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Welcome to our page for Hampton Park Pollinator Meadow! Below you'll find information on the two new plots followed by all the species planted in this meadow. Start with photos and other information about the species, and at the bottom you'll find a chart with all the species information in one spot. Please also check out our photo gallery of the meadow. We hope you enjoy!

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Species

Black-Eyed Susan, Marguerite jaune, Rudbeckia hirta

Light: part shade to full sun

Moisture: dry to medium

Soil: sandy loam, loam, clay loam

Mature Height: 2 feet

Mature Spread: 2 feet

Duration: Annual , Perennial , Biennial

Pollinators: Nectar-Bees, Nectar-Butterflies, Nectar-insects

Larval Host: Gorgone Checkerspot, Bordered Patch butterfly

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Butterfly milkweed, Asclépiade tubéreuse, Asclepias tuberosa

Light: full sun

Moisture: dry to medium

Soil: sandy loam

Mature Height: 2 feet

Mature Spread: 2 feet

Duration: perennial

Pollinators: native bees, honey bees, bumble bees

Larval Host: Grey Hairstreak, Monarch, & Queens butterflies

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Swamp Milkweed, Asclépiade incarnate, Asclepias incarnata

Light: Sun, Part Shade

Moisture: Moist , Wet

Soil: Rich, wet, very muddy to average garden moisture. One of the few ornamentals that thrives in mucky clay soils. Prefers neutral to slightly acidic soil but will tolerate heavy clay.

Mature Height: up to 5 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: butterflies & hummingbirds

Larval Host: Monarch and Queen butterflies

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Zigzag Goldenrod, Verge d'or en zigzag, Solidago flexicaulis

Light: Sun , Part Shade , Shade

Moisture: Moist

Soil: Various rich, mesic, acid soils. Tolerates lime.

Mature Height: up to 4 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: Native bees, honey bees, butterflies

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Upland Aster, Verge d'or faux-ptarmica, Solidago ptarmicoides

Light: Sun

Mature Height: up to 40cm

Duration: Perennial

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Swamp Rose, L'églantier, Rosa palustris

Light: Sun , Part Shade , Shade

Moisture: Moist , Wet

Soil: Wet, rich soils

Mature Height: up to 10 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees

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Boneset, La panicaire, Ageratina havanensis

Light: Sun , Part Shade

Moisture: Dry

Soil: Well-drained, rocky, limestone soils.

Mature Height: up to 6 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: butterflies and moths

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Blue Vervain, Herbe sacrée, Verbena hastata

Light: Sun , Part Shade , Shade

Moisture: Moist , Wet

Soil: Moist soils

Mature Height: up to 6 feet

Duration: biennial

Pollinators: bees, butterflies

Larval Host: Common Buckeye

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Golden Alexander, Le zizia doré, Zizia aurea

Light: Sun , Part Shade

Moisture: Moist

Soil: Moist, sandy or sandy-clay soils

Mature Height: up to 3 feet

Duration: perennial

Pollinators: native bees, butterflies

Larval Host: Black Swallowtail

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Hairy Beardtongue, Penstemon hirsute, Penstemon hirsutus

Light: Sun , Part Shade , Shade

Moisture: Dry

Soil: Thin, well-drained soils

Mature Height: 16-32 in. 

Duration: perennial

Pollinators: hummingbirds, native bees, bumble bees

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Wild Bergamot, Monarde fistuleuse, Monarda fistulosa

Light: Sun , Part Shade

Moisture: Dry , Moist

Soil: Thrives in a wide range of soils, from acid to lime to rich to poor to sand to clay. Less tolerant of flooding, but can take it in the winter.

Mature Height: up to 5 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, butterflies

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White Turtlehead, La fleur de la galane oblique, Chelone glabra

Pollinators: Bees, butterflies & hummingbirds

Larval Host: Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) butterfly.

The female butterflies will lay eggs underneath host plant leaves. After hatching, the caterpillars will consume the host plant.

 

 

Water Avens, Benoîte des ruisseaux, Geum rivale

Pollinators: butterflies, dragonflies, bees

 

Prairie Smoke, Benoîte à trois fleurs, Geum triflorum

Pollinators: butterflies, bumble-bees

 

Bowman’s Root, Spirée à 3 feuilles, Gillenia trifoliata

Pollinators: butterflies, bees, skippers, flies

Meadow Blazing Star, Liatris à style ligulé, Liatris ligulistylis

Pollinators: monarch butterflies, bumble bees, hairstreak butterfly, hummingbirds, painted lady butterfly, red admirals, sulphur butterflies, swallowtail spp

 

Prairie Blazingstar, Liatris pycnostachya

Pollinators: Butterflies, Nectar-Bees, Nectar-Butterflies, Nectar-insects

 

Spike Blazing Star, Plume du Kansas, Liatris Spicata

Pollinators: Butterflies, native bees, bumble-bees

 

Cardinal Flower, Lobélie cardinale, Lobelia cardinalis

Pollinators: Butterflies, hummingbirds

 

Great Blue Lobelia, Lobélie bleue, Lobelia siphilitica

Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, hummingbirds

Allegheny Monkeyflower, mimule à fleurs entrouvertes, Mimulus ringens

Pollinators: bumble bees

Larval Host: Common Buckeye, Baltimore checkerspots butterflies

 

Virginia Mountain Mint, Pycnanthème de Virginie, Pycnanthemum virginianum

Pollinators: butterflies, native bees, honey bees, bumble bees

Orange Coneflower, Goldsturm, Rudbeckia fulgida

Pollinators: native bees

 

Gray Goldenrod, Verge d’or des bois, Solidago nemoralis

Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, butterflies

 

Ontario Goldenrod, Verge d'or de l'Ontario, Solidago ontarioensis

 

Heart-leaved Aster, Aster cordifolié, Symphyotrichum cordifolium

 

Pollinators: native bees, butterflies

 

Ohio Spiderwort, éphémère d'Ohio Tradescantia ohiensis

Pollinators:  bumblebees, native bees

 

Bushy hyssop, Agastache à feuilles de scrofulaire, Agastache scrophulariifolia

 

Light: part shade to full sun

Moisture: medium to moist

Soil: rich, moist soil

Mature Height: 2-5 feet

Mature Spread: 3 feet

Duration: Perennial

Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, honey bees, butterflies

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Species Information Chart

Species	Light Require-ment	Soil Mois-ture	Soil Descrip-tion	Mature Height	Pollinators	Additional Information
White Turtlehead La fleur de la galane oblique	part shade to full sun	medium to wet	rich in organic matter	3'	Bees, butterflies & hummingbirds	Chelone glabra
Water Avens Benoîte des ruisseaux	part shade to full sun	medium to moist	sandy loam, loam, acidic soil	2'	butterflies, dragonflies, bees	Geum rivale
Prairie Smoke Benoîte à trois fleurs	part shade to full sun	dry	sandy loam, loam	0.5'	butterflies	Geum triflorum
Bowman’s Root Spirée à 3 feuilles	shade to part shade	dry, moist	Well-drained, rich, rocky, acid soil. Tolerates lime	2-3'	butterflies, bees, skippers, flies	Gillenia trifoliata
Meadow Blazing Star Liatris à style ligulé	sun	moist	well drained	4-6 feet	monarch butterflies, bumble bees, hairstreak butterfly, hummingbirds, painted lady butterfly, red admirals, sulphur butterflies, swallowtail spp	Liatris ligulistylis
Prairie Blazingstar	sun	dry, moist	Moist, well-drained soils. Rocky, Sandy, Sandy Loam, preferably of poor quality.	up to 6'	Butterflies, Nectar-Bees, Nectar-Butterflies, Nectar-insects	Liatris pycnostachya
Spike Blazing Star Plume du Kansas	sun	medium	Moist, average soils	up to 6'	Butterflies, Native bees, bumble-bees	Liatris Spicata
Cardinal Flower Lobélie cardinale	shade to full sun	moist, wet	Moist to wet, humus-rich soil. Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Limestone-based, Sandy, Sandy Loam, Clay	1- 6'	Butterflies, hummingbirds	Lobelia cardinalis
Great Blue Lobelia Lobélie bleue	shade to full sun	moist, wet	Clay, Loam, Sand	2'- 5'	native bees, bumble bees,  hummingbirds	Lobelia siphilitica
Allegheny Monkeyflower Mimule à fleurs entrouvertes	Sun	Moist , Wet	Loam	2'	bumble-bees	Mimulus ringens
Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthème de Virginie	Part Shade	Moist	Moist, calcareous soils	up to 3'	butterflies, native bees, honey bees, bumble bees	Pycnanthemum virginianum
Orange Coneflower Goldsturm	Sun	Moist	Various soils	up to 4'	native bees	Rudbeckia fulgida
Gray Goldenrod Verge d’or des bois	Shade to full sun	dry	Sandy, rocky soils. Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam, Clay Loam, Clay, Caliche type	up to 3'	native bees, bumble bees, butterflies	Solidago nemoralis
Ontario Goldenrod Verge d'or de l'Ontario			Basaltic rocks, calcareous shorelines	up to 30"		Solidago ontarioensis
Heart-leaved Aster Aster cordifolié	part shade to full sun	dry to medium	clay loam to sandy loam, organic	3'	native bees, butterflies	Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Ohio Spiderwort éphémère d'Ohio	part shade	dry	Various wet to dry soils. Acid-based, Calcareous, Limestone-based, Sandy, Sandy Loam, Medium Loam Clay	2'	bumblebees, native bees	Tradescantia ohiensis