Lupinus perennis Native to: All New England (extinct in the wild in many states) Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry to Dry Height: 1-2’ Spread: 8-12" Spacing: 10-18” Blooms: May-July Bloom Color: purple Natural Habitat: Pine barrens, woodlands, meadows, and roadsides with dry, sandy soils Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Host Plant (Karner Blue), Compaction Tolerant, Drought Tolerant Pairs Well With: Spotted beebalm, butterfly milkweed, smooth blue aster, foxglove beardtongue, flax-leaved aster, and little bluestem

aka rose milkweed Asclepias incarnata Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium Soil Height: 3-4’ Spread: 12-24" Spacing: 18-36” Blooms: June-August Bloom Color: Pink Natural Habitat: Moist meadows, ditches, and pond edges Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Host Plant (eg. Monarch & 11 other species) “Summer-blooming meadow and wetland wildflower with pink flower clusters and foliage important to the monarch butterfly’s larval stage.

aka Rabbit Tobacco Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Annual Light: Full Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry to Dry Height: 2’ Spacing: 12-18" Blooms: Jul-Sep Bloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Human-disturbed or -maintained habitats, meadows and fields Benefits: Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Fragrant “Sweet Everlasting, also known as Rabbit Tobacco, is silvery green due to the appressed hairs that cover its surface. The white flowers are clustered in quarter inch buds with many overlapping bracts.

Thalictrum pubescens Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium to Wet Height: 18-60" Spacing: 18-36" Blooms: Summer Bloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Human-disturbed or -maintained habitats, river or stream floodplains, forests, marshes, meadows and fields, shores of rivers or lakes, swamps, wetland margins Benefits: Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Bees, Host Plant (eg. Canadian Owlet Moth, Pink-Patched Looper Moth), Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Low Maintenance “Best planted in sunny, moist sites, tall meadow rue can reach heights of up to ten feet, though perhaps infrequently.

Doellingeria umbellata Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium Height: 3-7 Spread: 3-4’ Spacing: 1-3' Blooms: July-September Bloom Color: White/Cream Natural Habitat: Meadows, roadsides, and waste areas with moist soils Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Host Plant (eg. Pearly Crescent, Harris Checkerspot), Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance Pairs Well With: Common milkweed “The nectar and pollen of this plant attract both long- and short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies (including the Harris’s Checkerspot butterfly), beetles, and other insects.

Clematis virginiana Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium Height: 3-12’Spread: 3-5’Spacing: 3-4’ Blooms: July-SeptemberBloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Woodland edges, wetlands, roadside ditches, and moist disturbed areas Benefits: Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Host Plant (eg. clematis clearwing moth & 8 other species), Urban Environment, Compaction Tolerant, Low Maintenance Pairs Well With: Nodding onion, three-lobed coneflower, Culver’s root, flowering raspberry, and heart-leaved Alexanders

Pycnanthemum virginianum Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 2-3’ Spread: 1-2’ Spacing: 12-18” Blooms: June-September Bloom Color: white Natural Habitat: Dry to moist meadows, ditches, and roadsides. Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Bird Favorite, Fragrant, Low Maintenance, Edible Pairs Well With: Foxglove beardtongue, black-eyed coneflower, wild bee-balm, broad-leaved mountain-mint, New England aster, and three-lobed coneflower In mid-summer, small white flowers bloom atop silvery-green foliage attracting numerous pollinators – this is a top nectar plant.

Rosa virginiana Native to: All New England Life cycle: Perennial Shrub Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Dry to Medium Height: 2-4’Spacing: 3-6’ Blooms: SummerBloom Color: Pink Fruits: SummerFruit Color: Red Natural Habitat: Dry, sandy, or gravelly meadows and roadsides Pairs Well With: New Jersey tea, downy goldenrod, wild bee-balm, foxglove beardtongue, small bayberry, sweetfern, and rosy meadowsweet Benefits: Fall Foliage, Host Plant, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Songbirds, Pollinator Powerhouse Plant, Benefits Other Pollinators/Wildlife, Attracts Bees, Drought Tolerant, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Urban Environment, Salt Tolerant, Fragrant, Low Maintenance, Erosion Control/Soil Stabilization

Lycopus americanus Native to: All of New England Life cycle: Perennial Light: Full/Partial Sun Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium-Wet Height: 2’ Spacing: 1-2’ Blooms: Jul-Sep Bloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Shores of rivers or lakes, swamps, wetland margins Benefits: Pollinator Favorite, Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Host Plant (eg. Hermit Sphinx), Low Maintenance “A plant for a variety of open wetland habitats, Water Horehound is a member of the mint family, although its fragrance is subtle and not minty.

Ageratina altissima Native to: All New England Life cycle: Short-Lived Perennial Light: Partial/Full Shade Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet to Medium-Dry Height: 2-3’ Spread: 2-3’ Spacing: 1-3’ Blooms: July to October Bloom Color: White Natural Habitat: Deciduous woodland understories, shady roadside edges, and disturbed areas Pairs Well With: Blue lobelia and blue wood-aster Benefits: Deer/Rabbit Resistant, Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Low Maintenance, Fragrant Note: White snakeroot is poisonous to humans, pets, and horses/cattle.