Favorite recommendations for pollinator-friendly gardens
I like to promote
these as they're adaptable, easy to grow native perennials, often
with multiple good species to choose from within a particular genus.
(This is a list to accompany a presentation for a Pollination Celebration in
Asheville GreenWorks Bee City program).
Herbaceous
perennials (average to dry sites):
Asclepias
tuberosa Butterfly Weed
Baptisia spp. False Wild Indigo
Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis
Echinacea spp. Coneflowers
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common boneset
Helianthus spp. Sunflower
Liatris spp. Blazing Star
Penstemon spp. Beardtongue
Pycnanthemum spp. Mountain mints
Rudbeckia fulgida Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia spp. Black-eyed Susan
Silphium spp. Prairie dock; compass plant
Solidago spp. Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum spp. Asters
Thermopsis villosa Carolina false lupine
Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders
Baptisia spp. False Wild Indigo
Coreopsis spp. Coreopsis
Echinacea spp. Coneflowers
Eupatorium perfoliatum Common boneset
Helianthus spp. Sunflower
Liatris spp. Blazing Star
Penstemon spp. Beardtongue
Pycnanthemum spp. Mountain mints
Rudbeckia fulgida Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia spp. Black-eyed Susan
Silphium spp. Prairie dock; compass plant
Solidago spp. Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum spp. Asters
Thermopsis villosa Carolina false lupine
Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders
Herbaceous
perennials (moist sites):
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