TYPES OF POLLINATOR PLANTS

In the Halifax Community Pollinator Garden at Brook & Whitneyville Roads, so far, we have:

  1. Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
  2. Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
  3. Tall Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
  4. Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
  5. Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
  6. Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
  7. White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
  8. Tall larkspur (Delphinium exaltatum)
  9. Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
  10. Canada Wild Rye (Elmus canadensis)
  11. Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
  12. Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
  13. Purple Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
  14. Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
  15. Yellow Avens (Geum alepiccum)
  16. Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
  17. Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
  18. Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
  19. Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
  20. Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
  21. Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea, introduced)
  22. Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
  23. Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
  24. Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
  25. Lowland Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata v.purpurea)
  26. Tiger/Swamp Lilies (Lilium superbum)
  27. Allegheny Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)?
  28. Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
  29. Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
  30. Golden Groundsel (Packera aurea)
  31. Running Groundsel (Packera obovata)
  32. Long-sepaled Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus)
  33. Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
  34. Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
  35. Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
  36. Solomon Seal (Polygonatum)
  37. Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
  38. Broad-leaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
  39. Narrow Leaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
  40. Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
  41. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
  42. Blue Sage (Salvia azurea)
  43. Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
  44. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
  45. Entire-leaved Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)
  46. Sedum or Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
  47. Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
  48. Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
  49. Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis, introduced)
  50. Meadowsweet (Spirea alba)
  51. New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae angliae)
  52. Smooth-leaf Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
  53. Purple-stemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
  54. Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorus)
  55. Comfrey (Symphytum officinale, introduced, or Andersonglossum boreale?)
  56. Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
  57. New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
  58. Culver's Root (Vironicastrum virginicum)
  59. Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)
  60. And some mystery plants...
For more information, or to offer native plants/seeds, materials (stakes, cedar mulch, etc.), or volunteer labor, contact Linda Huebner, owner, LH.coyote13@gmail.com, or Dov Towler, pollinator garden curator, DovTow@gmail.com.