Butterfly, Bird & Bee Habitat Plant List
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Veterans’ Memorial Garden – Butterfly, Bird & Bee Habitat Plant List Designed and maintained by Extension Master Gardeners in Anoka County 550 Bunker Lake Blvd, NW, Andover, MN 55304 www.anokamastergardeners.org Botanical name Common name Preferred soil Preferred sunlight Bloom time Height Spread Attracts Achillea millefolium Yarrow Dry to medium Full sun June - September 2 - 3' 2 - 3' Hummingbirds Actaea 'Chocoholic' Bugbane Medium Part shade - Full shade August - September 3 - 4' 2.5 - 3' Agastache 'Blue Fortune' Giant hyssop Medium Full sun - Part shade July - September 2 - 3' 1.5 - 2' Butterflies, bees Ageratina altissima White snakeroot Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade September - frost 3 - 5' 2 - 4' Butterflies Alchemilla mollis Lady's mantle Medium Full sun - Part shade June 1 - 1.5' 1.5 - 2.5' Allium schoenoprasum Chives Medium Full sun - Part shade April - May 1 - 1.5' 1 - 1.5' Amelanchier alnifolia Serviceberry / Regent Medium Full sun - Part shade April 4 - 6' 4 - 6' Birds saskatoon Amorpha canescens Lead plant Dry to medium Full sun July - September 2 - 3' 2 - 2.5' Birds, butterflies Antennaria neglecta Field pussytoes Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade April - June 0.5 - 1' 0.5 - 1' Butterflies Aquilegia canadensis Columbine Medium Full sun - Part shade April - May 2 - 3' 1 - 1.5' Hummingbirds Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Red bearberry Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade April - May 0.5 - 1' 3 - 6' Birds, small mammals Asclepias incarnata Swamp milkweed Medium to wet Full sun July - August 4 - 5' 2 - 3' Butterflies, bees Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed Dry to medium Full sun June - August 1 - 2.5' 1 - 1.5' Butterflies, bees Astilbe Astilbe Medium Part shade - Full shade June - July 2 - 3' 2 - 3' Athyrium niponicum var. pictum Japanese painted fern Medium Part shade - Full shade Non-flowering 1 - 1.5' 1.5 - 2' Baptisia australis Blue false indigo Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade May - June 3 - 4' 3 - 4' Butterflies Bergenia Cordifolia Pigsqueak Medium Part shade - Full shade April - May 1 - 1.5' 1 - 1.5' Calamagrostis x acutiflora Feathered reed grass Medium to wet Full sun May - February 3 - 5' 1.5 - 2.5' Birds Chelone Lyonii 'Tiny Tortuga' Pink turtlehead Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade July - September 2 - 4' 1.5 - 2.5' Butterflies Coreopsis 'Red Satin' Tickseed Dry to medium Full sun June - August 1 - 1.5' 1.5 - 2' Butterflies Botanical name Common name Preferred soil Preferred sunlight Bloom time Height Spread Attracts Coreopsis verticillata Tweety tickseed Dry to medium Full sun June - September 2.5 - 3' 1.5 - 2' Butterflies Dicentra Bleeding heart Medium Part shade May 1 - 1.5' 1 - 1.5' Echinacea angustifolia Narrow-leaf coneflower Dry to medium Full sun June - July 1 - 2' 0.75 - 1.5' Birds, butterflies Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade June - August 2 - 5' 0.2 - 2' Birds, butterflies, bees Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe' Joe pye weed Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade July - September 3 - 4' 1 - 3' Butterflies, bees Eutrochium maculatum Joe pye weed Medium to wet Full sun July - September 4 - 5' 1.5 - 2' Butterflies, bees Festuca ovina glauca Bolder blue fescue Dry to medium Full sun June - July 0.75 - 1' 0.5 - 0.75' Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Medium Part shade - Full shade June - July 0.25 - 0.5' 0.5 - 1' Hemerocallis sp. Daylily Medium Full sun - Part shade July - August 2 - 3' 2 - 3' Heuchera sp. Coral bells Medium Full sun - Part shade June - July 1 - 2' 1 - 1.5' Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears' Hosta Medium Part shade - Full shade July - August 0.5 - 1' 0.75 - 1' Hummingbirds, bees Hosta 'June' Hosta Medium Part shade - Full shade July - August 0.75 - 1' 2 - 2.5' Hummingbirds, bees Hydrangea arborescens Smooth hydrangea Medium Part shade June - September 3 - 5' 3 - 5' Butterflies, bees Hydrangea paniculata Panicle hydrangea Medium Full sun - Part shade July - September 8 - 15' 6 - 12' Hylotelephium Stonecrop Dry to medium Full sun September - 1.5 - 2' 1.5 - 2' Butterflies October Iris domestica Blackberry lily (Leopard lily) Medium Full sun July - August 2 - 3' 0.75 - 2' Iris germanica Bearded iris Medium Full sun May 2 - 3' 1 - 2' Liatris aspera Blazing star Dry to medium Full sun August - October 2 - 3' 1 - 1.5' Birds, hummingbirds, butterflies, bees Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade July - September 2 - 4' 1 - 2' Hummingbirds, butterflies Lobelia siphilitica Blue cardinal flower Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade July - September 2 - 3' 1 - 1.5' Bees Nepeta racemosa Catmint Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade May - September 1 - 2' 1.5 - 3' Bees Opuntia compressa Prickly pear Dry Full sun June - July 0.5 - 1' 1 - 1.5' Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum Greek oregano Medium Full sun July 0.5 - 0.75' 1 - 1.5' Bees Paeonia sp. Peony Medium Full sun - Part shade May - June 2 - 4' 2 - 4' Butterflies Penstemon 'Dark Towers' Beardtongue Dry to medium Full sun May - June 1.5 - 3' 1 - 2' Birds, butterflies, bees Penstemon grandiflorus Large beardtongue Dry to medium Full sun May - June 2 - 4' 1 - 1.5' Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian sage Dry to medium Full sun July - October 3 - 5' 2 - 4' Bees Botanical name Common name Preferred soil Preferred sunlight Bloom time Height Spread Attracts Phlox paniculata 'David' Garden phlox Medium Full sun - Part shade July - September 2 - 4' 2 - 3' Hummingbirds, butterflies Phlox subulata Moss phlox Medium Full sun March - May 0.25 - 0.5' 1 - 2' Butterflies Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward' Ninebark Dry to medium Full sun - Part shade May - June 4 - 6' 4 - 6' SUMMER WINE Picea abies 'Nidiformis' Birds nest spruce Medium Full sun Non-flowering 2 - 8' 3 - 12' Platycodon grandiflorus Balloon flower Medium Full sun - Part shade June - August 1 - 2.5' 1 - 1.5' Polygonatum odoratum var. Solomon's seal Medium to wet Part shade - Full shade April - June 2 - 3' 0.75 - 1' Bees puriflorum Rhododendron 'Candy Lights' Candy lights azalea Medium Full sun - Part shade April - June 3 - 4' 3 - 4' Hummingbirds, butterflies Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Dry to medium Full sun June - July 2 - 6' 2 - 4' Butterflies Rudbeckia Black-eyed susan Dry to medium Full sun July - September 1.5 - 2' 1.5 - 2' Bees Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht' Wood sage Dry to medium Full sun May - June 1.5 - 2' 1 - 1.5' Hummingbirds, bees Sedium 'Autumn Joy' Autumn stonecrop Dry to medium Full sun August - October 2 - 4' 1.5 - 2' Hummingbirds, butterflies Sedum kamtschaticum Orange stonecrop Dry to medium Full sun June - August 0.25 - 0.5' 0.25 - 1' Sedium rupestre 'Angelina' Stonecrop Dry to medium Full sun June - August 0.25 - 0.5' 1 - 2' Sempervivum tectorum Hens and chicks Dry to medium Full sun June - July 0.5' - 1' 0.5 - 1.5' Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie dropseed Dry to medium Full sun August - October 2 - 3' 2 - 3' Birds Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii Amethyst coralberry Medium Full sun - Part shade June - July 3 - 5' 3 - 5' Birds Thymus praecox arcticus Thyme Dry to medium Full sun June - September 0.25 - 0.5' 0.25 - 0.5' Butterflies, bees Tradescantia x andersoniana Spiderwort Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade May - July 0.75 - 1' 0.75 - 1' Viburnum cassinoides Viburnum / Lil' ditty witherod Medium to wet Full sun - Part shade May - June 1 - 2' 1 - 2' Birds, butterflies, bees Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' Color guard yucca Dry to medium Full sun June - July 3 - 6' 2 - 3' Butterflies Anoka County Master Gardener Program Bunker Hills Activities Center 550 Bunker Lake Blvd, NW, Andover, MN 55304 www.anokamastergardeners.org .