Red-Berried Elder
Sambucus pubens
10'-12'
10'-12'
full part
High
Wet-Mesic
May-June
White Cream
June-August
Red Orange
berry
Yellow
Butterfly Bird Hummingbird
4-6
Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Ornamental Garden
American Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
10'-15'
10'+
full part
Medium
Mesic
May
White
Yellow Brown
pod
Yellow
Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
3-4
Deer Resistant Buckthorn Replacement Ornamental Garden
Yellow Vine Honeysuckle
Lonicera prolifera
10'-15'
4'-8'
full part shade
Medium
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
May-June
Yellow Cream
Red Orange
berry
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4
Groundcover
Fragrant Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum
2'-4'
1'-2'
full part
Mesic to Dry
June-August
Purple Violet Lavender
leaves
Butterfly Bird Bee Wasp Hummingbird
3-5
Deer Resistant Fragrant Garden Rabbit Resistant
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
1'-3'
1'
full part
Mesic to Dry
April-May
Red Yellow
Butterfly Bird Hummingbird
3-4
Marsh/Red Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
3'-4'
1'
full
Wet to Mesic
July
Pink
pod
Yellow Maroon Purple
Butterfly Beetle Bird Bee Wasp Hummingbird Bumblebee
3-5
Fragrant Garden
White Indigo
Baptisia alba
4'
2'
full part
Mesic to Mesic-Dry
June-July
White
Green Black
pod
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4
Rabbit Resistant
Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
3'-4'
3'
full part
Wet-Mesic
June-July
Blue Violet
Green Black
pod
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4-7
Rabbit Resistant
Downy Wood Mint ref
Blephilia ciliata
1'
10"-1'6"
full part
Mesic to Dry
June-July
Purple Lavender
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4-8
Deer Resistant Fragrant Garden Rabbit Resistant
Hairy Wood Mint
Blephilia hirsuta
1'4"-2'6"
1'+
part shade
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
June-September
Purple White
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
Deer Resistant Fragrant Garden Rabbit Resistant
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra
2'-3'
1'
full
Mesic
August-September
White Cream
Butterfly Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
3-7
Alumroot (Prairie Coralbells)
Heuchera richardsonii
1'-3'
1'
full part
Mesic to Dry
May-July
Red Yellow Green Brown
Hummingbird
4
Groundcover
Halberdleaf Rosemallow
Hibiscus laevis
3'-5'
2'-3'
full part
High to Medium
Wet to Wet-Mesic
July-September
Pink White
Bird Hummingbird
Ornamental Garden
Northern Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor
2'-3'
1'+
full
Wet to Wet-Mesic
June-July
Blue Lavender
Bird Hummingbird
3
Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis
2'-4'
8"-1'
full part
High to Medium
Wet to Mesic
July-September
Red
Butterfly Bird Hummingbird
3-5
Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica
1'-3'
1'
full part
Wet to Mesic
August-October
Blue Purple
Bird Bee Hummingbird
4-5
Wild Lupine
Lupinus perennis
1'-2'
1'-1'6"
full part
Mesic-Dry to Dry
May-June
Blue Purple
Yellow Black
pod
Butterfly Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
Bee Balm/Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
2'-4'
1'6"+
full part
Wet-Mesic to Dry
June-August
Pink Lavender
leaves, flowers
Bird Bee Wasp Hummingbird Bumblebee
Fragrant Garden Rabbit Resistant
Dotted Mint/Spotted Bee Balm
Monarda punctata
1'6"-3'
1'+
full part
Medium to Low
Mesic-Dry to Dry
July-September
Yellow Maroon Lavender
Bird Bee Wasp Hummingbird Bumblebee
Ornamental Garden Fragrant Garden Rabbit Resistant
Foxglove Penstemon
Penstemon digitalis
3'-4'
1'
full part
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
May-July
White
Red Green Maroon
Bird Hummingbird
4-5
Showy Penstemon/Beardtounge
Penstemon grandiflorus
2'-4'
1'
full
Low
Mesic to Dry
May-June
Pink Lavender
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4-5
Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis
1'-1'3"
1'
full
Mesic to Dry
June-September
Violet Lavender
Yellow Maroon
Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4-5
Early Figwort
Scrophularia lanceolata
2'-6'
1'-2'
full part shade
Medium
June-July
Pink Orange Green
Green Maroon Purple
Butterfly Bird Bee Wasp Hummingbird Bumblebee
Rabbit Resistant
Late Figwort
Scrophularia marilandica
2'-10'
1'6"-2'
full part shade
July-September
Red Green Maroon
Butterfly Bird Ant Bee Wasp Hummingbird Bumblebee
Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant
Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
6'-8'
2'+
full part
Wet-Mesic to Mesic
July-September
Yellow
Butterfly Bird Bee Hummingbird Bumblebee
4
Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
2'-4'
1'
full
Wet to Mesic
July-September
Blue Purple
Maroon Purple
Butterfly Bird Hummingbird
Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta
3'-4'
1'
full
Dry
July-August
Blue Purple Lavender
Butterfly Bird Bee Hummingbird
4-5