Learn more about the Plants
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Height: less than 2m
Flower Colour: pink, purple
Flower Season: May - August
Sun: sun to partial shade
Soil Moisture: dry to moist
Pollinators: Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, wasps
Also a host: For the Raspberry pyrausta moth (Pyrausta signatalis)
Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Height: less than 1m
Flower Colour: yellow, brown
Flower Season: July - August
Sun: sun
Soil Moisture: dry
Pollinators: Attracts bees, butterflies, flies
Butterfly Bush Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Height: less than 1m
Flower Colour: yellow, orange
Flower Season: June - September
Sun: sun to partial shade
Soil Moisture: dry, well drained
Pollinators: Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, wasps
Also a host: For the Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
Western Yarrow (Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis)
Height: less than 1m
Flower Colour: white to pink
Flower Season: April - October
Sun: sun to partial shade
Soil Moisture: dry
Pollinators: Attracts bees, flies, moths
Also a host: Larval host plant for some butterflies and moths
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