Executive Mansion Garden Plant List with Partner Nurseries

Executive Mansion Garden Plant List with Partner Nurseries

NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE MANSION BIRD & POLLINATOR GARDEN PLANT LIST Featuring Participating North Carolina Plant Nurseries Common Name Scientific Name This Plant’s Role in the Garden American Alumroot Heuchera americana Provide winter cover For ground-foraging birds. Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, ‘Raydon’s Favorite’ cardinals, Finches; provide nectar For bees, butterFlies and other insects; larval host plant. ButterFly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Provide nectar For many bees, butterFlies; host plant For Monarch butterFly. Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides Provide winter cover For ground-foraging birds. Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium dubium Provide nectar For butterFlies and bees; larval ‘Baby Joe’ host plant. DwarF Crested Iris Iris cristata Provide nectar For hummingbirds. Eastern Columbine Aquilegia canadensis Provide nectar For hummingbirds, butterFlies, and other insects. FoamFlower Tiarella cordifolia Provide nectar to a variety oF insects. Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker’s Provide nectar For hummingbirds, butterFlies, Red’ moths, and bees; larval host plant. Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Provides nectar For butterFlies. Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum Provide nectar For butterFlies and other insects; provide seeds For sparrows and finches. Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium ‘The Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, Blues’ cardinals, Finches; larval host plant. Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Provide nectar For hummingbirds, butterFlies, ‘Emerald Blue’ and other insects. Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris Provide seeds For sparrows and Finches. Orange ConeFlower Rudbeckia fulgida Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, var. Fulgida cardinals, Finches; provide nectar For butterFlies and other insects. Orange ConeFlower Rudbeckia fulgida Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ cardinals, Finches; provide nectar For butterFlies and other insects. Possumhaw Viburnum nudum ‘Winterthur’ Provide berries to Fuel Fall migration oF thrushes and catbirds; provide winter food for waxwings, bluebirds, mockingbirds, and thrashers; larval host plant. Common Name Scientific Name This Plant’s Role in the Garden Purple ConeFlower Echinacea purpurea Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, cardinals, Finches; provide nectar For bees and butterFlies. Rabbiteye Blueberry Vaccinium virgatum Provide berries to a wide variety oF breeding ‘Climax’ ‘TiFblue,’ ‘Premier’ birds including cardinals, chickadees and titmice; provide nectar to bees; larval host plant. Rough Goldenrod Solidago rugosa Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, ‘Fireworks’ cardinals, Finches; provide nectar For bumble bees, butterFlies and other insects; larval host plant. Small-leaF Arrowwood Viburnum obovatum Provide berries to Fuel Fall migration oF ‘Raulston’s Hardy’ thrushes and catbirds; provide winter food for waxwings, bluebirds, mockingbirds, and thrashers; larval host plant. Spreading Sedge Carex laxiculmis Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, 'Hobb Bunny Blue' cardinals, Finches. Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Provide nectar For hummingbirds, butterFlies, 'Ruby Spice' and other insects. Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Provide seeds For sparrows, towhees, ‘Hot Rod’ cardinals, Finches; provide winter cover; larval host plant. Woodland Phlox Phlox divaricata Provide nectar For hummingbirds, butterFlies, and other insects. North Carolina businesses that provided native plants For this project include: Cure Nursery, Arden HoFFman Nursery, Rougemont Mellow Marsh Farm, Siler City North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill Panther Creek Nursery, Willow Spring Plantworks Nursery, Rougemont Taylor’s Nursery, Raleigh Visit Audubon’s database to Find the best bird-friendly native plants for your area: http://nc.audubon.org/native-plants-by-zip Find a plant nursery near you: http://nc.audubon.org/birdfriendlynativeplantsretailers .

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