GARDEN SITE: Full Sun. Medium moisture, well-drained soil. Drought intolerant.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. Spread: 1½ -2 ½ ft.
FLOWERS: Pink blooms June-September
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies
Zone: 3-8
Cute ground cover. Plants may be cut in late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to tidy the planting. Deer, Dry Soil and Shallow-Rocky Soil Tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: Full Sun. Medium moisture, well-drained soil. Drought intolerant.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. Spread: 1½ -2 ½ ft.
FLOWERS: Pink blooms June-September
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies
Zone: 3-8
Cute ground cover. Plants may be cut in late summer to promote a fall rebloom and to tidy the planting. Deer, Dry Soil and Shallow-Rocky Soil Tolerant.
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GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Moist to medium-moist, fertile, humusy soil that never dries out.
SIZE: 5-7 ft. SPREAD2-4 ft.
FLOWERS: Fragrant, mauve-pink. July-September.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Birds, Bees and Butterflies
LARVAL HOST TO: Clymene moth, Ruby tiger moth, and Three-lined flower moth
ZONE: 4-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NE , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Turn your garden into a pollinator paradise with Sweet Joe Pye weed! This vigorous, upright perennial is prized for its large dome shaped flower heads that are covered in vanilla-scented purple flowers. The blossoms will not only delight your senses but are also a magnet to many pollinator species and are an important source of honey. Flowers give rise to seed heads that are an important food source for birds during the colder months. An excellent addition to pollinator, cottage, butterfly and rain gardens. Deer and wet soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Average, Medium to Wet soils. Prefers sandy, moist or clay soils.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. SPREAD: 6 in.-1 ft.
FLOWERS: Spikes of white, blue and lavender. April-June.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.
ZONE: 5-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WV
Why not add dramatic color to your garden with some fantastic foliage? ‘Purple Knockout’ Sage not only has spikes of dainty white to lavender flowers but also has stunning burgundy-purple leaves that persist long after the blooms have faded. Easy to grow and resilient, ‘Purple Knockout,’ makes an excellent native alternative to ajuga groundcovers. An ideal candidate for meadows, rock gardens, borders, garden edges, pots, pollinator gardens and as a groundcover. Deer, drought, foot traffic, heat and wet soil tolerant.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️-⛅ Average, medium to wet soils.
SIZE: 1-2 ft. SPREAD: 6 in.-1 ft.
FLOWERS: Delicate spike of white, blue-lavender blooms. April-June.
WILDLIFE: Attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.
ZONE: 5-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , CT , DC , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WV
This native ground cover forms charming colonies of purplish-green rosettes topped by an abundance of white to lavender flowers. Highly adaptable to a variety of growing conditions, Lyre Leaf Sage is an important early nectar source for pollinators. Fairly disease and pest resistant, this Sage makes a great choice as a ground cover or in meadow, rock, woodland and rain gardens. Tolerant of heat, drought, deer, foot traffic and wet soil.
GARDEN SITE: ☀️Average-wet, moisture retentive soil. Fairly adaptable to a wide range of conditions but prefers moist, acidic, dandy soils
SIZE: 50-90 ft. SPREAD: 30-40 FT.
FLOWERS: Male cones are brown catkins. Female cones are globular, greenish-brown. Gives rise to cones in fall.
WILDLIFE: Seeds provide food for many different bird and mammal species. Shelter for breeding and nesting sites.
LARVAL HOST TO: Baldcypress Spinx moth
ZONE: 4-9
DISTRIBUTION: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA