Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Silene caroliniana Wild Pink, Carolina campion, Sticky catchfly Z 4-8
April-May loose clusters of rose-pink flowers with five spreading wedge-shaped petals
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April-May loose clusters of rose-pink flowers with five spreading wedge-shaped petals
Size: 12” x12”
Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Native: eastern and central North America
Wildlife Value: attracts Bees and ButterfliesNamed and described by Thomas Walter, 1788.
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Silene flos-cuculi syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi Ragged robin Z 4-9
May-June, pink star shaped cymes
May-June, pink star shaped cymes
Can not ship to: Connecticut and Maryland.
Size: 30” x 32”
Care: Sun to part shade, moist well-drained soil
Native: Europe, Caucasus, Russia
Wildlife Value: Butterfly plant, attracts Small Pearl Bordered Frilillary and Common BlueFlos is Latin for “flower.” According to Parkinson (1629) Ragged robin was used to cure wounds as early as Roman times. Grown by Washington at Mount Vernon. In 1851 Breck called the Ragged robin “an old inhabitant of the flower garden.”
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Silphium laciniatum Compass plant Z 3-8
Yellow daisies from late summer to early fall
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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
Graceful, arching wands of clustered gold, with contrasting blue-green stems in September-October. One of the last perennials to bloom. Clump forming, noninvasive perennial.
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 well-drained soil, drought tolerant
Native: Nova Scotia to WI, south to FL and west to TX, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: With both nectar and pollen this attracts, bees, wasps and flies. It is host to caterpillars of some moths.The 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 was 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
Sunshine yellow dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct. Differs from S. gramnifolia by fewer leaves and its leaves fold toward the center vein.
Sunshine yellow dome-topped flowers Sept.- Oct. Differs from S. gramnifolia by fewer leaves and its leaves fold toward the center vein.
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. Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Loved by butterflies for its nectar – Small copper, Monarch, Giant swallowtail, Gray hairstreak, Clouded Sulphur, Fritillary, Pearl crescent, & Cloudless sulphur. Attracts praying mantises. Resists deer.The name Solidago from solidus and ago meaning to bring together. First published by German botanist Joseph Frank who named it riddellii in honor of John Riddell who had collected it in Ohio before 1835.
