covering both the leaves and the light green to reddish purple stem. It prefers full or partial sun, and moist to dry soil that may be rocky, sandy, or loamy. The yellow flower heads are 2 to 3 inches across, and attract pollinators such as bees.
This perennial wildflower grows 2 to 6 feet tall, with a smooth central stem that branches where the yellow flower heads occur. These flowers bloom from July to September, attracting birds and butterflies. Woodland Sunflower can withstand a wide variety of soil conditions, but does best in dry to moist, well-drained soils, and in partial shade.
This well-known annual grows on an erect, rough-hairy stem, reaching heights of up to 10 feet, with broad, rough leaves. The large "flower" of the sunflower is actually a "flower head" of numerous small, individual five-petaled flowers. This plant is highly attractive to birds for its seeds, and grows best in full sun and dry clays or heavy sands.
Also called Narrowleaf Sunflower, this perennial grows 3 to 6 feet tall with a many-branched stem and rough, sandpapery leaves 3 to 6 inches long. The yellow flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, bloom profusely in late summer and autumn. It grows best in full sun to partial shade and in wet, sandy, loamy, and clayey soils.
Also known as Common Witch-Hazel, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped or Spotted Alder, and Winterbloom, this perennial, fall-blooming, deciduous shrub or small tree grows 15 to 20 feet tall. It grows in full sun and partial shade, in dry to moist soil, but prefers rich, acidic, well-drained soil. American Witch-Hazel produces fragrant, yellow flowers with petals that resemble crumpled strips from October to December and greenish seed capsules that mature to light brown.
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