This New Big and Tall Kit for Butterflies and Birds has a little something for everybody: pollen, nectar, and nesting material for native bees; seeds and nesting material for birds; and nectar and larval hosts for butterflies and hummingbirds! This grouping is TALL, with heights ranging from 3' - 8'. It would be perfect along a fence or the edge of your property, or to fill in the back of a native garden you are developing. This colorful collection of white, pink, yellow, and purple flowers will bloom successively from June through October.
Design Tips:
- Prepare your garden site (follow the link for details)
- A spot with full to partial sun and moderate soil moisture are ideal conditions for this grouping
- Group plants of the same species together
- Consider the height of each plant—position taller plants at the back and shorter plants at the front.
- Plant 2 feet apart
Kit Contents:
This kit has two of five tall varieties for a total of 10 plants. Details for each are below, and the images of them on the left of your screen appear in the listed order.
Approximate Garden Size: 2' wide x 10' long or 20 sq ft.
2- Cup Plant
2- Tall Coreopsis
2- Hoary Vervain
2- New England Aster
2- Rose Mallow
Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum)
Native Perennial
Sun Exposure: Full
Soil Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet
Soil Type: Wet to mesic soils. Will tolerate clay soil.
Height: 3'-6'
Bloom Time: July-September
Bloom Color: Yellow
Resistance: Drought
Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, Hummingbirds, and other birds for seeds and water
Pollinator benefit: suitable for all bee types; provides nesting material for native bees; good nectar plant
Tall Coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)
Native Perennial
Sun Exposure: Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist
Soil Type: Moist to dry sands
Height: 3-6'
Bloom Time: July, August, September
Bloom Color: Yellow
Attracts: Butterflies, bees, birds
Pollinator benefit: Good for native bees
Hoary Vervain (Verbena strict)
Native Perennial
Sun Exposure: Full
Soil Moisture: Dry
Height: 1' to 6'
Bloom Time: June to September
Bloom Color: Blue, purple
Drought: High tolerance
Deer: Resistant
Attracts: Butterflies, native bees
Pollinator benefits: Larval Host for Common Buckeye butterfly; Xerces Society rating: Special Value to Native Bees (Recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees.)
New England Aster (Symphiotrichum novae-angliae)
Native Perennial
Sun Exposure: Full, Partial
Soil Moisture: Wet, Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry
Height: 5ft
Bloom Time: August - October
Bloom Color: Purple
Resistant to: Deer, Drought
Attracts: Bees, butterflies, birds
Pollinator benefit: Larval Host Plant for Checkerspot butterfly and various moths, late season nectar producer for all nectaring insects.
Supports 105 Native Species!
Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos)
Native Perennial
Sun Exposure: Sun, Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist, Wet
Height: 3'-8'
Bloom Time: July, August, September
Bloom Color: white, pink
Attracts: Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees
Pollinator Benefit: nectar source