Our pollinator garden was a Troop 10 Eagle project by Noah Hutchinson, supported by volunteer plant expert and hobbyist Ken Koellner. The list of plants that were used to start the garden: PhotoNameGenusHeight GroupWidthBloom PeriodSoil MoistureLightColorNo.Nodding OnionAllium cernuum11′May- JuneMedSun Part shadePink2 plugsButterfly WeedAsclepias tuborosa11-1.5′June-AugDry- MediumSunOrange6 plugsDowny Wood MintBlephilia ciliata11-1.5′June-JulyDry- MediumSun Part sunPurple4 3″ pots + 2 plugsHarebellCampanula rotundifolia10.5′Jun- AugDry- MediumSun Part sunLavender4 plugsPurple Love GrassEragrostis spectabilis11-2′May-Februa ryDry- MediumSunGrass2 4″ potsSundial LupineLupinus perennis11′May- JuneDrySun Part sunBlue14 2″ pots + plugsHairy PenstemonPenstemon hisutus11′May JuneDry- MediumSun/Part shadeLavender6 plugsTickseedCoreopsis lanceolata11-1.5′May- JulyDry- MediumSunYellow8 potsTall ThimbleweedAnemone virginiana21-1.5′Jun- AugDry- MediumSun-ShadeWhite5 plugsEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensis21′May- JuneDry- MediumSun-ShadeRed10 3″ potsNorth Blue Flag IrisIris versicolor22′May- JunewetSun, Part sunBlue6 plugsCardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalis21-2′Jul- SeptMed-wetSun/Part shadeRed6 plugsSpotted Bee BalmMonarda punctata21June-JulyDry- MediumSun/Part shadeYellow4 plugsLittle BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium21.5-2′August -FebDry- MediumSunGrass2 4″ potsPrarie Drop SeedSporobolus heterolepis22-3′Aug-OctDry- MediumSunGrass6 seedling in potWhite wild indigoBaptisia Alba22′May- JulDry- MediumSunWhite3 seedling in potBlack Eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta21-2′June-SeptMediumSunYellow5 potsSwamp MilkWeedAsclepias incarnata32-3′June-JulyWet- MediumSun/Part shadePurple4 plugsPurple MilkweedAsclepias purpurascens31.5-2′June-JulyWet-DrySun, Part sunPurple6 plugsFalse SunflowerHeliopsis helianthoides32-4′Aug-NovDry- MediumSun, Part sunYellow1 plugGreat St. John’s WortHypericum ascyron31-3′Jul- AugMediumSun, Part sunYellow2 6″ potsBlazing StarLiatris spicata31-1.5′June-AugMediumSunPurple6 plugsBlue LobeliaLobelia siphilitica31-1.5July-SeptMed-wetSun/Part shadeBlue11 plugsScarlet Bee BalmMonarda didyma32-3′July-AugMed-wetSun/Part shadeRed4 plugsWild bergamotMonarda fistulosa32-3′July- SeptDry- MediumSun/Part shadeLavender5 plugsFoxglove BeardtonguePenstemon digitalis31.5-2′Apr-JunDry- MediumSunWhite4 10″ pots + 6 plugsMountain MintPycnanthemum tenuifolim32-3′Jul- SeptDry- MediumSun/Part shadeWhite5 plugsSweet GoldenrodSolidago Odora31-2′Aug- SeptDry- MediumSun/Part shadeYellow8 plugsSmooth Blue AsterSymphyotrichum laeve31-2′Sept-OctDry- MediumSunViolet2 3″ pots + 4 plugsObedient PlantPhysostegia Virginiana32-3′June-SeptMediumSunPink2 3″ pots + 5 plugsAnise HyssopAgastache Foeniculum31-3′Jun- SeptDry- MediumSun, Part sunBlue3 PotsGiant Purple HyssopAgastache scrophulariifoa42′Jul- SeptWet-drySun/Part shadePurple1 seedling in potRose MallowHibiscus moscheutos43-4′Jul- SeptWet- MediumSunPink6 plugsShowy GoldenrodSolidago speciosa42-3′Jul- SeptDry- MediumSunYellow6 plugsNew England AsterSymphyotrichum novaeangliae42-3′Aug- SeptMedSunPink-Purple6 plugsBlue VervainVerbena hastata41-2.5′Jul- SeptMed-wetSunPurple4 3″ pots + 4 plugsNY IronweedVernonia noveboracensis43-4′Aug- SeptMed-wetSun/Part shadePurple6 plugs