Pruyn Garden Deer Resistant Plants Coneflower

Mist Flower

Pink Turtlehead

Anise Hyssop Boneset

Joe Pye Weed

Coneflower

Orange Coneflower Cardinal Flower

Helen’s Flower

Gayfeather Great Blue Lobelia

Black-eyed Susan

Obedient Plant Perennial Sunflower Bush Cinquefoil Coral Honeysuckle

Kalm St. Johnswort

Summersweet Clethra Pruyn Butterfly-Hummingbird Garden – Deer Resistant Native Plants ______

PERENNIALS (* in bloom August 15)

*Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum and A. foeniculum ‘Blue Fortune’) Flowers July- September. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seeds for birds.

Nodding Pink Onion (Allium Cernuum) Flowers July-August. Nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. Important nectar source for bees.

Blue Star (Amsonia tabernamontana ‘Blue Ice’) Flowers May-June. Nectar for butterflies.

Columbine (Aquilegia Canadensis) Host for Columbine Duskywing. Flowers May-June. Nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, bumble bees. Finches love the seed.

Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Located outside the garden. Host for Monarch. Flowers June-July. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.

Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) Host for Monarch. Blooms June - September (with deadheading). Nectar magnet for butterflies and bees. bumble bees..

New England Aster (Aster novae angliae) Host for Painted Lady, American Lady, Pearly Crescentspot, Saddleback Caterpillar. Flowers August – October. Nectar for butterflies. Important nectar source for bees and bumblebees.

Aromatic Aster (Aster oblongifolius ‘October Skies’) Host for Painted Lady, Pearly Crescentspot, Saddleback Caterpillar. Flowers September. Nectar for butterflies. Important nectar source for bees.

Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) Host for Clouded Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, Eastern Tailed Blue, Gray Hairstreak, Hoary Edge, Frosted Elfin, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Northern Cloudywing. Flowers June.

False Aster (Boltonia asteroidies ‘Snowbank’) Blooms September to frost. Nectar for butterflies and other pollinators.

Eastern Star Sedge (Carex radiata) Sedges are host for the Skipper butterflies. Late spring small star-like flowers. Provides seeds for songbirds and upland game birds.

White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Host for Baltimore Checkerspot. Nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds.

*Pink Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii) Host for Baltimore Checkerspot. Nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds.

Black Snakeroot (Cimicifuga racemosa) Host for Spring Azure, Appalachian Blue (Appalachian Azure). Blooms July-August. Flowers are a magnet for bees, provide nectar for butterflies.

Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’) Flowers June-July. Nectar for butterflies.

Wild Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) Flowers May-June. Nectar for hummingbirds.

*Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea, E. purpurea ‘Magnus’ and ‘Fragrant Angel’) Blooms July-August. Nectar magnet for butterflies. Finches and other birds love the seed.

*Mist Flower (Eupatorium coelestinum) Flowers August-September. Nectar magnet for butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

*Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Flowers August-September. Nectar for butterflies and bees. Seeds for birds.

*Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) Flowers August-September. Nectar for butterflies and bees.

*Helen’s Flower (Helenium autumnale ‘Mardi Gras’) Flowers July-August. Nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinators.

*Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus paneiflorus ‘Lemon Queen’) Flowers August-September. Nectar for bees and butterflies.

Dwarf Crested Iris (Iris cristata) Flowers May-June. Nectar for hummingbirds and other pollinators.

*Gayfeather (Liatris spicata and L. spicata ‘Kobold’) Flowers July-August. Nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Seeds for birds.

*Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Flowers July-August. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies.

*Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Flowers August. Nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Bee Balm (Monarda didyma and M. didyma ‘Scorpion’) Flowers June-July. Butterfly, bee and hummingbird nectar magnet.

Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Flowers July-August. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees.

Sundrops (Oenothera frutcosa and O. fruticosa ‘Youngii’) Flowers July. Nectar for hummingbirds.

Penstemon (Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Red’) Flowers June. Nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees, especially bumble bees. Seeds for songbirds.

*Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana and P. virginiana ‘Miss Manners’) Flowers August. Nectar for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans) Flowers May-June. Nectar for butterflies and bees.

*Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida and R. fulgida ‘Goldstrum’) Host for Pearly Crescentspot. Flowers late July through September. Nectar for butterflies and bees. Seeds for birds in the fall.

*Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cappuchino’ ) Biennial, flowers June-September. Nectar for butterflies. Seeds for birds.

Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) Groundcover. Flowers May-June. Nectar for butterflies and bees.

Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’) Flowers September. Nectar for butterflies. Important nectar and pollen source for native bees. Seeds relished by finches, juncos, sparrows, ruffled grouse and others.

Stokes Aster (Stokesia laevis ‘Peachies Pick’) Flowers July-August. Nectar for butterflies.

Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) Host for Black Swallowtail. Flowers May-June. Nectar for butterflies. Important nectar source for bees.

SHRUBS, TREES AND VINES (in bloom August 15)

Bottlebrush Buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) Flowers June-July. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees Fall nuts for mammals.

Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla) Host for Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly. Pipe- shaped flowers May-June. Makes a dense screen for fences and arbors.

New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Host for Spring Azure, Mottled Duskywing. Flowers June July. Nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. Fall seeds provide food for wild turkeys and other birds.

Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Host for Henry’s Elfin. Flowers April-May. Nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seed pods July- December provide food for doves, wild turkey, ruffled grouse and other birds.

Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) Host for Fawn Sphinx, Rustic Sphinx. Flowers May-June. Nectar magnet for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. September-October fruit relished by birds and mammals, including woodpeckers, cardinals, mockingbirds, blue jays and wild turkeys.

Summersweet Clethra (Clethra alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’) Flowers July-August. Hummingbird nectar magnet. Nectar for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Seeds September through February provide food for birds and other wildlife.

Carolina Silverbell (Halesia carolina) Host for Promethea Moth. Flowers in May. Nectar for butterflies and bees.

Kalm St. Johnswort (Hypericum kalmianum) Flowers July-August. Nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies and bees, especially bumble bees. Seed capsules September-April provide food for songbirds, upland gamebirds, small mammals.

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Host for Spring Azure, Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, Snowberry Clearwing Moth. Flowers May-June with repeats into August. Nectar magnet for hummingbirds, also for butterflies and bees. Birds love the red berries in the fall, including purple finches, quail, goldfinches, robins.

Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Host for Pandora Sphinx, Virginia Creeper Sphinx, White-lined Sphinx. Provides berries late summer and fall for many birds during migration season.

Bush Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa ‘Mango Tango’) Flowers June with repeats to September. Nectar source for butterflies and other pollinators. Bee nectar magnet. Seed capsules July- April provide food for birds and mammals, including songbirds, upland game birds quail, grouse.