Identifying Wildflower Seedlings
Beginning in the fall and throughout the winter, seedlings are emerging all over my yard. Unfortunately, the weeds are coming up too so it really helps to be able to accurately identify the seedlings. I get a lot of weed seedlings too and it’s easiest to pluck them while their roots are as small as possible. The upside of weeding and thinning seedlings: it’s fresh chicken feed. My girls adore micro greens.
The following is a listing of California native wildflowers with their blossoms and seedlings. I hope it helps you to identify seedlings in your yard.
Also, learn how to get started with growing your own wildflower yard and more about California native wildflowers.
Arroyo Lupine – Lupinus succulentus
Baby Blue Eyes – Nemophila menziesii
Blue-eyed Grass – Sisyrinchium bellum
California Poppy – Eschscholzia californica
Read more about California poppies.
California Desert Bluebells – Phacelia campanularia
Desert Marigold – Baileya multiradiata
Farewell to Spring – Clarkia Amoena
Fiddleneck – Amsinckia menziesii
Five Spot – Nemophila maculata
Golden Lupine – Lupinus densiflorus
Sunflower – Helianthus annuus
Tidy Tips – Layia platyglossa
Yarrow – Achillea millefolium
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Thank you! I’ve needed this forever! Any sites you can refer me to for additional pics? Like…catchfly, love in a mist, delphinium, verbenia and more. Also, do you have a newsletter? First site from my zone I’ve ever found! I’ll ask my daughter about utube subscription use, tho. Thanks. You’ve made my day with your discovery. Wildflowersgal in Coachella Valley, California
Hi Kim, I’ve thought about doing a newsletter but haven’t gotten around to it yet. On my list! For delphinium, any chance that you mean Larkspur? Because I can show you pics of Nigella (Love in a Mist) and Larkspur seedlings because I get so many. They both volunteer aggressively. This page I limited to California native seedlings in my yard. But I’ll have to do other types of flower seedlings. 🙂
Thank you!
Thank you. Planted Baileya, Leptosyne, Eremache and several others this winter while trying mid Cal wildflowers in N. Cal and really appreciate your wildflower seedling pics. Hard to weed without info.
Barbara
So glad that it helped. Sounds like you have a great selection for spring. 🙂
I cannot thank you enough. I have looked everywhere for a resource like this. THANK YOU.
I live in Montana, but some of these are native here too. Or at least varieties of them are. This makes me want to do a version of this for my area. SO USEFUL!
Thank you so much for this! I planted a native CA flower seed mix in my home so this has been helpful. The plants in here are all in the mix I bought, except the sunflower, and there are only a couple you don’t have her from the mix. This has been a bookmark on my browser since I first found it a couple months ago. .