Washington County Fair Perennial Garden Plant List

 

 

Common Name Scientific Name Notes Bloom time Conditions Height flower color
Allium Allium ‘Millennium’ attracts butterflies, showy, hardy, self seeding July Full sun, drought tolerant 18″ lavender
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum Attracts bumblebees, hummingbirds, and butterflies, smells like licorice, self seeds June, July, August, September Drought tolerant, full sun 3′ lavender
Bee Balm purple – mini Monarda showy, can have mildew, very beneficial to pollinators July, Aug, Sept Full sun, dry to moist soil 1-2′ lavender
Bee Balm wild purple Monarda fistulosa showy, can have mildew, very beneficial to pollinators July, Aug, Sept Full sun, dry to moist soil 2′-5′ lavender
Betony Stachys monieri ‘Hummelo’ attracts butterflies, showy, hardy June, July, Aug Full/part sun, drought tolerant 18″-2′ purple
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ Hardy, showy, smaller sized, pollinators July, Aug, Sept Full sun, medium soil 18″-24″ yellow/gold
Blazing Star Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ showy, hardy, pollinators, self seeding June, July Full sun, drought tolerant 18″-2′ purple
Brown Eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba Drought tolerant once established, self seeds June, July Full/part sun, medium soil 2′ yellow/gold
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Monarchs, showy, well behaved June, July, Aug Full Sun, dry soil 2′ orange
Calamint Montrose White Calamintha nepeta ‘Montrose White Very attractive to bees, sterile July, Aug, Sept Full sun, medium soil 1-1.5′ white
Coreopsis lanceleaf Coreopsis lanceolata Showy, host plant for several moths, including Wavy-Lined Emerald. As many as 22 native bee species rely on plants in the Coreopsis genus June, July Full sun, dry to moist soil 1′-2′ yellow/gold
Coreopsis moonbeam Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’ short, delicate, pollinators, butterflies June, July sun/part sun, drought tolerant 15″-18″ yellow
Culvers Root Veronicastrum virginicum showy, hardy, pollinators, self seeding June, July, August sun/part sun, medium soil 4-5′ white
Goldenrod – Stiff Solidago rigida Pollen, nesting sites, source of late season nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects, host plant for Wavy-Lined Emerald, and Green Leuconycta moths. Aug, Sept Full sun, any soil, self seeding 3′-5′ yellow/gold
Prairie Drop Seed Grass Sporobolus heterolepis excels in hot, dry conditions. The seeds are a great food for seed eating birds July-Sept sun/part sun, medium soil 2′
Purple Coneflower Echinacea ‘Purpurea’ Pollinator friendly, butterflies, seeds for birds, hardy, June, July Full/part sun, drought tolerant 2′ purple
Sedum
Sedum stonecrop Sedum kamtschaticum? Not known showy, hardy, attracts butterflies, spreads June, July Full sun, drought tolerant 6″-8″ yellow
Shasta daisy Leucanthemum x superbum don’t remember variety “Daisy May’? showy, spreads July, Aug, Sept Full sun, drought tolerant 20″ white
Wine cups, mallow Callirhoe involucrata showy, attracts numerous small bees, bumble bees. Host plant for Gray Hairstreak and Painted Lady butterflies June, July, Aug, Sept sun/part sun, clay soil, drought tolerant low spreading fuschia, hot pink
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