Plants for the Sunlit Pollinator Habitat
Rebuild pollinator habitats with flowers that bloom from March through November. Plants with the highest pollinator value include fall-blooming Asters and Goldenrods. Letting leaves decay in your garden provides winter habitat and also replenishes the soil.
Note that the Plant List below is accurate, but the Black and White flower is a placeholder as website is updated.
Trees
Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Food for Winter Birds, Sequester Carbon
Shrubs
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Winter Birds, Food for Birds, Food for Caterpillars
Virginia Rose
Rosa virginiana
Ecological Benefits: Food for Breeding Birds
Perennials
Arkansas Amsonia
Amsonia hubrichtii
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
White Wood Aster
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Ecological Benefits: Food for Caterpillars
Threadleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Appalachian Barren Strawberry
Geum fragarioides
Ecological Benefits: Not Applicable
Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
Eastern Bee Balm
Monarda bradburiana
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Goldenrod
Solidago sphacelata 'Golden Fleece'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Winter Birds, Food for Caterpillars
Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Grasses & Groundcovers
Poverty Rush
Juncus tenuis
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Food for Winter Birds
Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
Heath Aster
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
Fire Pink
Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Winter Birds