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Lawnflower Identification
Wildflowers, weeds, domestic plants, and native plants all can be grown in lawns as lawnflowers. The lawnflowerist will want to learn the names of regionally prevalent and popular lawnflowers. As with any type of horticultural or agricultural endeavor, learning plant names is useful and necessary. Knowing the names of lawnflowers assists in selecting which species to acquire, and which species to share.
Lawnflower identification is entertaining as well as educational. It is an activity that can become a hobby for everyone in the family. Teaching lawnflower names to children is an excellent way to introduce children to the natural world growing all around them. Lawnflower name games and lawnflower name songs can be created to help younger children learn and remember lawnflower names.
There are many resources that can be used to help identify lawnflowers: field guides, plant catalogs from seed and nursery companies, website database search tools, and, of course, other lawnflowerists.
Below is a list of field guides and other reference books that can be used to identify native and naturalized plant species found throughout North America. Many of the plants in these books will readily adapt to a regimen of periodic high lawn mowing and will become integral contributors to the ecological diversity of your lawn’s ecosystem. These books will describe many plants that are too tall to be used as lawnflowers. Plants such as the larger herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees could well adapt to general landscaping use. |
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