Perennials & Plants For Birds

The green-white or green-yellow flowers, are followed by dark brown berries. Grass-like wetland perennial that spreads via rhizomes to form dense stands, which provide excellent support for wildlife and appear similar to cattails or irises from far away...

Easy to grow, forgiving, long-flowering perennial, very valuable for many native insects, several butterflies and skippers and small birds. Tough and longer-lived. Stays in clumps, and has coarse leaves Blooming Time: June to AugustSize: 3' tall x 1...

As the common name suggest, this is really one of the earliest Goldenrods to bloom. Excellent source of food for native bees, honeybees, butterflies and small birds. Usually 3' tall x 2' wide (in optimum conditions can reach 4' and spread by rhizomes to...

Subspecies of Bigfruit Evening Primrose (or Missouri Evening Primrose) from Kansas and Nebraska. Smaller tough perennial for hot and dry spot or rock garden. Large lemon-yellow flowers, 4" in diameter. Sprawling mound of narrow gray-green leaves. Blooms...

'Midnight Oil' = red-purple and glossy new leaves. The first North American cultivar selected from Monarda bradburiana and offered on the market! Several cultivars are available in Europe, but so far none in USA. Flowers 3-4 weeks before tall monardas...

'Floristan Violet' is a purple-flowering cultivar of dense blazing star, shorter and bit more compact than the species. More suitable for common garden conditions. Easy and showy. 3' tall x 0.75' wide, strictly vertical structure. Full sun, half sun,...

"Like others in this genus, 'Gateway' is no exception in its power to attract butterflies with its huge, bright mauve-pink flower clusters atop deep wine red stems. July to September bloom makes 'Gateway' a bold and dramatic display when planted with...

Adaptable native wildflower, important late source of nectar and pollen for native bees, various butterflies including Monarch butterflies and other insects. Seeds feed the birds. 3' tall x 1' wide upright and a bit leggy looking plants. Violet-blue...

Long-lived, knee-high coneflower, with excellent pollinator and bird support, very drought tolerant - unique complex hybrid of three native coneflowers Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea tennesseensis and Echinacea angustifolia. It's proven in our hot and...

One of the top performers at Mt. Cuba Coneflower trials 2018-2020 and still excellent for pollinators! Double win win! "Echinacea ‘POST301’ (Postman) is a member of the Butterfly™ Series from Arie Blom of AB-Cultivars in the Netherlands...

Robust, flowering shrub-reminding perennial with light lemon yellow flowers (2" across). Trouble free plant, pollinaotr and bird friendly - late source of food. Awarded by Award of Garden Merit by RHS. Full sun is the best, adaptable to many soil types...

Slender shrubby looking native perennial with nicely arching branches, small pink flower and great wildlife support. 2' tall x 1.5-2' wide, flowers in July-August/September. Full sun, part sun, adaptable to soil types, but prefers somewhat drained soil...

Very late-blooming native perennial with clouds of small pale blue flowers that are an important source of pollen and nectar for butterflies and bees at the end of the season. Upright plant with heart-shaped basal leaves. Blooms as the leaves of...

Grassy looking native perennial with starry blue eyes in May and June. 1-1.5" tall x 0.5-1" wide clumps of leaves remind grass or tiny Iris, 0.5" wide flowers form round seedpods full of black seeds, that will drop and germinate around the original plant...

Tall, showy and later flowering than other goldenrods. Attracts bees and butterflies, including Monarchs. Usually 4-5' tall x 2' wide clumps, reddish stems with dense plumes of golden flowers in August/September to October/November. Somewhat slender...