![]() Aromatic flowers and leaves are deer resistant. Pycnanthemum (Bloom Time: August-September) Tops in the Pollinator Trials at SEARAC! Pinkish-white flowers with silver bracts attract honeybees, butterflies, beneficial wasps, and moths. Best located in a sunny dry spot, it will tolerate average to moist garden soil as well. It is a great late season food for monarch caterpillars. ![]() Whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata has fine, needle-like foliage and fragrant white flowers from mid-summer into early fall.Full sun is best and some shade is tolerated. Swamp milkweed, Asclepias incarnata with clusters of pink flowers, prefers consistently moist soil, but performs admirably in average well-drained gardens as well.Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca with clusters of fragrant pink flowers, grows best in full sun and average to well-drained or dry soils.Butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa is an easy to grow sun loving plant for well drained or dry soils with clusters of bright orange flowers.Height 2 feet.The leaves provide the only source of food for monarch butterfly larvae. Dense blazing star, Liatris spicata prefers average to moist, organically rich soils in full to part sun.Height 3-5 feet.Īsclepias (Bloom time: June-July) Many species of butterflies, nocturnal moths and bees seek the floral nectar of milkweeds.Meadow blazing star, Liatris ligulistylis is easily grown in dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun.Scaly blazing star, Liatris squarosa prefers normal to dry soils in full sun.Appalachian blazing star, Liatris microcephala prefers average to dry, well-drained, slightly acidic soil in full sun.Plants have grass-like leaves and tend to be drought tolerant. Liatris (Bloom Time: August-September) Small rosy purple flower heads bloom from top to bottom and attract butterflies and hummingbirds. These plants are some of the top performers in on going Penn State Extension SEARAC pollinator plant trials. Avoid using pesticides in your garden whenever possible because pesticides not only kill the problem pest, but beneficial insects and pollinators are also harmed. They attract a diversity of insects including pollinators and beneficial predatory insects which help provide natural pest control for your vegetable or ornamental plantings. Try using plants from these native plant groups.
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