Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators
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Thalictrum coriaceum Maid of the Mist Z 5-7
Broad panicle of white flowers with maroon-colored filaments and tips of stigma flowering May to June
Broad panicle of white flowers with maroon-colored filaments and tips of stigma flowering May to June
Size: 3-5’ x 2’
Care: sun to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Uncommon, central and southern Appalachian endemic, Pennsylvania to northern Georgia west to West Virginia and Tennessee, primarily in the mountainsFirst described in 1891 in “Torrey Bot. Club” 18:363, 1891. Collected on Rock Table and Stone Mountains in North Carolina in 1891 by J.K. Small (1869-1938) and A.A. Heller and by “Professor Porter in the same region many years before.”
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Thalictrum delavayi Yunnan meadow rue Z 4-7
Purple to lavender flowers of sepals and stamens from July to August. Delicate-looking leaflets smaller than on most other Meadowrues. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)
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Purple to lavender flowers of sepals and stamens from July to August. Delicate-looking leaflets smaller than on most other Meadowrues. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated 94 (2013)
Size: 30” x 20”
Care: sun - part shade in moist humusy soil
Native: Tibet and China
Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
Awards: England’s Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.” This species discovered by and named for Pére Jean Delavay (1838-1895), French missionary to China. Delavay found about 1500 new species in his three (3) trips to China. He sent his discoveries to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. In 1880 he contracted bubonic plague while in China, which disabled him the remainder of his life.
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Thalictrum minus ‘Adiantifolium’ Fernleaf meadowrue Z 4-8
Loose panicles of tiny yellowish flowers top fern-like foliage in mid-summer.
Loose panicles of tiny yellowish flowers top fern-like foliage in mid-summer.
Size: 36" x 24"
Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: Europe, North Africa & Siberia
Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly, Deer resistant.
Awards: Rated as excellent by the Chicago Botanic Garden.Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.” The species grown by Gerard in the 1590’s.
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Thalictrum polygamum syn. T. pubescens Tall Meadowrue, King of the meadow Z. 4-8
Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September
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Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September
Size: 3-8’ x 4’
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
Native: Newfoundland west to the Mississippi River & south to Mississippi, WI
Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
Awards: Rated as “excellent” by the Chicago Botanic Garden
Size: Iroquois smashed this Meadowrue to wash their heads and necks for nosebleeds. They also used it to remedy gall ailments. For the Montagnais its leaves flavored salmon.Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.” Iroquois smashed this Meadowrue to wash their heads and necks for nosebleeds. They also used it to remedy gall ailments. For the Montagnais its leaves flavored salmon. Collected before 1793. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
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Thalictrum rochebruneanum Lavender mist meadowrue Z 4-7
Lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green, pinnately compound, columbine-like foliage topped by pendulous, lavender-purple flowers (sepals) with yellow stamens July-September in airy clusters rising well above the foliage to 4-6' tall. Extraordinary en mass. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf's 100 "MUST HAVE" plants, Gardens Illustrated.
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Lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green, pinnately compound, columbine-like foliage topped by pendulous, lavender-purple flowers (sepals) with yellow stamens July-September in airy clusters rising well above the foliage to 4-6′ tall. Extraordinary en mass. One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated.
Size: 6’ x 30”
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
Native: Japan
Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
Awards: Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of MeritThalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.” This species collected before 1878. Likely named for French botanist Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune (1834-1912).
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Tradescantia bracteata Spiderwort Z 4-9
rosy purple flowers July-August
rosy purple flowers July-August
Size: 12-18” x 12”
Care: full sun to part shade in moist well drained soil
Native: Minnesota south to Texas
Wildlife Value: attracts bees & butterfliesGenus named after John Tradescant the Younger, an English botanist, who introduced Tradescantia virginiana to garden cultivation in 1637, when he sent it to his father, gardener to King Charles I. This prairie plant collected before 1938.
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Verbena bonariensis Perennial Z 7-10, colder zones-reseeding annual
Small purple flowers atop tall leafless stems from July to October. Great see-through blooms for growing in back, middle or front of the garden.
Small purple flowers atop tall leafless stems from July to October. Great see-through blooms for growing in back, middle or front of the garden.
Size: 3-4’ x 8”
Care: full sun in moist, well-drained, fertile soil - self-seeder
Native: South America
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit & Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of Merit.Introduced to garden cultivation from its native Buenos Aires in 1726 by the Sherard brothers.
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Verbena hastata Blue vervain, Simpler’s joy Z 3-9
Bright purplish-blue candelabra-like spikes from July to September
Bright purplish-blue candelabra-like spikes from July to September
Size: 2-4’ x 2’
Care: sun to part shade in moist or moist well-drained soil
Native: eastern 2/3rds of No. America, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Cardinals & Sparrows eat the seeds. Food for larvae of Buckeye butterfly.Native Americans used plant as remedy for coughs, colds and fever. Mahuna Indians of So. California used the root to cure complicated stomach fevers. Sioux fed the seeds to their horses to give them energy. The Sioux also used it as an insect repellant. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.
