7 Flowers That Look Like Cotton Candy

These cotton candy-like flowers not only create a magical effect in your garden, but also attract beneficial pollinators!

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia capillaris

This perennial ornamental grass, which resembles pink cotton candy, features delicate, hair-like flowers, making it a center of attraction. Spring or fall is the best time to start this plant anew.

Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana

Take a look at the large, feathery plumes of this plant. Doesn’t it resemble cotton candy? These tall ornamental grasses are perfect to be used as a backdrop but be aware of their invasive nature.

Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria

This deciduous shrub or small tree has clusters of smoke-like plumes in shades of pink and purple that give it a cotton candy look. Smoke Bush is best used as a large accent plant, single specimen, or grown in masses.

Botanical Name: Astilbe

These small flowering plants, which grow in various colors, also bring to mind cotton candy when observed. Deer-resistant and semi-shade-loving, this perennial blooms from late spring to late summer.

Botanical Name: Gypsophila

These attractive flowering ground covers are quite popular in floral arrangements and also have a light cotton candy-like appearance. Blooming from late spring or summer, this deer-resistant plant are common along roadside, fields, and sandy areas.

Botanical Name: Eutrochium purpureum

Joe Pye Weed is a herbaceous perennial that features dense clusters of tiny, fluffy pink flowers that can resemble cotton candy. This plant is attractive to butterflies and bees due to its vanilla-like scent and is important for the production of honey.

Botanical Name: Filipendula ulmaria

Native to Europe and parts of Asia, meadowsweet produces clusters of tiny, fluffy flowers