Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Scutellaria altissima Somerset skullcap Z 4-10
In early summer masses of upright stems bearing bi-colored, bluish-purple and white, snapdragon-like flowers, the hood being bluish-purple and the lower lip white. Flowers grow on one side of the spike. This will re-bloom if you cut the flowers.
In early summer masses of upright stems bearing bi-colored, bluish-purple and white, snapdragon-like flowers, the hood being bluish-purple and the lower lip white. Flowers grow on one side of the spike. This will re-bloom if you cut the flowers.
Size: 24-36” x 18-24”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: central & eastern Europe
Wildlife Value: pollen and nectar attracts bees and butterflies1st described and named in 1700 by Joseph Pitton Tournefort, French botanist.
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Scutellaria baicalensis Chinese skullcap Z 4-8
Spikes of purplish-blue trumpets all summer into fall
Spikes of purplish-blue trumpets all summer into fall
Size: 12” x 12”
Care: sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: eastern Asia, SiberiaLinnaeus’ imaginative mind named this genus after the Latin sculellum meaning “a little dish,” because of its resemblance to the flower’s helmet-shaped calyx. In its native China called huang-chin. Used medicinally since ancient times in China to cure colds, fever, headaches and insomnia. William Robinson, father of the mixed perennial border, described the flowers and use of skullcap as having “rich velvety dark blue flowers.”
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Scutellaria incana syn. Scutellaria canescens, Scutellaria villosa Downy skullcap Z 5-8
Showy, open spikes of two-lipped Blue-violet florets from June-Sept
Showy, open spikes of two-lipped Blue-violet florets from June-Sept
Size: 2-3’ x 2’
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained acidic soil
Native: Eastern US, west to WI, south to TX
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies, deer resistantDescribed in Plantarum Novarum ex Herbario Sprengelii Centuriam 25. 1807 Johann Friedrich Theodor
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Scutellaria resinosa syn. Scutellaria wrightii Prairie skullcap Z 4-9
Two-lipped, deep violet-blue tubes bloom from spring to fall
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Two-lipped, deep violet-blue tubes bloom from spring to fall
Size: 10” x 10”
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: Colorado, NM, KS, Oklahoma, TX, collected on the Canadian River, tributary of Arkansas River
Wildlife Value: deer & rabbit resistant. Nectar and pollen attract butterflies and bees.Described by botanist John Torrey in Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of NY 2: 232 (1828)
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Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ syn ‘Herbstfreude’ syn Hylotelephium ‘Autumn Joy’ Z 4-9
Classic, large flat flower heads turn from green to rose
Classic, large flat flower heads turn from green to rose blooming in September and October. A staple for autumn in the garden.
Size: 30” x 12”
Care: full sun in well-drained soil
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.Sedum means “plant that sits.” “Live forever” is an ancient Greek name for sedums. The Roman Pliny claimed that sedum’s juice treated wounds. In the 1500’s English herbalist Gerard called sedums “very full of life,” referring to succulent’s quality of being very easy to grow. Autumn Joy introduced to gardens before 1920 by the George Arends Nursery in Ronsdorf, Germany.
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Selinum wallichianum syn. S. tenuifolium Milk parsley Z 6-10
All summer filigree of lacy, fern-like foliage then in late summer -fall white domes, 8” across, each dome made of multiple balls atop purple-red stems.
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“Queen of umbellifers,” EA Bowles. All summer filigree of lacy, fern-like foliage then in late summer -fall white domes, 8” across, each dome made of multiple balls atop purple-red stems.
Size: 3-5’ x 3’
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Himalayas
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
Awards: recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritOriginally named Cortia lindeyi in 1830 Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 186. Named for Dutch physician and botanist Nathanial Wallich (1786-1854).
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Senna hebecarpa syn. Cassia hebecarpa Wild senna Z 4-8
6” long taxicab yellow racemes in July – August
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6” long taxicab yellow racemes in July – August
Size: 4’ x 2-6’
Care: full sun in moist well-drained soil
Native: Ontario; Maine south to Georgia and northwest to Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Wildlife Value: attracts bees, butterflies, birds & hummingbirdsCollected before 1937. Very similar to Senna marilandica except a bit taller, flowers prettier and a slightly bulbous gland as the base of the petiole.
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Sidalcea malvaeflora Checker bloom Z 5-8
Fuchsia-pink mallow type blooms on upright stems
Fuchsia-pink mallow type blooms on upright stems, looking like miniature hollyhocks from midsummer to fall.
Size: 18-24" x 10"
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Native: western No. America
Wildlife Value: Attracts large white skipper butterflies.Collected by botanist Charles Wright (1811-1885) before 1880.
