Wake Up to Wildflowers

Is there anyone out there who doesn't love wildflowers? If so, send us your name immediately, because you are in dire need of an intervention.

Unlike daffodils from Europe and spider lilies from Japan, the South's true wildflowers were born on our ground. But the South is a big region. Just because a wildflower is native to one part, that doesn't mean it'll grow in another. Use this guide to find out where, when, and how to grow some of the South's most iconic wildflowers.

• Light: light shade.
• Soil: moist, fertile, and well drained.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 18-24 inches.
• Plant in: spring or fall.
• Deer resistance: excellent.
• Grows: Upper to Lower South.
• Buy it: sunlightgardens.com

• Light: light shade.
• Soil: acid, fertile, well drained, and moist.
• Type: shrub.
• Height: 8-10 feet.
• Plant in: spring or fall.
• Deer resistance: moderate.
• Grows: Upper to Coastal South.
• Buy it: woodlanders.net

• Light: full to part sun.
• Soil: well drained.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 8-15 inches.
• Plant in: spring or fall using seeds or plants.
• Deer resistance: excellent.
• Grows: All South.
• Buy it: seedsource.com

• Light: sun or light shade.
• Soil: moist, acid, fertile, and well drained.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 1-2 feet.
• Plant in: spring or fall.
• Deer resistance: Low.
• Grows: Upper to Coastal South.
• Buy it: sunlightgardens.com

• Light: sun.
• Soil: gritty, alkaline, infertile, and well drained.
• Type: self-sowing annual.
• Height: 1 foot.
• Plant in: fall using seeds.
• Grows: Texas and the arid Southwest.
• Deer resistance: moderate.
• Buy it: wildseedfarms.com

• Light: sun.
• Soil: well drained and infertile.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 2½ feet.
• Plant in: spring or fall.
• Deer resistance: excellent.
• Grows: All South.
• Buy it: wildseedfarms.com

• Light: shade.
• Soil: moist, fertile, and well drained.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 12-18 inches.
• Plant in: summer or fall.
• Deer resistance: moderate to good.
• Grows: Upper to Lower South.
• Buy it: sunlightgardens.com

• Light: sun.
• Soil: well drained; not fussy about soil.
• Type: self-sowing annual.
• Height: 1 foot.
• Plant in: fall to early spring using seeds.
• Deer resistance: excellent.
• Grows: All South.
• Buy it: parkseed.com

• Light: shade.
• Soil: moist, fertile, and well drained.
• Type: perennial.
• Height: 1 foot.
• Plant in: summer or fall.
• Deer resistance: moderate to good.
• Grows: Upper to Lower South.
• Buy it: diggingdog.com