TYPES OF POLLINATOR PLANTS
In the Halifax Community Pollinator Garden at Brook & Whitneyville Roads, so far, we have:
- Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
- Tall Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
- Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Wild Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
- White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
- Tall larkspur (Delphinium exaltatum)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Canada Wild Rye (Elmus canadensis)
- Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
- Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- Purple Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
- Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
- Yellow Avens (Geum alepiccum)
- Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- Ox-eye Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides)
- Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
- Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
- Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
- Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea, introduced)
- Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
- Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
- Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
- Lowland Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia lanceolata v.purpurea)
- Tiger/Swamp Lilies (Lilium superbum)
- Allegheny Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)?
- Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
- Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
- Golden Groundsel (Packera aurea)
- Running Groundsel (Packera obovata)
- Long-sepaled Beardtongue (Penstemon calycosus)
- Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
- Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana)
- Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
- Solomon Seal (Polygonatum)
- Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)
- Broad-leaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
- Narrow Leaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
- Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Blue Sage (Salvia azurea)
- Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
- Entire-leaved Skullcap (Scutellaria incana)
- Sedum or Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
- Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)
- Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
- Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis, introduced)
- Meadowsweet (Spirea alba)
- New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae angliae)
- Smooth-leaf Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve)
- Purple-stemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
- Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorus)
- Comfrey (Symphytum officinale, introduced, or Andersonglossum boreale?)
- Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
- New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
- Culver's Root (Vironicastrum virginicum)
- Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)
- 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.