Add rare beauty to your garden with Prairie Smoke Wildflower Seeds, a beloved native perennial known for its distinctive pink, smoke-like plumes. Also known as Geum triflorum, this hardy species is widely searched by gardeners looking for native wildflower seeds, pollinator plants, and drought-tolerant perennials.

Prairie Smoke creates stunning texture in natural landscapes with its nodding pink flowers that turn into wispy, feathery seed heads resembling drifting smoke. Perfect for meadow gardens, prairie plantings, cottage gardens, xeriscaping, and native restoration projects, it is low-maintenance and adaptable, thriving in a wide range of soils and climates.

Its blooms attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators while the plant’s hardy, drought-resistant nature makes it an excellent choice for eco-friendly and low-water landscapes.

Features

• Produces unique pink flowers with feathery “smoke” seed heads

• Drought-tolerant once established

• Native perennial for natural landscapes

• Attracts bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects

• Non-GMO wildflower seeds

• Excellent for prairies, meadows, borders, and native gardens

• Thrives in poor or rocky soil

Specifications

Common Name: Prairie Smoke, Old Man’s Whiskers
Scientific Name: Geum triflorum
Plant Type: Perennial wildflower
Seed Type: Non-GMO
Bloom Color: Pink
Growth Habit: Clumping, low-growing
Mature Height: 8–18 inches
Hardiness Zones: USDA 3–7
Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
Soil Type: Well-drained, sandy, rocky, or loamy soil
Watering: Low to moderate
Drought Tolerance: High
Bloom Season: Late spring to early summer
Planting Season: Fall or early spring
Germination Time: 30–60 days
Planting Depth: Surface sow; lightly press into soil
Spacing: 12–18 inches
Maintenance: Low; deadhead if desired, though seed heads are ornamental
Best Uses: Meadows, prairies, native restoration, pollinator gardens, xeriscaping, borders