aka Intermediate Bellflower Campanula rotundifolia (C. intercedens) Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry to Dry Height: 4-18” Spread: 6-8” Spacing: 6-8” Blooms: Jun-Sep Bloom Color: Purple Natural Habitat: Rocky coastlines, cliffs, shores, and dry meadows Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Host Plant, Drought Tolerant, Salt Tolerant Pairs Well With: Butterfly milkweed and sundial lupine Note: This species was recently reclassified as Campanula intercedens (intermediate bellflower) due to new genetic evidence distinguishing it from its European cousin.

Apocynum cannabinum Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 2’ Spacing: 2-3" Blooms: May-July Bloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Man-made or disturbed habitats, forest edges, meadows and fields, shores of rivers or lakes, woodlands Benefits: Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Host Plant (eg. Snowberry Clearwing, Hummingbird Clearwing) Note: Despite the common name, hemp dogbane is unrelated to hemp or cannabis. “Dogbane is also called Indianhemp.

Pycnanthemum incanum Native to: MA, CT, RI, VT, NH Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium to Medium-Dry Height: 3-4’ Spacing: 2-3' Blooms: July-September Bloom Color: white, purple Natural Habitat: Cliffs, balds, or ledges, forest edges, ridges or ledges, woodlands Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Salt Tolerant, Urban Environment, Drought Tolerant, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Edible, Erosion Control/Soil Stabilization, Fragrant, Low Maintenance “Like other Mountain Mints, Hoary Mountain Mint is a pollinator favorite; bees, butterflies and moths will be in abundance on your plants.

aka scarlet painted-cup Castilleja coccinea Native to: CT, MA, RI; limited NH, ME (extinct in wild in all but CT) Life cycle: Annual/Biennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 2’ Spacing: 8-12” Blooms: May-June Bloom Color: Red Natural Habitat: Man-made or disturbed habitats, meadows and fields, swamps Benefits: Bird Favorite, Highly Recommended for Home Landscaping, Host Plant (eg. various Checkerspot) Note: This plant is a hemiparasite, meaning it derives part of its nourishment from parasitizing a host plant.

Polemonium reptans Native to: New York and further south/west Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full Sun to Full Shade Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 10-16” Spacing: 6-12” Blooms: April-June Bloom Color: Blue Natural Habitat: Man-made habitats, meadows and fields, woodlands and woodland edges Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Benefits Other Wildlife/Pollinators, Fragrant “Like many spring blooming natives, the bloom time on Jacob’s Ladder is short but sweet. The few short weeks in April or May that the flowers appear, the plant will be covered in blooms that range from shades of pink to blue.

aka spotted jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not Impatiens capensis Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Annual Light: Partial/Full Shade Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium Height: 2-5’ Spacing: 2-3’ Blooms: July-September Bloom Color: Orange Natural Habitat: Human-disturbed or -maintained habitats, forests, shores of rivers or lakes, swamps, wetland margins Benefits: Bird Favorite, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Butterflies, Rain Garden “The mature seed pods of spotted touch-me-not pop open at a slight touch, giving this species its common name.

Hypericum kalmianum Native to: New York and Midwest Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium Height: 2-3’ Spacing: 1-2’ Blooms: Jul-Aug Bloom Color: Yellow Natural Habitat: Moist open woods to wet lakesides Benefits: Attracts Bees, Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance “Kalm’s St. John’s Wort is a small shrub topping out at just a few feet. Consider using it as a native hedge in a sunny, medium-moist site. ” –Prairie Moon Nursery “This dense, evergreen shrub is an absolute metropolis for pollinators once it flowers.

Schizachyrium scoparium Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Perennial Grass Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium to Dry Height: 1-4’ Spacing: 2-3’ Blooms: July-September Bloom Color: Green, Blue Natural Habitat: Dry, sandy, or gravelly roadsides, meadows, or pine barrens Benefits: Bird Favorite, Host Plant, Benefits Other Pollinators Wildlife, Drought Tolerant, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Salt Tolerant, Erosion Control/Soil Stabilization, Low Maintenance Pairs Well With: Spotted bee-balm, flax-leaved stiff aster, downy goldenrod, common milkweed, butterfly milkweed, and smooth blue aster

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 2-5’ Spread: 2-3’ Spacing: 2-3’ Blooms: August-October Bloom Color: Purple Natural Habitat: Meadows, roadsides, and ditches with fertile, moist soils. Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Host Plant (eg. Wavy-Lined Emerald), Drought Tolerant, Urban Environment, Low Maintenance Pairs Well With: Swamp milkweed, blue vervain, closed gentian, golden alexander, and coastal Joe-Pye weed

Liatris novae-angliae Native to: MA, CT, RI, NH, ME (uncommon to extremely rare in wild) Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium to Dry Height: 1-5’ Spacing: 1-2’ Blooms: July-September Bloom Color: Purple Natural Habitat: Dry, sandy, disturbed soils Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Host Plant, Urban Environment, Drought Tolerant, Compaction Tolerant, Low Maintenance Pairs Well With: Butterfly milkweed, spotted bee-balm, little bluestem, flax-leaved stiff aster “The only blazing-star truly native to New England, this species is native to dry, sandy, disturbed soils, and produces tall stems with flowers forming separate ‘buttons’ alternating up the spike.