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
- 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
- punctatum
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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