Factsheets - Pollinator Gardens
Plants that are perfect for a very sunny location
Trees
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis
Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana
American Plum Prunus americana
Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina
Shrubs
Common Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
American Beuatyberry Callicarpa americana
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea
Dwarf Fothergilla Fothergilla gardenii
Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
Shrubby St John's Wort Hypericum prolificum
Inkberry Holly Ilex glabra
Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata
Virginia Sweetspire Itea virginica
Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera
Allegheny Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa
Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum
Common Yucca Yucca filamentosa
Herbaceous
Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Nodding Onion Allium cernuum
Threadleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrichtii
Wild Columbie Aquilegia canadensis
Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Milkweed Acslepias tuberosa
Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis
Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata
White Turtlehead Chelone glabra
Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum
Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Pink Coreopsis Coreopsis rosea
Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
Threadleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata
Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum
Purple joe Pye Weed Eutrochium purpureum
Indian Blanket Gaillardia pulchella
Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus
Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Dense Blazing Star Liatris spicata
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica
Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma
Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
Narrow-Leaved Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa
Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Fall Phlox Phlox paniculata
Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod Solidago caesia
Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa
New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Aromatic Aster Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
Grass and Grasslike
Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
Woodland Oats Chasmanthium latifolium
Pink Muhlygrass Muhlenbergia capillaris
Switchgrass Panicum virgatum
Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium
Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans
Vines
Crossvine Bignonia capreolata
Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans
Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana
Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
American Wisteria Wisteria frutescens
