Plants in the Butterfly Bed

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Common name	Latin name	Flower colour	Blooming time	Light requirement	Moisture requirements
Beebalm	Monarda didyma	Red	Summer	Sun	Average
Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Yellow	Summer	Sun	Dry
Blazingstar	Liatris spicata	Pink	Late summer	Sun	Average
Blue Vervain	Verbena hastata	Blue to Violet	Summer	Sun	Average to moist
Butterfly weed	Asclepias tuberosa	Orange	Mid to late summer	Sun	Average
Canada Elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	White	Summer	Sun to partial shade	Average to moist
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Pink	Summer	Sun	Average
Culver's root	Veronicastrum virginicum	White	Summer	Sun	Average
Flat-topped Aster	Aster umbellatus	White	Summer	Sun to part shade	Average
Golden Alexanders	Zizia auria	Yellow	Early summer	Full sun to part shade	Average
Hairy Beard-tongue	Penstemon hirsutus	Mauve	Early summer	Sun	Dry
Joe-Pye weed	Eupatorium purpureum	Pink	Summer	Sun	Average to moist
Lance-leaved coreopsis	Coreopsis lanceolata	Yellow	Mid-summer	Sun	Average
Lupine	Lupinus	Blue, pink	Spring	Sun	Average
New England Aster	Aster novae-angliae	Shades of violet, dark pink	Late summer and fall	Sun	Average
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	Pink	Late summer	Sun to part shade	Dry
Pearly Everlasting	Anaphalis margaritacea	Yellow flowers surrounded by white "bracts"	Mid to late summer	Sun to partial shade	Average
Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Pink	Summer and fall	Sun	Dry
Rough Goldenrod	Solidago rugosa	Yellow	Late summer and fall	Sun to part shade	Average
Sneezeweed	Helenium autumnale	Yellow	Late summer	Full sun	Average to moist
Spotted Joe-Pye-weed	Eupatorium maculatum	Pink to Red	Summer	Sun	Moist
Swamp Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Pink	Mid-summer	Sun	Moist
Wild Bergamot	Monarda fistulosa	Pink to mauve	Summer	Sun	Dry

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This page was updated on 17 August 2010
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