Flowers That Start With W

Wallflower

Wandflower

Sparaxis tricolor, known by the common names wandflower, harlequin flower, and sparaxis, colorful flowers which are bi- or tri-colored with a golden center and a small ring of brown surrounded by another color.

Water Avens

Waterlily

Waterlilies are free flowering and bloom well in part shade. Each flower lasts several days and close in the evening and night.

Watsonia

Native to South Africa, Watsonia species were introduced as garden ornamentals to Australia in the mid-19th century and were widely grown by the 1940s. 

Wax Plant

The way plant gets its name because of the waxy appearance of the flowers and leaves.

Wedelia

Weigela

Whipple’s Cholla

The dried fruit of this cactus ground into a flour, mixed with ground cornmeal and made into a mush.

Whirling Butterflies

Wild Rose

Wild Violet

Other common names include common meadow violet, purple violet, the lesbian flower, woolly blue-violet, hooded violet, and wood violet. 

Willow Bell

The Willow Bell plant has cup-shaped flowers that can be either lilac-blue or white.

Winged Monkey Flower

Mimulus alatus, the sharpwing monkeyflower, or winged monkey flower is native to North America and its blooming season is from June to September. 

• Common Name: Winged monkey flower
• Scientific Name: Mimulus alatus
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Tolerates Wet Soil, Needs Moderate Moisture
• Soil PH: 6.2-7.8
• Flower Color: Pale blue, yellow
• Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
• Height At Maturity: 12″ to 36″
• Sun: Partial Shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Wishbone Flower

It is also called the bluewings or Torenia fournieri.

• Common Name: Wishbone flower
• Scientific Name: Torenia Fournieri
• Type: Annual
• Water: Moderate moisture
• Soil PH: 6.0 to 6.5
• Flower Color: yellow, pink, purple, blue and white
• Special Characteristics: Container
• Hardiness Zone(s): 2 to 11
• Height At Maturity: 6″ to 12″
• Sun: Partial Shade to full shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Wisteria

Any of several species purple vine flowers.

Witch Hazel

The fruit of witch hazel can be yellow, red or orange. The North American species are occasionally called winterbloom.

• Common Name: Witch Hazel
• Scientific Name: Hamamelis
• Type: Shrub
• Water: Moderate
• Soil PH: 4.5 to 6.5
• Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Red
• Special Characteristics: Fragrant Flower
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
• Height At Maturity: 156″ to 192″
• Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade
• Sub Type: Deciduous

Woolly Violet

• Common Name: Wolly Violet
• Scientific Name: Viola sororia
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Average
• Soil PH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
• Flower Color: White-Purple
• Special Characteristics: showy flowers
• Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 7
• Height At Maturity: 6 to 10″
• Sun: Full Sun, Partial Sun

Wax Begonia

• Common Name: Wax Begonia
• Scientific Name: Semperflorens Cultorum Group
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Tolerates drought, Needs Moderate Moisture
• Soil PH: 6 to 8
• Flower Color: White, pink, red, bicolor
• Special Characteristics: Container
• Hardiness Zone(s): 10 to 11
• Height At Maturity: 6″ to 12″
• Sun: Full sun to Partial shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

White Evening Primrose

• Common Name: White evening primrose
• Scientific Name: Oenothera speciosa
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Dry to medium
• Soil PH: 6-8
• Flower Color: White maturing to rosy pink
• Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, easy-to-grow
• Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 9
• Height At Maturity: 10-24”
• Sun: Full sun
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Read: The Different Types of Primrose.

White Trumpet Pitcher Plant

• Common Name: White trumpet pitcher plant
• Scientific Name: Sarracenia leucophylla
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Wet
• Soil PH: 3-5
• Flower Color: Red
• Special Characteristics: Fragrant, showy flowers
• Hardiness Zone(s): 6-8
• Height At Maturity: 20” to 36”
• Sun: Full sun
• Sub Type: Houseplant

Wild Indigo

• Common Name: Wild indigo
• Scientific Name: Baptisia tinctoria
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Dry to medium
• Soil PH: 6 – 7
• Flower Color: Purple flowers
• Special Characteristics: Attracts butterflies, showy flowers, easy-to-grow
• Hardiness Zone(s): 3 to 9
• Height At Maturity: 24-36′
• Sun: Full sun to part shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Wild Strawberry

• Common Name: Wild strawberry
• Scientific Name: Fragaria vesca
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Medium
• Soil PH: 6.0 to 6.5
• Flower Color: White with yellow center
• Special Characteristics: Deer-resistant, showy flowers, edible
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 9
• Height At Maturity: 4-8”
• Sun: Full sun to part shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Willow Shrub

• Common Name: Willow Shrub
• Scientific Name: Salix
• Type: Shrub
• Water: Moderate
• Soil PH: 5 to 8
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 7
• Height At Maturity: 48″ to 72″
• Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade
• Sub Type: Deciduous

Willow-leaved Sunflower

• Common Name: Willow-leaved sunflower
• Scientific Name: Helianthus salicifolius
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Medium
• Soil PH: 5.8 to 6.2
• Flower Color: Yellow rays and dark brown center disks
• Special Characteristics: Attracts birds and butterflies, deer-resistant, showy flowers, cut flowers
• Hardiness Zone(s): 4 to 9
• Height At Maturity: 5-8′
• Sun: Full sun
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Wood Anemone

• Common Name: Wood anemone
• Scientific Name: Anemone nemorosa “Lychette”
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Needs moderate moisture
• Soil PH: 6-8
• Flower Color: White with yellow center stamens
• Special Characteristics: Showy flowers, easy-to-grow
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
• Height At Maturity: 6-18″
• Sun: Part shade to full shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover

Wood Lily

• Common Name: Wood lily
• Scientific Name: Trillium cuneatum
• Type: Perennial
• Water: Medium
• Soil PH: 4-6.8
• Flower Color: Maroon to yellow to orange to reddish-green
• Special Characteristics: Fragrant, showy flowers
• Hardiness Zone(s): 5 to 8
• Height At Maturity: 12-18′
• Sun: Part shade to full shade
• Sub Type: Groundcover