Monarda: Pollinator Powerhouses
Pollinator Powerhouses: Monarda Monarda ‘Blue Moon’ Beebalm Monarda didyma Monarda didyma ‘Blue Moon’ is a beautiful herbaceous perennial that grows best in medium to wet soil. It is commonly known as bee balm as it is a attracts...
Milkweed: Pollinator Powerhouses
Pollinator Powerhouses: Milkweed Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Asclepias syriaca is a native perennial with upright stems and domed clusters of fragrant, pinkish-purple flowers. Flowers give way to prominent seed pods which split open when ripe. Flowers are...
‘Bluebird’ Smooth Aster: Pollinator Powerhouses
Pollinator Powerhouses Symphyotrichum laeve ‘Bluebird’ ‘Bluebird’ Smooth Aster is robust, upright herbaceous perennial that blooms in September and October. It is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun. ...
Moss Phlox: Maryland Native Plants for Spring
Maryland Native Plants for Spring Cultivars of Phlox subulata Phlox subulata, Moss Phlox, is a herbaceous perennial that grows in eastern and central United States. Moss Phlox has bright colored flower petals that have distinctive notches. The cultivars of moss...