Veterans’ Memorial Garden – Butterfly, Bird & Bee Habitat Plant List
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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
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