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Prairie Flora Chinoiserie

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Missouri evening primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, four-petalled bright yellow flowers, short plant, spike-shaped leaves, Great plains wildflower

Plains coreopsis, great plains wildflower, flowers of yellow edges with maroon centre

Daisy fleabane, erigeron strigosus, flowers of thin white petals around a yellow centre, great plains wildflower

western ironweed, bushy tall bush stems with sharp jagged leaves, with a top of lots of clusters of flowers, purple star shaped flowers, great plains wildflower

Cardinal flower, lobelia cardinalis, spikes of clustered red long flowers, great plains wildflower, tall, narrow spike leaves, spikes of deep red flower tubes

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower, Kansas

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

aromatic aster, aster oblongifolius, a dense bush crowded with flowers of mauve petals with yellow centre, narrow green leaves, great plains wildflower

huge tussock of grass, andropogon gerardii Big bluestem grass, great plains grass, tall grass, red

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

Butterfly milkweed, asclepias tuberosa, clusters of flowers, cymes orange-red, Great plains wildflower

Flower/Botanical

Semi-traditional

One of our co-founders comes from Kansas. In this set, we swap the traditional tulip in Chinese corner motif tiles of the Delftware tradition with wildflowers and grasses of the Great Plains Prairie. In these tiles find Wild Sunflowers, Echinacea, Verbena Stricta, Cardinal flowers, Butterfly Milkweed, Missouri Yellow Primrose, Bluegrass, and many other plants.

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower, Kansas

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower, Kansas

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Common sunflower, Helianthus Annuus, yellow flowers with black centre, Great Plains wildflower

Purple coneflower, Echinacea angustifolia, pink petals with an orange-green cone centre, Great Plains wildflower

Missouri evening primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, flowers with four bright yellow petals, short plant, spike-shaped leaves, Great plains wildflower

Missouri evening primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, flowers with four bright yellow petals, short plant, spike-shaped leaves, Great plains wildflower

Missouri evening primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, flowers with four bright yellow petals, short plant, spike-shaped leaves, Great plains wildflower

Missouri evening primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, four-petalled bright yellow flowers, short plant, spike-shaped leaves, Great plains wildflower

Butterfly milkweed, asclepias tuberosa, clusters of flowers, cymes orange-red, Great plains wildflower

Cardinal flower, lobelia cardinalis, spikes of clustered red long flowers, great plains wildflower, tall, narrow spike leaves, spikes of deep red flower tubes

Cardinal flower, lobelia cardinalis, spikes of clustered red long flowers, great plains wildflower, tall, narrow spike leaves, spikes of deep red flower tubes

Cardinal flower, lobelia cardinalis, spikes of clustered red long flowers, great plains wildflower, tall, narrow spike leaves, spikes of deep red flower tubes

Daisy fleabane, erigeron strigosus, flowers of thin white petals around a yellow centre, great plains wildflower

Daisy fleabane, erigeron strigosus, flowers of thin white petals around a yellow centre, great plains wildflower

Verbena stricta, wooly verbena, huge tall green spikes with a ring of purple flowers around it, great plains wildflower

Verbena stricta, wooly verbena, huge tall green spikes with a ring of purple flowers around it, great plains wildflower

thick green succulent balls with needles, a purple flower at top, thick, round, cactus prairie, escobaria vivipara, pelecyphora vivipara, pincushions, pink-purple flower, spherical, spiked, without branches

aromatic aster, aster oblongifolius, a dense bush crowded with flowers of mauve petals with yellow centre, narrow green leaves, great plains wildflower

aromatic aster, aster oblongifolius, a dense bush, flowers of mauve petals with yellow centre, narrow leaves, great plains wildflower

andropogon gerardii Big bluestem grass, great plains grass, tall grass, red

huge tussock of grass, andropogon gerardii Big bluestem grass, great plains grass, tall grass, red

Plains coreopsis, great plains wildflower, flowers of yellow edges with maroon centre

Plains coreopsis, great plains wildflower, flowers of yellow edges with maroon centre

Plains coreopsis, great plains wildflower, flowers of yellow edges with maroon centre

Plains coreopsis, great plains wildflower, flowers of yellow edges with maroon centre

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

eastern gama grass, prairie grass, huge tussock, with big spikes, great plains grass

wild alfafa, purple clusters of flowers on upright stems, small three-pointed leaves, great plains wildflower

western ironweed, bushy tall bush stems with sharp jagged leaves, with a top of lots of clusters of flowers, purple star shaped flowers, great plains wildflower

western ironweed, bushy tall bush stems with sharp jagged leaves, with a top of lots of clusters of flowers, purple star shaped flowers, great plains wildflower

western ironweed, bushy tall bush stems with sharp jagged leaves, with a top of lots of clusters of flowers, purple star shaped flowers, great plains wildflower

Echinacea, coneflower, great plains wildflower, purple petals with orange centre cluster