MICHIGAN NATIVE PLANTS To get you started, we have put together a small list of plants that are hard workers and will keep your garden blooming from May to October for Monarch butterfl ies and their pollinator friends.

WOODLAND PHLOX LANCE-LEAVED COREOPSIS Phlox divaricata Coreopsis lanceolata Blue Yellow May Height: 1’ Height: 1’– 2’

Moisture: Avg June-Aug Moisture: Dry-Avg

PRAIRIE SMOKE ROSE MILKWEED Geum trifl orum Asclepias incarnata Pink Pink Height: .5’– 1’ Height: 3’– 4’ July–Aug May-June Moisture: Avg Moisture: Avg-Wet

WILD LUPINE CARDINAL FLOWER Lupinus perennis Lobelia cardinalis Blue Red Height: 1’– 2’ Height: 2’– 4’ July–Aug May-June Moisture: Dry Moisture: Avg-Wet

BLUE FALSE INDIGO MARSH BLAZING STAR Baptisia australis Liatris spicata Blue Pink Height: 3’– 4’ Height: 3’– 4’ July–Aug May–July Moisture: Dry-Avg Moisture: Avg-Wet WILD COLUMBINE NODDING WILD ONION Aquilegia canadensis Allium cernuum Red Pink Height: 1’– 3’ Height: 1’– 2’ July-Aug May–July Moisture: Avg Moisture: Avg

GOLDEN ALEXANDER BLACK-EYED SUSANS Zizia aurea Rudbeckia hirta Yellow Yellow Height: 2’– 3’ Height: 1’– 3’

May-Aug Moisture: Dry-Avg Moisture: Avg-Wet June–Sept

WHITE WILD INDIGO TURTLEHEAD Baprisia lactea Chelone glabra White White Height: 3’– 5’ Height: 3’– 5’ June–July

Moisture: Dry- Avg Aug–Sept Moisture: Avg-Wet BUTTERFLY MILKWEED Asclepias tuberosa PRAIRIE DROPSEED Sporobolus heterolepis Orange Height: 1’– 3’ Green Height: 2’– 4’ June–July Moisture: Dry- Avg Aug-Sept Moisture: Dry-Avg BEARDTONGUE LITTLE BLUESTEM Penstemon digitalis Schizachyrium scoparium White Height: 3’– 4’ Blue/Green to Red Height: 2’– 3’

June–July Moisture: Avg-Wet Aug-Oct Moisture: Dry-Avg WHITE WILD INDIGO NEW-ENGLAND ASTER Baptisia lactea Aster novae-angliae White Height: 3’– 5’ Purple Height: 3’– 6’ June-July Moisture: Dry-Avg Sept–Oct Moisture: Avg-Wet PURPLE CONEFLOWER RIDDELL’S GOLDEN ROD Echinacea Purpurea Solidago Riddellii Pink Yellow Height: 3’– 4’ Height: 2’– 4’ Sept–Oct June–Aug Moisture: Dry- Avg Moisture: Avg-Wet

BLOOMING PERIOD LIGHT REQUIREMENT POLLINATORS ATTRACTS BUTTERFLY SUMMER SUMMER TO FALL FALL SUN SUN-SHADE SHADE HUMMINGBIRDS HOST PLANT PREFERRED POLLINATOR ANNUALS

Here are a few of our recommended annuals to mix in with your native species. These will keep the pollinators happy while keeping your garden looking beautiful.

SALVIA GREGGII ANNUAL DAISIES Wendy’s Wish Bellis perennis Pink Purple Various

SALVIA GREGGII ZINNIA PROFUSION Lipstick Zinnia Red/Pink Various

SALVIA GREGGII AGERATUM Big Pink Ageratum Pink Purples & Blues

SALVIA GREGGII COSMOS Black & Blue Asteraceae Blue White, Purples, & Reds

SALVIA GREGGII Hot Lips Pink

MARIGOLDS Tagetes Yellows to Reds

NASTURTIUM Tropaeolum Yellows to Reds

SPIDER FLOWERS Cleome White & Purples

PENTAS Pentas Various

WHITE ALYSSUM Lobularia maritima White

BEEBLOSSOM Gaura White & Pinks