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Other bright blue flowers include anemones, cornflowers, flax, peacock plumbago, monkshood, and spring flowering bulbs like hyacinths, windflowers and crocuses.
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Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
3 May 2026
White, lavender, or pink flowers dance in the wind on tall, wiry stems, giving the plant one of its common names, windflower.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
Anemones, often referred to as windflowers, are cherished for their simple yet striking beauty and are frequently compared to poppies.
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Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
14 Mar. 2026
In addition to the trout lily, Georgia’s spring ephemerals include bloodroot, toothwort, harbinger of spring, wild geranium, blue cohosh, twinleaf, May-apple, Virginia bluebell, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s breeches, spring beauty, wood anemone, windflower, bleeding heart, phacelia and more.
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Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
But crocus are, in fact, corms, and winter aconite and Grecian windflower grow from hard, lumpy tubers.
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Marty Ross,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2021
Their lingering foliage offers a week or so of green respite — and then spring kicks in with effusions of dicentra, uvularias, bloodroot and trilliums, with some Italian windflowers and Virginia bluebells joining the party.
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Adrian Higgins,
Washington Post,
19 Feb. 2020
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Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
3 May 2026
White, lavender, or pink flowers dance in the wind on tall, wiry stems, giving the plant one of its common names, windflower.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
Anemones, often referred to as windflowers, are cherished for their simple yet striking beauty and are frequently compared to poppies.
—
Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
14 Mar. 2026
In addition to the trout lily, Georgia’s spring ephemerals include bloodroot, toothwort, harbinger of spring, wild geranium, blue cohosh, twinleaf, May-apple, Virginia bluebell, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s breeches, spring beauty, wood anemone, windflower, bleeding heart, phacelia and more.
—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
But crocus are, in fact, corms, and winter aconite and Grecian windflower grow from hard, lumpy tubers.
—
Marty Ross,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2021
Their lingering foliage offers a week or so of green respite — and then spring kicks in with effusions of dicentra, uvularias, bloodroot and trilliums, with some Italian windflowers and Virginia bluebells joining the party.
—
Adrian Higgins,
Washington Post,
19 Feb. 2020
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“Windflower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windflower. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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windflower
noun
wind·flow·er
-ˌflau̇(-ə)r 
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