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Site Plan
Species List
For the gallery, see here.
New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Light: part shade to full sun
Moisture: medium
Soil: sandy loam, loam
Mature Height: 5 feet
Mature Spread: 2 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: bees, butterflies
Larval Host: Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) and checkerspot butterflies.
Blue Vervain, 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
Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
Light: sun, part Shade
Moisture: dry
Mature Height: up to 3 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: bees, butterflies
Culver’s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Light: sun, part Shade
Moisture: moist
Soil: moist, rich soils
Mature Height: up to 6 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: bees, butterflies
Anise Hyssop, Agastache foeniculum
Light: part shade to full sun
Moisture: dry to medium
Soil: sandy loam, loam
Mature Height: 3 feet
Mature Spread: 2 feet
Duration: Perennial
Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, honey bees, butterflies
Flat-topped White Aster, Doellingeria umbellata
Light: sun
Moisture: moist
Soil: moist
Mature Height: up to 6 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: bees, butterflies
Foxglove Beardtongue, Penstemon cobaea
Light: sun, part shade
Moisture: dry
Soil: calcareous or sandy loam. Rocky, sandy, limestone-based, sandy loam, medium loam, clay loam clay
Mature height: 1-3 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: a variety of moths, nectar-insects, butterflies, native bees, bumble bees
Larval Host: Dotted Checkerspot butterfly
Gray Goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis
Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, butterflies
Grey headed prairie coneflower, Ratibida pinnata
Light: part shade to full sun
Moisture: dry to medium
Soil: sandy loam, clay loam
Mature Height: 5 feet
Mature Spread: 2 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: butterflies, native bees
Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale
Light : sun
Moisture: moist
Soil: moist clay soil
Mature Height: up to 5 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: native bees, butterflies
Spotted bee balm, Monarda punctata
Light: sun
Moisture: dry
Soil: dry, sandy soils
Mature Height: up to 3 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: native bees, bumble bees, honey bees
Spotted Joe Pyeweed, Eutrochium maculatum
Light: sun, part shade
Moisture: moist, wet
Mature Height: up to 6 feet
Duration: perennial
Pollinators: butterflies
Larval Host: The caterpillars of some moth species feed on various parts.
We sincerely thank our wonderful volunteers who have helped with many aspects of our pollinator garden program, as well as our funders: Ottawa Community Foundation, TD Environmental Leaders Program, and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.