23 Best Wildflowers For Pots

Wildflowers for pots are always a good idea because they don’t demand much attention to grow, making them a great pick for someone who’s a fussy gardener!

Botanical Name: Dodecatheon meadia

Shooting Star is a beautiful wildflower with delicate pink flowers and low-growing foliage. The best part, being accustomed to growing in the wild, it demands a little care.

Botanical Name: Fritillaria biflora

Chocolate Lilies are named so after their pretty chocolate-colored flowers. These wildflowers for pots are a great pick because of their cocoa-like scent!

Botanical Name: Limnanthes douglasii

Meadowfoams are called poached eggs, and for good reason. The blooms of this wildflower are tiny and yellow and white, just like an egg!

Botanical Name: Sisyrinchium bellum

Who wouldn’t want pretty purple flowers with violet patterns and yellow centers, right? Blue-eyed Grass gives you just that. Just give it loamy soil that can hold moisture.

Botanical Name: Ipomopsis aggregata

Scarlet Gilias deliver on their name and have tall stems with comb-like leaves that make it look like a fern. It has gorgeous scarlet-colored flowers in the shape of bells, too.

Botanical Name: Geum triflorum

Prairie Smoke is native to North America and has unique seed heads. It also produces small, bell-shaped flowers that are mostly red or pink, but the feathery seed heads steal the show.

Botanical Name: Viola pedata

Bird’s Foot Violet is also called Mountain Pansy. You can find it in the wild in sandy areas, but it is a great container choice as well. Give it full to partial sun and dry-acidic soil.

Botanical Name: Pulsatilla vulgaris

You can’t miss the Pasqueflower when talking about wildflowers for pots. It’s a part of the Buttercup family and has large, purple flowers with