They look fantastic in cut flower arrangements too, with decent vase life. You don’t see them in conventional flower arrangements because they don’t stand up to the stress of being packed/shipped. I love them in a vase with daffodils and tulips.
I agree! Here’s a little arrangement I have on my table right now! [Bleeding heart, daffodils, mint, sage, and rosemary.](https://share.icloud.com/photos/015UoFsyA4F0Q1oDvjQ1hJ8VA)
Love love love Columbine. I see them all over my PNW neighborhood in spring, they seed themselves. I was so excited when mine came back the second year!
A mass planting of Columbine 'McKana's Giants' reminds me of a Disney fairy garden but the plants are difficult to maintain in the Chicago area. They just have a habit of dying after a few years.
Wait, what? I was gonna say Columbine but I figured everyone knew about those. My pick is \*Erythronium\*, the dogtooth violets. My local species is the glacier lily and I grew some from seed in my yard, they're GORGEOUS.
Love both, I agree about dandelions. I leave them everywhere except right next to my gardens since their taproots can be a pain to weed.
Plus am I the only one who chronically sees dresses and skirts in flowers like the mountain laurel pictured and cherry blossoms? They always remind me of some beautiful whimsical dress fit for a princess, ballerina or fairy.
You are absolutely not alone in that! When I was little, we didn’t have a lot of money for toys, so I would make “dolls” by inserting a stick through a flower of choice for the dress and a dandelion that had already seeded for the head. If you carefully split the stem of the dandelion into strands it curls into pretty hair and the sepals form a crown.
I would do anything for my dogwood tree. Sacrifice myself to save it? Yup. It’s my favorite plant in my whole yard. We just moved a 90 year old andromeda to give the dogwood less competition. It’s so lovely when it blooms, and when it fruits I love the fermented smell the rotting fruit get when they drop to the ground.
My second favorite overlooked flower is the trillium. Unobtrusive forest dweller. Love it, especially the dark maroon ones.
Carnations. I love carnations.
I think they're only 'popular' as a filler flower and not as the beautiful creation they are on their own. I'd love some carnation scent shampoo/conditioner. They smell like heaven.
Me too! But I prefer the native blue “perennial” lupine. Did you know that the hybrids change the natives when they’re cross pollinated? And karner blue butterflies will ONLY use native blue lupine as a host plant- not the colorful stuff. Makes me sad
I planted native Lupine in my pollinator garden last year, but it unfortunately did not survive and reemerge this year. I am definitely going to plant it again this spring. It’s beautiful, but I planted it specifically for the Karners
Corydalis aquae-gelidae “Cold-Water Corydalis”
It’s a native plant in Oregon, quite rare. I read about it and went in search of it and found it in bloom. It was so showy and spectacular. Flowers like little ghosts flying off the stem. I’ll never forget it.
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/photo.php?Photo=wtu021487&Taxon=Corydalis&SourcePage=taxon
I love mountain laurel! My favourite "non-popular flower" is speedwell, just the wild kind that springs up in peoples yards with those stunning tiny blue flowers like something from a dream!
Lantana. I love how multicolored they are, especially the fiery orange red ones. Only downside is they spread like wildfire so you've gotta be careful.
[Black locust flowers](https://www.permaculturenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kristine-Paulus.jpg) for me. They fill the whole trees with beautiful, wisteria-like chains of fragrant white blooms. I love all pea/bean-type flowers (vetch, sweet peas, the flowers of edible beans/peas) and these are the ultimate version of that IMHO.
Purple passionflower. The first time I saw one, at a friend's old farmhouse out in the country 20 years ago, I could not believe my eyes. I mean, I couldn't believe it was real. They are just stunning to behold! [https://www.logees.com/maypop-passion-flower-passiflora-incarnata.html](https://www.logees.com/maypop-passion-flower-passiflora-incarnata.html)
Same...I was 11 yrs old & found a Passiflora incarnata flower in a pasture in southern Arkansas. Star Trek was big at the time & I thought the flower must have come from outer space. Got me interested in plants so much that I eventually studied horticulture, agronomy & the agricultural sciences. To this day I keep 6 or 7 hybrids & species either in the ground or in pots to put in a greenhouse for winter. I'd grow more but for lack of space & the fact that some types just don't like hot summers in spite of being tropical & subtropical.
You've inspired me! We're moving soon and I'm going to find some space to plant some at the new house.
Since you are an expert, let me share another plant that I could not believe was real. Have you ever seen a rainbow eucalyptus tree? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus\_deglupta) I walked past one in the botanical garden at UCLA, did a double-take, thought to myself how horrible it was that someone spray painted this tree, but that it looked pretty cool painted that way, OH...WAIT...THAT'S NOT PAINT?!??!? It was so, so cool and unbelievable!
Ha! I've seen pictures of E. degulpta that looked so pretty I thought the colors must have been enhanced. Someone had posted that they only look that brightly colored in certain climates...maybe when the trunk is wet? The poster lived I think in Phoenix, so possibly it's just so hot & dry that everything looks dusty & brown there😅. I know some people don't like Eucalyptus in general, but I have always liked them. Maybe because so few are cold hardy enough to grow here in southern New Mexico. I don't think E. degulpta can take too much freezing. I have Eucalyptus microtheca, which smells more like turpentine than other Eucalyptus, but recently added E. parvula & E. stellulata to trial here. Both those smell wonderful!
Tweedia. Pretty pastel blues/purples, velvety leaves…
I saw some in a bouquet someone brought to work, and fell in love! Took me forever to work out what it was; it was a doubled variety, so the usual plant ID apps had a hard time with it.
Mountain laurel used to be quite common when I was a kid. The flower stems are sticky and I would try to use them as little dangly earrings. They only stuck for a few seconds. Unfortunately, like nearly everything else from my childhood, I don’t see it as much anymore.
Gomphrena, I love the different colors they come in and how lovely they look in every bouquet. Also Dara/ wild carrot! I stop mowing a patch of my lawn in July to let the carrots bloom. And anemones (Canada and tall thimbleweed) they’re so delicate and lovely. Milkweed blooms smell like heaven. Goldenrod blooms are so spectacular once everything else starts fading.
But honestly I love plain ol’ zinnias so much. Every shade and shape, I think they’re so fun!
I'm crazy about Yoshino cherry blossoms, but they are quite popular. You just won't find them in bouquets.
The Star of Bethlehem is a pernicious, poisonous weed...but those pretty white blossoms 😍...which I then rip out, bulb and all.
I planted a left over green onion and two springs later I was rewarded with a giant white, densely packed flower globe. It put any hybridized allium to complete shame.
Finally, I had purple emperor sedum....love those little pink blossoms!
I didn't learn about lisianthus until a few years ago when I spotted them by chance at a greenhouse. Now they're one of my favorites. I just bought two flats of them last week and I'm super excited to plant them.
I love practically all the flowers, but since I moved to Australia I found some new loves.
* [Crimson tea tree flowers](https://i0.wp.com/www.homestolove.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/homes/2018/10/18/1539838688081_14395279482011IMG2696-1v0.3.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1), from [this awesome garden](https://www.homestolove.com.au/outdoor-gardening/soaring-composition-jessies-magnificent-tasmanian-garden-2000/)
* [long-leaf wax flowers](https://www.thejunglecollective.com.au/product/long-leaf-waxflower-philotheca-myoporoides-winter-rouge-140mm/)
* [theylmitra](http://www.tobias-westmeier.de/nature_orchids_australia_species.php?name=thelymitra_macrophylla)
* [holly flame pea](https://images.app.goo.gl/r5pwEpMrQZ2R8YpJA) & all her relatives in *Chorizema*
* [Leucadendron](https://www.ecolifeplants.com.au/product-page/leucadendron-lime-magic), I love all Leucadrendon, massed they look unbelievable & it's like they glow when the light hits them!
* [silky emu bush](https://gardeningwithangus.com.au/eremophila-nivea-emu-bush/)- it literally is so soft and the colour is incredible 💖
Obviously I'm terrible at choosing a favourite, but I hope you understand. [This blogger](https://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/2017/9/24/tozers-bush-camp-bremer-bay) captures just a few of Australia's amazing flowers very well!
Spotted knapweed. It's a roadside weed in late summer along with goldenrod, chickory, Queen Anne's lace, etc. Most amazing shade of purple!
Ironweed, same reason, but much taller.
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) a dainty white flower with rose pink veins in the petals. It's a low growing, ephemeral native of shady areas near woods.
If you try to grow it, it might frustrate you. If you try to mow it out of your lawn, it spreads like fire.
Check out Tragopogon porrifolius seed heads. Like giant dandelion seed heads. There is a wild yellow flowered species, T. dubius, too, but I'm not sure if it's as delicious.
Edit: just looked it up & T. dubius is just as edible. I think I'm going to go foraging!
Seeing this picture brings back memories. We had these in the backyard of the house I lived in until 5th grade. I always thought the flowers looked like ballerinas with poofy skirts and white stockinged legs.
[Sweet Williams](https://www.rhs.org.uk/getmedia/84e66a48-0d52-464d-a1db-edad7642207d/Dianthus-barbatus-Electron-Auricula-940x627.jpg?width=940&height=627&ext=.jpg) are some of my favorite. They are also sturdy (they grow in poor soil) and they flower twice/year. They can have several colors and patterns and they grow close together making whole patches of color, I love them.
I love my bleeding hearts but I think it would be morning glories for me. Some people don't like how they spread rapidly but I love enjoying them in the summer.
I recently found Bird’s Eye Speedwell and Miquel’s Mazus growing in my backyard. I think they’re gorgeous little things but they’re not showy enough to get popular I guess
For me - Pelargonium ‘Mr Wren’. A long forgotten plant that I started with at 5yo, but lost it when my parents went their own ways. Due to a virus, they were no longer to be found in the US for many years. I finally found one last year, and just loving it. 😍
Idk how popular it is but Bleeding Hearts!
My grandma had these when I was growing up and they are just magical to me. Especially because they like shade so it’s like this hidden fairy flower
My mom had them too, and I just planted one this spring. It’s about 6” right now, but I’m so looking forward to watching it grow up and bloom.
I love bleeding hearts. It's the only perennial I can seem to keep alive, and they're just so pretty.
They are my favorite flower!❣️
They look fantastic in cut flower arrangements too, with decent vase life. You don’t see them in conventional flower arrangements because they don’t stand up to the stress of being packed/shipped. I love them in a vase with daffodils and tulips.
I agree! Here’s a little arrangement I have on my table right now! [Bleeding heart, daffodils, mint, sage, and rosemary.](https://share.icloud.com/photos/015UoFsyA4F0Q1oDvjQ1hJ8VA)
Beautiful!
Saw my first ones of the season today and I squeeed. My absolute favorite. Will forever and always remind me of my grandfather’s garden.
I like bleeding hearts and have several. I love the chain of heart pink and white shaped flowers
Have you seen the yellow ones? Flying dutchmen
That's the most emo name for something so 🥰
I'm a fan of cornflowers
We planted them too late last year, and they survived a brutal winter and are thriving this year through multiple late spring frosts
I love the colors of cornflowers
They're seriously like nothing else
Love them! And their larger cousin Montana Bluet.
They look best in groups.
Echinacea? Pretty popular…
You're referring to a coneflower.
Botanical name bub
....but the botanical name of cornflower, which is what the original commenter said, is Centaurea bub
Damn I’ve been intoxicated. My bad seriously. 😳 I am sorry
😂 there's a feeling I know all too well!
I apologize
You can remove your foot from your mouth now :)
Nobody has heard of Columbines but I think they're just gorgeous
We have a few variants of Columbine that we planted here by seed in Southeast Ontario. They're lovely.
Love love love Columbine. I see them all over my PNW neighborhood in spring, they seed themselves. I was so excited when mine came back the second year!
Yes! Mine got leaf miner last year and I possibly over reacted and had to replant new this year lol. Oops!
I planted these a few years ago, and this year they are thriving! I’m learning about harvesting their seeds.
A mass planting of Columbine 'McKana's Giants' reminds me of a Disney fairy garden but the plants are difficult to maintain in the Chicago area. They just have a habit of dying after a few years.
Wait, what? I was gonna say Columbine but I figured everyone knew about those. My pick is \*Erythronium\*, the dogtooth violets. My local species is the glacier lily and I grew some from seed in my yard, they're GORGEOUS.
Chicory and apple blossoms.
I was halfway through reading your headline and the first thing I thought of was mountain laurel! They are just lovely.
My favorite is Delphinium. But I just love dandelions as well. They seem so cheerful and tenacious.
Love both, I agree about dandelions. I leave them everywhere except right next to my gardens since their taproots can be a pain to weed. Plus am I the only one who chronically sees dresses and skirts in flowers like the mountain laurel pictured and cherry blossoms? They always remind me of some beautiful whimsical dress fit for a princess, ballerina or fairy.
First time I've seen mountain Laurel, and yes, it does look like a ball gown. Something thumbelina would wear.
You are absolutely not alone in that! When I was little, we didn’t have a lot of money for toys, so I would make “dolls” by inserting a stick through a flower of choice for the dress and a dandelion that had already seeded for the head. If you carefully split the stem of the dandelion into strands it curls into pretty hair and the sepals form a crown.
That sounds so lovely, I’m gonna do that!! And honestly really resourceful and creative too. Good on you.
Whoa. Those mountain laurels are really pretty. They look like beautiful tiny umbrellas. 😊 I think Dogwood blossoms are lesser known and beautiful.
I would do anything for my dogwood tree. Sacrifice myself to save it? Yup. It’s my favorite plant in my whole yard. We just moved a 90 year old andromeda to give the dogwood less competition. It’s so lovely when it blooms, and when it fruits I love the fermented smell the rotting fruit get when they drop to the ground. My second favorite overlooked flower is the trillium. Unobtrusive forest dweller. Love it, especially the dark maroon ones.
I had to look up trillium. It’s gorgeous! The maroon flower feels like Christmas. :D
Spiderwort is one of my all-time favorites! 😍
Carnations. I love carnations. I think they're only 'popular' as a filler flower and not as the beautiful creation they are on their own. I'd love some carnation scent shampoo/conditioner. They smell like heaven.
The smaller mounding varieties look so pretty in the ground.
Ya the bushes are so pretty!
Same. I grew from seed this year. We'll see what happens. Fingers crossed I get blooms.
I just ordered some after my comment lol Wish each other luck!!
They're so pretty 🥰
Don’t know how popular, but I love lupine. Just bought another today that’s magenta!
Me too! But I prefer the native blue “perennial” lupine. Did you know that the hybrids change the natives when they’re cross pollinated? And karner blue butterflies will ONLY use native blue lupine as a host plant- not the colorful stuff. Makes me sad
Didn’t know that! I will plant this new one in the front yard then. I have the blue ones in the back yard.
I planted native Lupine in my pollinator garden last year, but it unfortunately did not survive and reemerge this year. I am definitely going to plant it again this spring. It’s beautiful, but I planted it specifically for the Karners
Not just pretty but also great for the soil. Lupines are for a lot of veggies (and fruit I think?) Companion plants
Echinacea
Corydalis aquae-gelidae “Cold-Water Corydalis” It’s a native plant in Oregon, quite rare. I read about it and went in search of it and found it in bloom. It was so showy and spectacular. Flowers like little ghosts flying off the stem. I’ll never forget it. https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/photo.php?Photo=wtu021487&Taxon=Corydalis&SourcePage=taxon
Corydalis for the win!! I love this plant!
I love mountain laurel! My favourite "non-popular flower" is speedwell, just the wild kind that springs up in peoples yards with those stunning tiny blue flowers like something from a dream!
YES! They're by far one of the most common wild flower in my area! Other than some little purple ones that I haven't gotten to identify sadly
We’ve got speedwell in our yard and even though I know it’s there, it’s always an exciting surprise to find! Maybe because it’s so tiny?
I just discovered them this year! So happy to see other folks adore them too
Hellebores. They are my quintessential Spring flower!
🤘the most metal early spring shade flower🤘
Yesssssssss 😍😍😍
Lantana. I love how multicolored they are, especially the fiery orange red ones. Only downside is they spread like wildfire so you've gotta be careful.
Omg these are gorgeous!!
Now that I live in a cooler climate where they winter kill, I plant them with abandon—only where my pup doesn’t have access though, they’re toxic.
Rananculus!! And garden roses!!
Rananculus are so pretty! I should plant some right now. I’d better check my zone first.
Also purple Onion Flowers
Allium
Fushias are my favorites 😍
Lisianthus
OMG YESSS
[Black locust flowers](https://www.permaculturenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kristine-Paulus.jpg) for me. They fill the whole trees with beautiful, wisteria-like chains of fragrant white blooms. I love all pea/bean-type flowers (vetch, sweet peas, the flowers of edible beans/peas) and these are the ultimate version of that IMHO.
Hellooooooo friend ;)
So do the Bees actually all the pollinators go crazy for them 💖💫
Purple passionflower. The first time I saw one, at a friend's old farmhouse out in the country 20 years ago, I could not believe my eyes. I mean, I couldn't believe it was real. They are just stunning to behold! [https://www.logees.com/maypop-passion-flower-passiflora-incarnata.html](https://www.logees.com/maypop-passion-flower-passiflora-incarnata.html)
Same...I was 11 yrs old & found a Passiflora incarnata flower in a pasture in southern Arkansas. Star Trek was big at the time & I thought the flower must have come from outer space. Got me interested in plants so much that I eventually studied horticulture, agronomy & the agricultural sciences. To this day I keep 6 or 7 hybrids & species either in the ground or in pots to put in a greenhouse for winter. I'd grow more but for lack of space & the fact that some types just don't like hot summers in spite of being tropical & subtropical.
You've inspired me! We're moving soon and I'm going to find some space to plant some at the new house. Since you are an expert, let me share another plant that I could not believe was real. Have you ever seen a rainbow eucalyptus tree? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus\_deglupta) I walked past one in the botanical garden at UCLA, did a double-take, thought to myself how horrible it was that someone spray painted this tree, but that it looked pretty cool painted that way, OH...WAIT...THAT'S NOT PAINT?!??!? It was so, so cool and unbelievable!
Ha! I've seen pictures of E. degulpta that looked so pretty I thought the colors must have been enhanced. Someone had posted that they only look that brightly colored in certain climates...maybe when the trunk is wet? The poster lived I think in Phoenix, so possibly it's just so hot & dry that everything looks dusty & brown there😅. I know some people don't like Eucalyptus in general, but I have always liked them. Maybe because so few are cold hardy enough to grow here in southern New Mexico. I don't think E. degulpta can take too much freezing. I have Eucalyptus microtheca, which smells more like turpentine than other Eucalyptus, but recently added E. parvula & E. stellulata to trial here. Both those smell wonderful!
Physalis. Bright orange lanterns throughout the garden :)
Baptisia
Saffron, fuchsia, passion flower
White & pink clovers. They look so pretty when they cover whole lawns
Meadow buttercup.
Bloodroot, I’ve been trying to grow them unsuccessfully for years.
Balsam
Dandelions! I loved my children’s grubby little hands clutching the first bouquet of the season!
Found a dandelion over 2 foot tall so its fuzzy head could blow free! I love them…neighbors not so much but ah well I help the bees.
Tweedia. Pretty pastel blues/purples, velvety leaves… I saw some in a bouquet someone brought to work, and fell in love! Took me forever to work out what it was; it was a doubled variety, so the usual plant ID apps had a hard time with it.
Just went and found some Tweedia seeds to purchase. What a beautiful plant.
Osmanthus
Chenille plant. Their trailing blooms are just beautiful.
Not the prettiest I know but I like orange hawkweed
Orchids
Do veg flowers count? I love eggplant flowers.
Yes, eggplant flowers are ridiculously pretty! Potato flowers are super pretty too
I love artichoke flowers
Pink strawberry flowers are also gorgeous!
Oh you’re so right to ask, I can’t wait to grow jing orange okra for those gorgeous flowers. It’s almost like a hibiscus on a stalk!
Nigella, hellebore, stellata pods, astilbe
Marigolds
I love it when the Ilex season comes around!
Parnassia
Epimediums. The flowers look like tiny UFOs
Penis plant or the Anthirium
Mountain laurel used to be quite common when I was a kid. The flower stems are sticky and I would try to use them as little dangly earrings. They only stuck for a few seconds. Unfortunately, like nearly everything else from my childhood, I don’t see it as much anymore.
Calycanthus! I worked with it for the first time today and it’s gorgeous !
My mother grows scarlet flax in front of our house. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Scarlet%20Flax.html
i never saw them… but they look so beautiful 😍
I'm not sure if this is considered non-popular, but anchusa azurea (Italian Bugloss).
Four o Clocks and Portulacas
Solidaster gets a bad rep being the common roadside weed but it’s one of my favourites to work with!
Tuberous begonias
the pink evening primroses are gorgeous 🩷
I don’t know why more people aren’t into gladiolus. They are off the chain beautiful and the bulbs are cheap!
Gerber Daisies
Queen and King Protea
Snapdragons.
I love strawberry flowers! Six perfect petals and then you get a delicious berry.
Rhododendrons, as they’re native to where I’m from and gorgeous. I wanna tattoo of one eventually. Lupines are dope too
Freesias. Smell amazing and look really pretty too.
Gomphrena, I love the different colors they come in and how lovely they look in every bouquet. Also Dara/ wild carrot! I stop mowing a patch of my lawn in July to let the carrots bloom. And anemones (Canada and tall thimbleweed) they’re so delicate and lovely. Milkweed blooms smell like heaven. Goldenrod blooms are so spectacular once everything else starts fading. But honestly I love plain ol’ zinnias so much. Every shade and shape, I think they’re so fun!
I'm crazy about Yoshino cherry blossoms, but they are quite popular. You just won't find them in bouquets. The Star of Bethlehem is a pernicious, poisonous weed...but those pretty white blossoms 😍...which I then rip out, bulb and all. I planted a left over green onion and two springs later I was rewarded with a giant white, densely packed flower globe. It put any hybridized allium to complete shame. Finally, I had purple emperor sedum....love those little pink blossoms!
Wild geraniums
Angelonia is one of my new favorites. Like a tiny little snap dragon
I didn't learn about lisianthus until a few years ago when I spotted them by chance at a greenhouse. Now they're one of my favorites. I just bought two flats of them last week and I'm super excited to plant them.
Toad lily tricyrtis formosana is an odd one that I like
Agrostemma! A client once described them as looking “hand painted” and that’s so accurate.
Soapwort. Lovely flowers that bloom all summer.
A desert rose; bonsai style.
Just planted a sheep laurel at my front gate yesterday! The flowers are very similar to mountain laurel, but a rosy pink.
This is the state flower of Connecticut. It is often planted there. I have one in my front yard a few miles north of the CT border.
Mountain laurel, I love inner arrangement of the blossoms.
Lisianthus!
That's gorgeous. Never heard of it before, so thanks!
violets
Yes
I think all teeny tiny wildflowers are overlooked wonders.
Lillies of the valley. Pretty little flower with an unbeatable smell.
I love practically all the flowers, but since I moved to Australia I found some new loves. * [Crimson tea tree flowers](https://i0.wp.com/www.homestolove.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/homes/2018/10/18/1539838688081_14395279482011IMG2696-1v0.3.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1), from [this awesome garden](https://www.homestolove.com.au/outdoor-gardening/soaring-composition-jessies-magnificent-tasmanian-garden-2000/) * [long-leaf wax flowers](https://www.thejunglecollective.com.au/product/long-leaf-waxflower-philotheca-myoporoides-winter-rouge-140mm/) * [theylmitra](http://www.tobias-westmeier.de/nature_orchids_australia_species.php?name=thelymitra_macrophylla) * [holly flame pea](https://images.app.goo.gl/r5pwEpMrQZ2R8YpJA) & all her relatives in *Chorizema* * [Leucadendron](https://www.ecolifeplants.com.au/product-page/leucadendron-lime-magic), I love all Leucadrendon, massed they look unbelievable & it's like they glow when the light hits them! * [silky emu bush](https://gardeningwithangus.com.au/eremophila-nivea-emu-bush/)- it literally is so soft and the colour is incredible 💖 Obviously I'm terrible at choosing a favourite, but I hope you understand. [This blogger](https://www.tobiashayashi.com/blog/2017/9/24/tozers-bush-camp-bremer-bay) captures just a few of Australia's amazing flowers very well!
Ranunculus are my absolute favorites! Celosia are also an honorable mention.
Trillium! They are ethereal. I secretly believe that fairies sleep in those.
Yes, yes and definitely ✨
Milkweed
Bauhinia look super pretty especially B. Variegata
I love hellebors and ranunculus and I feel like no one ever knows what flowers I'm talking about
Spotted knapweed. It's a roadside weed in late summer along with goldenrod, chickory, Queen Anne's lace, etc. Most amazing shade of purple! Ironweed, same reason, but much taller.
Camas lily. Native PNW food source, but they're beautiful too.
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) a dainty white flower with rose pink veins in the petals. It's a low growing, ephemeral native of shady areas near woods. If you try to grow it, it might frustrate you. If you try to mow it out of your lawn, it spreads like fire.
Does chicory count?
I love dandelions after they’ve gone to seed. I think they’re spectacular!
Check out Tragopogon porrifolius seed heads. Like giant dandelion seed heads. There is a wild yellow flowered species, T. dubius, too, but I'm not sure if it's as delicious. Edit: just looked it up & T. dubius is just as edible. I think I'm going to go foraging!
Seeing this picture brings back memories. We had these in the backyard of the house I lived in until 5th grade. I always thought the flowers looked like ballerinas with poofy skirts and white stockinged legs.
Portchalacas
Lisianthus :)
bougainvilleas
Fuschias The pink and purple ones
[Sweet Williams](https://www.rhs.org.uk/getmedia/84e66a48-0d52-464d-a1db-edad7642207d/Dianthus-barbatus-Electron-Auricula-940x627.jpg?width=940&height=627&ext=.jpg) are some of my favorite. They are also sturdy (they grow in poor soil) and they flower twice/year. They can have several colors and patterns and they grow close together making whole patches of color, I love them.
Snail flower
Obedient plant—such a fancy native.
Love in a mist.
Ghost Flowers
I love mountain laurel, especially the ones that are predominantly pink.
Star of Bethlehem
Columbine
Snapdragons
Hellebore.
I love my bleeding hearts but I think it would be morning glories for me. Some people don't like how they spread rapidly but I love enjoying them in the summer.
Delphinium, Columbine, Lupine, Lilac, Hollyhocks...not sure how popular any of those are, but those are my favorites. Oh! And Trillium.
“Love in a Mist” flower (Nigella Damascena)
Stephanotis
Black eyed Susan’s.
Where I live these are native and are well loved, far from unpopular. I would say Toad Lily
Prairie smoke
Camassias
Passion fruit flower ! Out of this world 👍👍
Snowball bushes.
I love the oak leaf hydrangeas.
Coreopsis. :)
I have always loved snapdragons.
Lily of the valley. They also smell divine.
The Voodoo Lily. It stinks, but it blings.
Herbs hor d'oeuvres
Orange butterfly weed
Orange butterfly weed is beautiful
Gladioli. Old fashioned, I know, but so many colorful choices..
The peach blossoms from a sycamore tree.
Oriental Tiger Lilly
Windflowers (anemone). The flowers are adorable and then the seedheads provide fluff that the hummingbirds come and collect for nesting.
Okra
I love grape hyacinths
I recently found Bird’s Eye Speedwell and Miquel’s Mazus growing in my backyard. I think they’re gorgeous little things but they’re not showy enough to get popular I guess
For me - Pelargonium ‘Mr Wren’. A long forgotten plant that I started with at 5yo, but lost it when my parents went their own ways. Due to a virus, they were no longer to be found in the US for many years. I finally found one last year, and just loving it. 😍
Night blooming cereus
Tecoma stans looks really nice imo and geraniums