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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.