Summer Pollinator Plant Sale

Achillea Moonshine, (A. x 'Taygeta' and A. clypeolata)

• Hybrid
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun/ 1-2’ height / 1’ spread / bright yellow flowers
• Compact hybrid yarrow with fern-like, aromatic, silvery to gray-green foliage and tiny, long-lasting, bright lemon-yellow flowers which appear in dense, flattened, compound corymbs throughout the summer
• Pollinator Fact: 15-20 butterfly/moth caterpillars utilize yarrow as a larval host including the blackberry looper
  

Callirhoe involucrata

• Olbrich sown
• US Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun / 0.5-1’ height / 0.5-3’ spread / magenta flowers
• Blooms May-August
• Drought tolerant native ground cover
• May self-seed in optimum growing conditions
• Edible leaves in spring and early summer and edible roots in the fall or early spring. The roots look like large, light-brown carrots and taste like sweet potatoes when boiled.
• Pollinator Fact: Larval host to the Gray Hairstreak and Painted Lady Butterflies

Coreopsis verticillata, Creme Caramel

• Nativar
• Herbaceous perennial: fun sun / 1-2’ height / 2-3’ spread / apricot to coral-pink flowers
• Blooms June-August
• Prefers moist to well-drained soil
• This prolific bloomer can used in naturalized planting or in a traditional border
• Great as a cut flower and grows well in containers
• Attracts butterflies and seed-eating birds

Dianthus carthusianorum

• Native to Europe
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun/ 1-2’ height / 1’ spread / bright pink flowers
• Blooms June–September
• Great for drier areas, such as rock gardens or pathway edges
• Pollinator friendly, attracts bees and butterflies
• Note: Toxic for dog & cats

Echinacea, Sombrero Tres Amigos

• Nativar
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun to part shade / 1.5-2’ height / 1.5-2’ spread / Coral-pink to magenta blooms
• Blooms June–August
• Good fresh cut or dried flower
• Dried flower heads (the blackened cones) may be visited by goldfinches or other seed eating birds in the winter months
• Attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators

Eupatorium purpureum, Euphoria Ruby

• Nativar
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun to part shade / 2-2.75’ height / 2-2.5’ spread / red-purple flowers
• Blooms July–September
• 10" wide, compound corymbs of aster-type flowers with red-purple disc florets top the sturdy stem
• Well suited for pollinator or butterfly gardens, cottage gardens, woodland edge gardens, smaller rain gardens, or cut flower gardens
• Attracts butterflies, long-tongued bees, skippers, and moths

Lobelia siphilitica

• WI Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun to part shade / 2-3’ height / 1-1.5’ spread / blue flowers
• Blooms July–September
• Well suited for perennial border, wild garden, native plant garden, woodland garden, or naturalized planting. Also effective near ponds or streams.
• Long-lasting spikes of blue flowers are a magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and other beneficial insects

Melittis melissophyllum, Royal Velvet distinction

• Cultivar
• Perennial: full sun to part shade / 1.5’ height / 1.5’ spread / white & plum purple flowers
• Blooms June-July
• Flowers and deeply veined or quilted leaves both emit a honey scent
• Nectar/pollen rich flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds

Penstemon hirsutus

• Olbrich sown
• WI Native
• Perennial: full-partial sun / 1-2’ height / 1’ spread / lavender-pink flowers
• Blooms May-June
• Very adaptable to range of well-drained soil; often found in nature in rocky fields, bluffs, or open woods
• Leaves turn a beautiful red during the fall season
• Attracts humming birds and butterflies
• Larval host the Baltimore Checkerspot, Arachne Checkerspot, and the Chalcedon Checkerspot

Physostegia virginiana, 'Variegata'

• Nativar
• Perennial: full sun-part shade / 1-2.5’ height / 2’ spread / pink flowers
• Blooms July–September
• Variegated foliage with light green leaves, creamy-white center, and light pink edges
• Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees

Pycnanthemum muticum

• US Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun-part shade / 1-3’ height / 1-3’ spread / pink flowers
• Blooms July–September
• Features dark green leaves which have a strong mint-like (spearmint) aroma when crushed
• Flowers are attractive to butterflies and bees

Ratibida pinnata

• WI Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun-part shade / 3-5’ height / 1.5-2’ spread / yellow flowers
• Blooms June–August
• Flowers have a dull-gray central disk in the shape of an elongated cylinder with 3-7 extremely reflexed (downward pointing) bright yellow petals
• Attracts birds and butterflies

Asclepias verticillata

• WI Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun / 1-3’ height / 1-2’ spread / white flowers
• Blooms June–September
• Unbranched stems clad with long, narrow, sessile, needle-like linear leaves
• Fragrant flowers bloom in clusters at the top of the stem
• Flowers give way to smooth, narrow seed pods, valued in dried flower arrangements.
• Larval host to the Monarch Butterfly

Asclepias speciosa

• US Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun / 1-3’ height / 1-1.5’ spread / rose colored flowers
• Blooms May–June
• Upright stems with velvety, broad-oblong to broad-ovate gray-green leaves
• Globular clusters of fragrant, pinkish-white to pinkish-purple star-like flowers appear mostly in the upper leaf axils

Asclepias sullivantii

• WI Native
• Herbaceous Perennial: full sun / 2-3’ height / 1-1.5’ spread / pink flowers
• Blooms June-July
• Broad-oblong, medium green leaves with pinkish-red midribs
• Rounded clusters of pinkish-white to pinkish-purple star-like flowers
• Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies
• Larval host to the Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth)

Asclepias viridis

• US Native
• Herbaceous perennial: full sun / 1.5-2.5’ height / 1-2’ spread / green flowers with purple hoods
• Blooms May–June
• Features narrow, oval shaped pale green leaves topped with rose-white flowers surrounded by green that form in showy umbellated clusters