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Patchwork Meadows

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Do it for the butterflies

The right combination of plants for specific site conditions

Plants from the lists below will be chosen for your patch based on  orientation, exposure, slope, & soil characteristics.

Meadow wildflowers and Native Grasses

Dry Soil/Short Grass Meadow

Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

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  • Aromatic Aster S. oblongifolium    
  • Blazing Star Liatris spicata   
  • Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba     
  • Bushy Aster S. dumosum
  • Butterfly weed Asclepias tuberosa
  • Creeping Phlox  Phlox subulata    
  • Dwarf Joe Pye Eupatorium dubium
  • Fewleaf Sunflower Helianthus occidentalis
  • Gray Goldenrod  Salidago nemoralis
  • Greater Tickseed Coreopsis major
  • Hyssop Leaf Throughwort Eupatorium hyssopifolium
  • Missouri primrose Oenthera speciosa
  • Narrowleaf Ironweed Vernonia lettermannii
  • Narrowleaf Mountain Mint  Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 
  • New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus     
  • Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
  • Strawberry Fragaria x
  • St. Johns wort Hypericum 
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  • Sundrops Oenthera fruticosa
  • Threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata
  • White Yarrow  Achillea millefolium  
  • Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium    
  • Prarie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis    



Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

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  • Anise Hyssop Agastache x
  • Black-eyed Susan  Rudbeckia fulgida
  •  Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis 
  • Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
  • Rough-stemmed goldenrod S. rugosa
  •  Hardy Ageratum Conoclinium coelestinum 
  • Hoary Mountain Mint P. incanum
  • False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
  • Narrowleaf Ironweed Vernonia lettermannii
  • Rosinweed Silphium asteriscus    
  • Round Leaf thoroughwort  E. rotundifolium
  • Showy goldenrod Solidago speciosa
  • St. Johns Wort Hypericum prolificum
  •  Sweet goldenrod Solidago odora  
  • Tall garden phlox Phlox paniculata
  • White Heath Aster Symphyotricum ericoides    
  • Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa
  • Wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium
  • Dear tongue grass Dichantheliu clandestnium
  • Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris
  • Red Switch Grass Panicum virgatum


Moist Soil/Tall Grass Meadow

Average Soil/Medium Height Meadow

Moist Soil/Tall Grass Meadow

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  • American Bonest Eupatorium perfoliatum
  • Bee Balm Monarda didyma
  • Canada goldenrod Solidago canadensis
  • Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
  • Green headed coneflower Rudbeckia lacinata
  • Golden Ragwort Packera aurea
  • Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium maculatum
  • Narrow Leaf Sunflower H. angustifolius
  • New York Ironweed V. noveboracensis
  • Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana
  • Purplestem Aster S. puniceum   
  • Short Toothed Mountain Mint P. muticum
  • Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
  • Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris
  • Bushy Broomsedge Andropogon glomeratus
  • Common Rush Juncus effuses 





* if height control of your meadow is desired, it can be cut back once during the season. 



Part Shade Pollinator Planting

Part Shade Pollinator Planting

Part Shade Pollinator Planting

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  • Beard Tongue Penstemon digitalis
  • Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
  • Foam Flower Tiarella cordifolia
  • Green and gold  Chrysogonum virginianum 
  • Turtlehead Chelone lyonii  
  • White Wood Aster Aster divaricatus
  • Wild Columbine Aquelegia canadensis
  • Woodland Phlox Phlox diviricata  
  • Pensylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica

 

Annual wildflower seed mix

Part Shade Pollinator Planting

Part Shade Pollinator Planting

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A mix of annual wildflower seeds will be incorporated into each meadow planting 

 

  • Black Eye Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  • Blue vervain Verbena hastata
  • Partridge Pea Cassia fascuculata
  • Red Clover  Trifolium pratense
  • Showy Tickseed Bidenz aristosa    



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