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.
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Note that the Plant List below is accurate, but the Black and White flower is a placeholder as website is updated.
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Sweet Gum
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Food for Winter Birds, Sequester Carbon
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Shrubs
Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Mound'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Winter Birds, Food for Birds, Food for Caterpillars
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Virginia Rose
Rosa virginiana
Ecological Benefits: Food for Breeding Birds
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Perennials
Arkansas Amsonia
Amsonia hubrichtii
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
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White Wood Aster
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
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False Indigo
Baptisia australis
Ecological Benefits: Food for Caterpillars
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Threadleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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Appalachian Barren Strawberry
Geum fragarioides
Ecological Benefits: Not Applicable
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Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
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Eastern Bee Balm
Monarda bradburiana
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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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
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Indian Pink
Spigelia marilandica
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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Grasses & Groundcovers
Poverty Rush
Juncus tenuis
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium 'Carousel'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Nest Site for Birds, Food for Winter Birds
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Blue Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife
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Heath Aster
Aster ericoides 'Snow Flurry'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Caterpillars
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Green and Gold
Chrysogonum virginianum var. australe
Ecological Benefits: Cover for Wildlife, Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer
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Fire Pink
Silene caroliniana var. wherryi 'Short and Sweet'
Ecological Benefits: Pollen Producer, Nectar Producer, Food for Winter Birds
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