swap_horiz Blue Phlox Alternatives

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Pink Lady's Slipper

The Pink Lady’s Slipper (*Cypripedium acaule*) is a distinctive wildflower found in moist, acidic woodland environments...

Pink Spring Orchid Woodland

9.4 Excellent

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Virginia Bluebells

Virginia bluebells are woodland wildflowers belonging to the *Mertensia virginica* species. These plants produce strikin...

Blue Spring Ephemeral Woodland

9.2 Excellent

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Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is a distinctive evergreen shrub found throughout the northeastern United States. It’...

Evergreen Spring Woodland Northeast

9.2 Excellent

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Texas Bluebonnet

The Texas bluebonnet, *Lupinus subcarnosus*, is a native wildflower species found throughout Texas. It’s notable as the...

Blue Spring Texas Legume

9.1 Excellent

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Yellow Lady's Slipper

The Yellow Lady’s Slipper (*Cypripedium parviflorum*) is a rare wildflower native to eastern North America. This orchid...

Spring Orchid Rare Yellow

9.0 Excellent

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Wild Bleeding Heart

Wild Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) is a native perennial of the Appalachian Mountains prized for its deeply cut folia...

Pink Appalachian Spring Woodland

8.8 Great

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Fire Pink

Fire pink (*Silene virginica*) is a bright-red wildflower native to eastern North American woodlands that relies primari...

Spring Red Woodland Hummingbird

8.7 Great

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Wild Azalea

Wild Azalea (Rhododendron canescens), also called Piedmont azalea, is a fragrant deciduous shrub native to the southeast...

Pink Appalachian Spring Woodland

8.7 Great

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Blue Wild Indigo

Blue Wild Indigo is a robust North American prairie perennial in the legume family, historically notable as a native sou...

Blue Spring Tall Prairie

8.6 Great

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Trailing Arbutus

Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) is one of the earliest spring wildflowers of eastern North America and is the official...

Pink Spring Woodland Fragrant

8.6 Great

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Showy Orchis

Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis) is a native spring orchid of rich eastern North American deciduous forests, producin...

Spring Orchid Woodland Early

8.6 Great

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Blue Flag Iris

The Blue Flag Iris is a wetland perennial native to eastern North America, designated as the official provincial floral...

Blue Wetland Spring Southeast

8.5 Great

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Squirrel Corn

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) is a spring ephemeral wildflower of eastern North American forests whose white heart...

Spring Ephemeral White Woodland

8.5 Great

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Wild Hyacinth

Wild Hyacinth is a bulbous spring wildflower native to North American woodlands, noted for its tall spikes of pale blue...

Blue Spring Bulb Woodland

8.5 Great

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Wild Geranium

Wild geranium (*Geranium maculatum*) is a perennial woodland plant native to eastern North America historically used for...

Pink Spring Woodland Five Petaled

8.2 Great

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Dwarf Larkspur

Dwarf Larkspur (*Delphinium tricorne*) is a spring-blooming eastern North American woodland plant recognized by its shor...

Blue Spring Toxic Woodland

8.1 Great

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Virginia Waterleaf

Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) is a native eastern woodland wildflower with mottled leaves resembling wat...

Spring Woodland Five Petaled Mottled Leaves

7.5 Good

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Common Blue Violet

The Common Blue Violet (*Viola sororia*) is a widespread North American wildflower notable for serving as the official s...

Blue Spring Woodland Edible

7.5 Good

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Downy Yellow Violet

The Downy Yellow Violet (*Viola pubescens*) is an eastern North American woodland plant recognized by its hairy stems an...

Spring Yellow Woodland Hairy

7.4 Good

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Marsh Blue Violet

The Marsh Blue Violet (*Viola cucullata*) is a North American wetland plant notable for its intensely violet-blue flower...

Blue Wetland Spring Five Petaled

7.3 Good