Spider Milkweed Colr Palate | Harrington Harmoneis

Color on the Kansas Prairie: Milkweed Green

Spider Milkweed: Green on the Kansas Prairie
Spider Milkweed Color Palette | Harrington Harmoneis

I got this amazing image while hiking the Konza Prairie Nature Trail. Isn’t it amazing? I loved this flower. It’s very gentle colors impressed me so much. And I love both yellow and purple together as well as green and purple. But do you know what this is? I was surprised to learn it was a type of milkweed, spider milkweed to be exact!Purple and Green Colors are fitting for this milkweed image. | Harrington Harmonies

The colors proved to be amazing in these pictures. They are not enhanced. I took them on a nice evening in May and it made the color really impressive. In the common milkweed , no doubt getting it’s name from the milky white substance it secretes,  I see mostly greens and pinks even though in the photo below it is not yet in full bloom.

Common Milkweed- Soft Blue and Green Colors - Harrignton Harmonies

Another great way to identify wildflowers is by time of year. If you are not sure about a flower’s identity see what time of year it blooms. I took the next photo just a few days ago. So you can see that now the fruits have formed a seed pod.Milkweed Green Color Palette | Harrington Harmonies

There are several other types of milkweed on the prairie; Butterfly Milkweed and Narrow Leaved to name two. You can record what you learn about milkweed when you see them in the field with this notebooking page:

Milkweed Notebook Page | Harrington Hamronies

Download a FREE Milkweed Notebook Page

Watch for more Colors on the Kansas Prairie in this series:

    1. Yellow
    2. Green
    3. Purple
    4. White
    5. Pink

Resources:

Kansas Wildflowers by ColorGreat Palins Nature Center | Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |Nature Gate

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