Ellie s Bee, Bird, & Butterfly Garden: Pollinating Flora, Producing Food

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1 Photography by: CJ Reilly III and Eric Parke Ellie s Bee, Bird, & Butterfly Garden: Pollinating Flora, Producing Food Ellie s Bee, Bird, & Butterfly Garden provides a habitat for a wide range of pollinators, including those in its name, plus other beneficial insects that are critical to the biodiversity of our ecosystem not to mention critical to our agriculture-based food production. Approximately 90% of all wide flowering plants depend on animal and insect pollination to some extent. Did you know? Between billion dollars worth of annual global food production relies on direct contributions by pollinators. The naturalized, native plants selected for the Bee, Bird, and Butterfly Garden are high in pollen, nectar, and seed count. These plantings range from species requiring full sun, such as rose milkweed (asclepias incarnata), summersweet (clethra alnifolia), and coneflowers (echinacea purpurea) to requiring part-shade, such as garden phlox (phlox paniculata), blue mistflower (eupatorium coelestinum), and Joe Pye weed (eutrochium purpureum). These plants all provide a rich and diverse food source for the many birds, insects, and microbes that are present in our local ecosystems. Healthy plantings create a well-balanced ecology and may serve as examples of what we can do in our own homes or yard gardens. After all, who doesn t want more butterflies fluttering around the backyard? To explore further, please visit Ellie s Bee, Bird, & Butterfly Garden was made possible with donations from the Derby family.

2 Split rail fence 4 Front view of garden Drip irrigation Achillea millefolium P/N/S, * Yarrow 19 Lobelia cardinalis P/N/S Cardinal flower 2 Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate P/N/S, * Fern-leaf yarrow 20 Lupinus perennis P/N/S, * Wild lupine 3 Actaea racemosa P/N/S Black cohosh 21 Monarda didyma P/N/S, * Bee balm 4 P/N/S, S/C Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila Dwarf serviceberry 22 Monarda fistulosa P/N/S Wild bergamot 5 Aquilegia canadensis P/N/S, * Columbine 23 Myosotis scorpioides P/N/S Forget-me-not 6 Asclepias incarnata P/N/S/, L Swamp milkweed 24 Phlox paniculata P/N/S Garden phlox 7 P/N/S/, L, * Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed 25 Phlox stolonifera P/N/S, * Creeping phlox 8 Asclepias tuberosa P/N/S/, L Butterfly weed 26 Physostegia virginiana P/N/S Obedient plant 9 S/C, P/N/S Clethra alnifolia Sweet pepperbush 27 Pycnanthemum muticum P/N/S, * Blunt mountainmint 10 Conoclinium coelestinum P/N/S Blue mistflower 28 Rudbeckia hirta P/N/S Black-eyed Susan 11 Echinacea purpurea P/N/S Purple coneflower 29 Rudbeckia nitida P/N/S Shining coneflower 12 Euthamia graminifolia P/N/S Grass-leaved goldenrod 30 Rudbeckia subtomentosa Henry Eilers P/N/S Sweet coneflower 13 Eutrochium purpureum P/N/S Joe Pye weed 31 Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba L P/N/S Brown-eyed Susan 14 S/C, P/N/S Helianthus divaricatus Woodland sunflower 32 Schizachyrium scoparium P/N/S, * Little bluestem 15 Heliopsis scabra P/N/S Oxeye sunflower 33 Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Purple Dome' P/N/S New England aster 16 Hyacinthoides hispanica excelsior P/N/S Wood hyacinth 34 Symphyotrichum novi-belgii P/N/S New York aster P/N/S, S/C Hypericum St. John's wort Liatris spicata P/N/S Blazing star Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly' P/N/S Ironweed S/C, P/N/S, * Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's root CS = cover and shelter, P/N/S = pollen, nectar & seed, L = larval hosting, H = attracts hummingbirds, * = seldom severely damaged by deer or rabbits Original garden designs by Sheri Silver. Continued garden designs and development by CJ Reilly III and Peter Strom. Ellie s Bee, Bird, & Butterfly Garden was made possible with donations from the Derby family.

3 Achillea filipendulina Gold Plate P/N/S, * Fern-leaf yarrow Height: 3-5 Width: 3-5 April - May Achillea millefolium P/N/S, * Yarrow Height: 2-3 Width: Actaea racemosa P/N/S Black cohosh Part shade/ full shade Height: 4-6 Hrs: 1-3 P/N/S, S/C Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila Dwarf serviceberry Plant type: Deciduous shrub Height: 2-3 June - September Aquilegia canadensis P/N/S, * Columbine Part shade/ full shade Height: 2-4 Dry - medium Asclepias incarnata P/N/S, L Swamp milkweed Height: 4-6

4 Asclepias syriaca P/N/S, L Common milkweed Height: 2-3 June - August Asclepias tuberosa P/N/S, L Butterfly weed Height: Width: April - May S/C, P/N/S Clethra alnifolia Sweet pepperbush Plant type: Deciduous shrub Height: 3-8 Width: 4-6 June - September Conoclinium coelestinum P/N/S, * Blue mistflower Height: Width: July - October Echinacea purpurea P/N/S Purple coneflower Height: 4-6 Euthamia graminifolia P/N/S Grass-leaved goldenrod Height: Width:

5 Eutrochium purpureum P/N/S Joe Pye weed Height: 5-7 S/C, P/N/S Helianthus divaricatus Woodland sunflower Height: 5-7 Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra P/N/S Ox eye Height: 2-6 Hyacinthoides hispanica P/N/S Spanish bluebell Height: May- June P/N/S, S/C Hypericum St. John's wort Plant type: Deciduous shrub March - May Height: Liatris spicata P/N/S, H Blazing star Height: 2-4 June - September

6 Lobelia cardinalis P/N/S, H Cardinal flower Height: 2-4 Lupinus perennis P/N/S Wild lupine Height: 3-4 P/N/S, H, * Monarda didyma Bee balm Height: 2-6 Monarda fistulosa P/N/S, H Wild bergamot Height: May- June Myosotis scorpioides P/N/S Forget-me-not Height: Phlox paniculata P/N/S, H Garden phlox Height: 2-4 June - September

7 Phlox paniculata P/N/S, H Garden phlox Height: Width: May - June Pycnanthemum muticum P/N/S, * Blunt mountainmint Height: 1-3 Physostegia virginiana P/N/S Obedient plant Height: 3-4 Rudbeckia fulgida P/N/S Black-eyed Susan Height: 2-3 Width: Rudbeckia laciniata P/N/S Cutleaf coneflower March - May Height: 4-6 Rudbeckia subtomentosa 'Henry Eilers' P/N/S Sweet coneflower Height: 3-5 Width: 1-2

8 Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba L P/N/S Three-lobed coneflower Height: 3-5 Width: Dry - medium Schizachyrium scoparium C/S, * Little bluestem Height: 3-5 Width: Dry - medium Non-flowering Symphyotrichum novae-angliae P/N/S New England aster Height: 3-6 Symphyotrichum novi-belgii P/N/S New York aster Height: Dry - medium Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly' P/N/S Ironweed Height: Width: t0 wet June - August Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' P/N/S Culver's root Height: 4-7 to wet June - August