{"id":487771,"date":"2026-02-20T14:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487771\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:03:12","slug":"6-surprising-facts-about-wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/487771\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Surprising Facts About Wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\tThis Pollinator Plant Grows Extra Tall
\n\"Joe-pyeNNehring\/Getty ImagesJoe Pye weed<\/p>\n

Plant Joe Pye weed<\/a> \u2014 a favorite of backyard pollinators, butterflies, and hummingbirds \u2014 to add some height and drama to your backyard garden. This wildflower grows up to 10 feet tall!<\/p>\n

Texas Has Multiple State Flowers
\n\"308342153Courtesy Holly RunyonBluebonnets in Texas<\/p>\n

Like a gardener at the greenhouse after a long, cold winter, Texas just couldn\u2019t pick one flower. The state recognizes all five native bluebonnet species as its state flower. These include Texas bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis), Sandyland bluebonnet (Lupinus subcarnosus), Big Bend bluebonnet (Lupinus havardii), Bajada lupine (Lupinus concinnus), and Dune bluebonnet (Lupinus plattensis).<\/p>\n

Learn how to grow Virginia bluebells<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visit Great Smoky Mountains for Brilliant Wildflowers
\n\"Couypc20Courtesy Tina CannonSpring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cWildflower National Park,\u201d the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to more than 1,500 different blooms. According to the National Park Service, this is more than any other North American national park<\/a>. Springtime wildflower blooming peaks in mid- to late April at lower elevations.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the park\u2019s wildflowers, consider attending the annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Best-Known Wildflowers in North America
\n\"wildflowerCourtesy Sarah MinerBlack-eyed Susans<\/p>\n

When it comes to the most well-known North American wildflower, two are worthy contenders. The black-eyed Susan<\/a> and common sunflower<\/a> are both beloved across the country for their cheery, sunshiny colors and for their beauty. Even better, pollinators and birds love both \u2014 if the dried seed heads are left up, birds will eat the seeds<\/a> when food becomes difficult to find in cold months.<\/p>\n

Wildflowers Are Incredibly Resilient
\n\"WildflowersJPLDesigns\/Getty ImagesWildflowers at Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument<\/p>\n

After the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980, resilient fireweed was one of the first wildflowers to sprout through the surrounding ash. At the time, some scientists hypothesized that nothing could\u2019ve survived: to their surprise, fireweed grew just weeks after the eruption.<\/p>\n

Celebrate Poppies in the Spring
\n\"Usa,Adam Jones\/Getty ImagesCalifornia poppies<\/p>\n

Take in hundreds of acres of springtime orange blooms<\/a> from 8 miles of trails at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve<\/a> near Lancaster, California. If you don\u2019t feel like taking a trip, you can plant California poppies in your own backyard, too.<\/p>\n

After you finish reading up about wildflower facts, learn facts about\u00a0maple trees<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Pollinator Plant Grows Extra Tall NNehring\/Getty ImagesJoe Pye weed Plant Joe Pye weed \u2014 a favorite of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66,196373],"class_list":["post-487771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-wildflower-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}