Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators

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• Thalictrum minus ‘Adiantifolium’ Fernleaf meadowrue Z 5-9

  Yellowish flowers in spring

  

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  In spring loose panicles of tiny yellowish flowers top fern-like ornamental foliage, 3′ tall.

  Size: 36" x 24"
  Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
  Native: Europe
  Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
  Awards: Rated as excellent by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

  Grown by English herbalist Gerard in the 1590’s.

• Thalictrum polygamum syn. T. pubescens Tall Meadowrue, King of the meadow Z. 4-8

  Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September

  

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  Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September

  Size: 3-8’ x 4’
  Care: part shade to shade in moist soil
  Native: along streams & ponds from Newfoundland west to the Mississippi River & south to Mississippi
  Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
  Awards: Rated as “excellent” by the Chicago Botanic Garden
  Size: Iroquois smashed this Meadowrue to wash their heads and necks for nosebleeds. They also used it to remedy gall ailments. For the Montagnais its leaves flavored salmon.

  Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.”  Collected  before 1793. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.

• Thalictrum rochebruneanum Lavender mist meadowrue Z 5-8

  Airy clusters of lavender blooms

  

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  Lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green, pinnately compound, columbine-like foliage topped by pendulous, lavender-purple flowers with yellow stamens July-September in airy clusters rising well above the foliage to 4-6′ tall. Extraordinary en mass.

  Size: 4-6’ x 30”
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: Japan
  Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly

  Collected for gardens before 1878. Likely named for Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune (1834-1912)

• Thermopsis caroliniana syn. Thermopsis villosa Carolina lupine Z 4-9

  Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover like foliage.

  

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  Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover like foliage.

  Size: 4’ x 2’
  Care: Sun in well-drained soil. Drought & Heat tolerant.
  Native: forest openings in the Appalachians
  Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer & rabbit resistant.

  Collected before 1843