Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Aquilegia flabellata v. pumila syn. Aquilegia flabellata ‘Nana’, Aquilegia fauriei Dwarf Fan columbine Z 4-9
April-May lilac blooms of nodding lilac-blue to purple sepals with white petals on compact mound of blue-green foliage
April-May lilac blooms of nodding lilac-blue to purple sepals with white petals on compact mound of blue-green foliage
Size: 6-9” x 9-12”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil, Deadhead for rebloom
Native: Japan
Wildlife Value: deer and rabbit resistant. Attracts butterfliesLatin word flabellatus mean fanlike referring to leaflet shape. First published as Aquilegia buergeriana var. pumila in Swiss journal Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier 5: 1090. 1897.
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Artemisia frigida Prairie sagewort, Silky wormwood, Z 3-10
Erect stems bear silvery-white, finely-divided foliage. Leaves smell like camphor. Small yellow flowers bloom in summer.
Erect stems bear silvery-white, finely-divided foliage. Leaves smell like camphor. Small yellow flowers bloom in summer.
Size: 6-18” x 12-18”
Care: sun in well-drained soil
Native: all North America except the SE, CA and OR, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: deer resistant, source of nesting material for native bees, food for caterpillars of several butterflies & moths
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit
Size: Native Americans used this Artemisia to preserve meat, feed horses, repel insects, to remedy toothache, headache, coughing, lung ailments, heartburn, and colds. Indians in Great Basin used it in ceremonies .Chippewa made a decoction of root for convulsions.Meriwether Lewis collected this in early September 1804 along the Missouri River in South Dakota on October 3 1804.
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Artemisia lactiflora White mugwort Z 3-8
Blooms in plumes of creamy white, resembling an astilbe, above blackish green leaves with silver undersides, August to October
Blooms in plumes of creamy white, resembling an astilbe, above blackish green leaves with silver undersides, August to October
Size: 4-5’ x 1.5-2’
Care: full sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: East asia-China
Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies & bees. Rabbit and Deer tolerant
Awards: Recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritGenus is named for Artemis, Greek goddess of the moon, wild animals, and hunting. Lactiflora means “milk-white flowers”
The leaves and flowering stems were used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat menstrual & liver disorders, and anti-inflammatory medicines. In East and Southeast Asia the leaves and tender stems are eaten boiled or stir fried, or in soups.
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Asclepias curassavica Bloodflower or scarlet milkweed Z 9-11 Annual in colder areas
Small scarlet red and orange umbels all summer and early fall
Asclepias curassavica grows upright and tall with spiraling lance-shaped leaves. Blooming all summer and early fall. Showy flowers, in small scarlet red and orange umbels.
Size: 24-30” x 12-24”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: South America
Wildlife Value: Attracts Monarch butterfliesIn gardens since 1750’s.