Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Silphium laciniatum Compass plant Z 3-8
Yellow daisies from late summer to early fall
Yellow daisies from late summer to early fall
Size: full sun to part shade in moist, fertile soil
Care: 6- 10’ x 24”
Native: East and central U.S., Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies
Awards: Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of MeritGrew in Bartram’s colonial nursery. Named “Compass plant” for its leaves which face north and south to catch maximum sunshine. The plant’s sap was used as chewing gum.
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Silphium perfoliatum Cup plant Z 3-9
Golden daisies waive at the sun from July to September, its cup shaped leaves hold water where butterflies drink & bathe
Golden daisies waive at the sun from July to September, its cup shaped leaves hold water where butterflies drink & bathe
Can not ship to: Connecticut and New York
Size: 7’ x 3’
Care: full sun to part shade in moist soil
Native: Central North America, native to Wisconsin.
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritSap used by Native Americans to chew and freshen breath. Also used to cure colds, neuralgia, fever, and liver disorders. The Chippewa used to stop lung hemorrhaging, menstrual bleeding and cure chest pain. The Winnebago drank a potion from the plant to purify themselves before a buffalo hunt. For the Iroquois it cured paralysis, prevented children from seeing ghosts and illness caused by the dead. Goldfinches feast on the seeds in fall.
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Solidago caesia syn. Solidago axillaris Blue-stemmed goldenrod, Wreath goldenrod Z 4-9
arching wands of clustered gold, with contrasting blue-green stems
Graceful, arching wands of clustered gold, with contrasting blue-green stems, in September-October. Clump forming, noninvasive perennial.
Size: 18-24” x 16-20”
Care: part shade to shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Nova Scotia to WI, south to FL and west to TX
Wildlife Value: Butterfly magnetThe Latin name is a combination of solidus and ago, meaning “I make whole”, referring to its historic medicinal uses. According to William Cullina it has antioxidant, diuretic, astringent and antifungal properties and is supposed to be used to treat urinary tract and yeast infections, sore throats and diarrhea. (W. Cullina, NEWFS, p. 197) Collected before 1753.
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Solidago cutleri Cutler’s alpine goldenrod Z 3-9
Golden tufts of flowers on this mounding, compact, bone-hardy goldenrod July-September
Golden tufts of flowers on this mounding, compact, bone-hardy goldenrod July-September
Size: 6-10” x 12”
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Mountains of New England and NY, north through Nova Scotia
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesNamed for New England plant explorer Manasseh Cutler , Rhodora 10(113): 87. 1908 by M.L. Fernald
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Solidago graminifolia Grass-leaved goldenrod Z 3-9
Golden flat-topped inflorescences August to October, loved by butterflies for its nectar.
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Golden flat-topped inflorescences August to October, loved by butterflies for its nectar.
Size: 2-3' x 1-2'
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil, Deer resistant.
Native: Nova Scotia across Canada, S. to FL., Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts praying mantises and butterflies.The name Solidago from solidus and ago meaning to “bring together.” Gramnifolia means “grass-leaved.” Since 1750’s.
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Solidago riddellii syn. Oligoneuron riddellii Riddell’s goldenrod, Stiff goldenrod Z. 3-7
Golden dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct.
Golden dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct.- loved by butterflies for its nectar – Small copper, Monarch, Giant swallowtail, Gray hairstreak, Clouded Sulphur, Fritillary, Pearl crescent, & Cloudless sulphur. Attracts praying mantises.
Size: 3’x2’
Care: sun in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: swath down middle of No. Am. From Hudson Bay to AK, incl. WI
Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies and praying mantis. Deer resistant.The name Solidago from solidus and ago meaning to bring together. Collected by 1835.
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Solidago speciosa Showy goldenrod Z 3-8
Spikes of mustard yellow August – October.
Spikes of mustard yellow August – October. Not invasive.
Size: 5’ x 12-18”
Care: Sun, any soil
Native: Central & eastern US
Wildlife Value: Loved by butterflies for its nectar – Small copper, Monarch, Giant swallowtail, Gray hairstreak, Clouded Sulfur, Fritillary, Pearl crescent & Cloudless sulfur. Attracts praying mantises.Solidago from solidus and ago meaning “to bring together.”
Meskwaki applied an infusion made of roots to burns. Chippewa used this to stop bleeding in the mouth and lungs, reduce pain from strains and sprains, as a stimulant and tonic and, mixed with bear grease, for a hair ointment. HoChunk made a blood purifier and remedied incontinence. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, English planthunter (1786-1859.) -
Spigelia marilandica Carolina pink, Woodland pinkroot Z 5-9
Stems topped with showy red tubes and fireworks-like yellow, five-pointed stars flare atop the tubes in late spring to early summer and later in the north. Deadhead for rebloom
OUT OF STOCK – EMAIL FOR AVAILABILITY AFTER 6/1/23
Stems topped with showy red tubes and fireworks-like yellow, five-pointed stars flare atop the tubes in late spring to early summer and later in the north. Deadhead for rebloom
Size: 12-24” x 6-18”
Care: part to full shade in most well-drained soil, tolerates wet soil
Native: NJ to Fl west to TX
Wildlife Value: nectar for hummingbirds; deer resistant
Awards: 2011 Theodore Klein Plant Award WinnerCherokee used this to purge parasites from intestines. In garden by 1753. Philip Miller’s Dictionary “the plant “is esteemed as the best medicine (in North America) yet known for the worms.” (1768) According to Jacob Bigelow in American Medical Botany, 1817 one doctor used it as a purgative and another as a narcotic.
