Native Plants at Short Pump Pollinator Garden (2019)

  • Common Name (Scientific Name) – Height – Bloom Color

Spring Bloomers

  • Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) – vine – red/yellow
  • Creeping Phlox (Phox subulata) – 4′-6′ – mixed
  • False Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa) – 4′-12′ – purple
  • Golden Alexander (Zizea aurea) – 1.5′-3′ – yellow
  • Rabbit-eye Blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) – to 6′ – white/pink
  • Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) – to 9″ – white

Summer Bloomers

  • Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) – 2′-4′ – purple
  • BeeBalm (Monarda didyma) – 2′-4′ – red
  • Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) – 3′ – yellow
  • Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) – 2′-4′ – purple
  • Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) – 5′ – pink/purple
  • Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) – 4′-8′ – yellow
  • Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) – vine – purple
  • St. Johnswort (Hypericum prolificum) – to 4′ – yellow
  • Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) – 3′-4′ – red
  • Wild Bergamot Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) – 2′-4′ – lilac

Summer to Fall Bloomers

  • Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) – 3′ – orange
  • Cassia or Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa) – 6′ – yellow
  • Clustered Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) – 1′-3′ – white/purple
  • Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laceolata) – 2′-9′ – yellow
  • Joe-Pye Weed (utrochium dubium ‘Little Joe’) – 3′-4′ – mauve
  • Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata) – 2′-4′ – mixed
  • Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) – 4′-5′ – pink, white
  • Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis) – 1.5′-2′ – lilac

Fall Bloomers

  • Aster, New England (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) – 3′ – purple
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) – 2′-4′ – red
  • Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) – 3′ – blue
  • Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) – 2′-3′ – pink
  • Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) – 3′ – tan
  • Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) – 3-5′ – yellow
  • Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) – to 6′ – yellow
  • Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis) – 1′-3′ – yellow