Saturday, March 16, 2013

Butterfly-Hummingbird Garden - Preliminary

Perusing the online catalog at Toadshade Wildflower Farm,
Toadshade Wildflower Farm
53 Everittstown Rd.
Frenchtown, NJ. 08825

I came up with this set of plants for a hummingbird-butterfly garden.  A complete plan will include where I will plant these.  I already have a trumpet vine with quite a bit of vegetative growth, but with scarce flowers, so I suppose I should consider conditions in my yard to be a bit adverse.

B=Butterflies/Bees
C=Caterpillars (butterfly)
H=Hummingbirds
In theory, flowering from April to September is covered.


B
C
H
Moisture
Light
Height
Color
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Lyreleaf Sage
x

x
Dry to Average
Sun to Part Shade
1-2'
Lavender-blue
x
x
x



Northern Blue Flag Iris


x
Moist to Wet
Sun to Part Shade
2-3'
Blue

x
x
x
x

Tall White Beardtongue
x

x
Dry to Average
Sun to Part Shade
2-4'
White

x
x
x


Wild Eastern Columbine
x

x
Dry to Average
Sun to Shade
1-2'
Red

x
x
x


Small's Beardtongue
x

x
Dry to Average
Full Sun
1-2'
Violet, Magenta

x
x



Butterfly Milkweed
x
x

Dry to Average
Sun to Part Shade
1-3'
Orange


x
x
x
x
Northeastern Beardtongue
x

x
Dry to Moist
Sun to Part Shade
1-3'
Violet, Magenta


x
x


Nodding Onion
x

x
Average to Moist
Sun to Part Shade
0.5-2'
Rose-pink



x
x
x
Trumpet Vine
x

x
Average to Moist
Sun to Part Shade
vine
Reddish-orange



x
x
x
Wild Bergamot
x

x
Average
Sun to Part Shade
2-3'
Lilac



x
x

Blazing Star
x

x
Average to Moist
Full Sun
1-4'
Purple




x
x
Great Blue Lobelia


x
Average to Moist
Sun to Shade
1-4'
Blue




x
x
Cardinal Flower
x

x
Average to Moist
Sun to Shade
2-5'
Scarlet




x
x
Obedient Plant
x

x
Dry to Moist
Sun to Part Shade
2-3'
Lavender-white




x