As a new beekeeper, I was intrigued to read hummingbird and butterflies like pink, red and purple flowers while honey bees prefer blue and yellow flowers.
Luckily years ago I fell in love with one of Missouri's charming yellow wildflowers, Brown-eyed Susans.
These perennials on 4-foot tall stems are similar to Black-eyed Susans, only the wildflowers are much smaller.
Brown-eyed Susan widlflowers last wonderfully well as cut flowers, assuming a cat doesn't drag them out of the flower vase.
For some reason, my cats also like to chew on the rough leaves.
Butterflies and bugs also enjoy Brown-eyed Susan flowers.
A wild relative of the domestic Rudbeckias you'll find in garden centers, these hardy little Missouri wildflowers easily sprout from seeds.
I brought a bouquet home several years ago and sprinkled seeds around the back side of my house, where I still have a little hill.
I didn't add soil or even water. Today that hill is covered with these charming wildflowers, when little else is blooming through Missouri's unrelenting summer heat.
Luckily years ago I fell in love with one of Missouri's charming yellow wildflowers, Brown-eyed Susans.
These perennials on 4-foot tall stems are similar to Black-eyed Susans, only the wildflowers are much smaller.
Brown-eyed Susan widlflowers last wonderfully well as cut flowers, assuming a cat doesn't drag them out of the flower vase.For some reason, my cats also like to chew on the rough leaves.
Butterflies and bugs also enjoy Brown-eyed Susan flowers.
A wild relative of the domestic Rudbeckias you'll find in garden centers, these hardy little Missouri wildflowers easily sprout from seeds.I brought a bouquet home several years ago and sprinkled seeds around the back side of my house, where I still have a little hill.
I didn't add soil or even water. Today that hill is covered with these charming wildflowers, when little else is blooming through Missouri's unrelenting summer heat.
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