Forbs

A star member of the milkweed family with a short stature and lovely orange blooms that attract a variety of pollinators! Does not tolerate wet soi...

The classic common milkweed- an adaptable host to monarch butterflies with fragrant flowers for you and your pollinators! Will form a colony, and r...

A.k.a. ashy sunflower. An adaptable sunflower in miniature! Foliage is a notable grey-green or blue-green, so a population of downy sunflower stand...

A short penstemon with delicate pink flowers, excellent for planting on garden edges or along walkways. Like all penstemon, the tubular flowers are...

A white, small flowered aster that blooms profusely in late summer-early fall. The narrow leaves give patches of Heath aster an appealing texture. ...

The one and only! This native echinacea is widely beloved for its adaptability and beautiful, iconic blooms. A cornerstone of butterfly gardens, it...

The one and only! This native echinacea is widely beloved for its adaptability and beautiful, iconic blooms. A cornerstone of butterfly gardens, it...

An adaptable, distinctive legume that hosts a variety of moths, skippers, and the eastern tailed blue butterfly! A beneficial addition to any dry p...

A shorter sunflower with the bright yellow blooms signature to the family! One of the least competitive of the sunflowers, it may be outcompeted in...

A showy bloomer plant that may take years to establish a taproot and bloom, but is long-lived. Hardy and adaptable, but may fail to bloom in too mu...

A shorter, white flowering milkweed that tolerates poor soil and dry conditions! Can spread rapidly in open areas, but tends to form loose colonies...