Perennial Pollinator Plants

platinum lavenderCreate and improve the habitat for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds with these perennial pollinator plants … all grown at Little Miami Farms and ready to plant in your landscape!

Echinacea Purpurea – aka coneflower, is an outstanding cut flower and has medicinal uses; also repels deer.  Blooms July-September.  Available in two amazing color variations:  Sombrero Tres Amigos – featuring three showy colors all in one plant. The flowers open to a peachy coral, age to a rosy pink and fade to burgundy; SunSeekers Apple Green – flower petals feature shades that mature from dark green to lemon yellow.

Magma Heuchera – aka coral bellsis a colorful perennial with bright red-pink ruffled foliage. Delicate stems of tiny pinkish-white blooms rise from this brilliant mound.  Full sun/part shade; height: 18-24″; width: 24-30″

Platinum Blonde Lavender (pictured) – this variety of English lavender offers the classic lavender scent we love, but with a refreshing twist of cream and green variegated leaves.  Wonderful in containers or in the ground.  Blooms all summer, attracting butterflies. Full sun; plant height: 12-24″; width: 18-20″

Rudbeckia Autumn Colors – large blooms with bands of deep red, bronze, orange and yellow and brown centers. Prefers moderately fertile, moist well drained soil; drought tolerant when established. Deadhead to promote new blooms; will self-seed. Deer and rabbit resistant.  Height and width: 18-24″

Montauk Daisy  –  large, showy white flowers with bright yellow centers, blooms from late summer to fall; low maintenance and drought-tolerant once established; deer/rabbit resistant.  Height and width:  18-36“

Solanna Golden Sphere Coreopsis –  this compact, mounded perennial produces an abundance of fluffy, brilliant golden-yellow flowers from early summer to fall.  Thrives in full sun but can tolerate partial shade; drought tolerant once established.  Height and width:  12-18″

 

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