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Thanks to your interest and support in our mission, our hope of enabling others to plant native pollinator gardens and adding a little more greenery to Hastings has come one step further.
Planting information for the seeds and bulbs we hand out is listed below. All plants are native to the area and serve important roles like boosting pollination or helping drainage. All plants are perennials that can be planted in the fall.
Thanks to Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Youth Climate Action Fund for lending us the generous grant that allowed us to complete our mission.
Coneflowers (Echinacea)
Coneflowers (Echinacea)
Echinacea purpurea
Common Names: coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog, Kansas snakeroot
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall or spring
Blooms: June-September
Mature Size: 2-4 ft tall, 1-2 ft wide
Plant in: full/partial sun exposure, moist and well drained soil
Hardiness Zones: 3-9 (USDA)
Native Area: eastern and central North America
Superpower: pollination
Wood Lillies
Wood Lillies
Lilium philadelphicum
Common Names: wood lily, Philadelphia lily, prairie lily
Planting season: Perennial; planted mid to late summer
Blooms: July-August
Mature Size: 1-3 ft tall, 9-12 in wide
Plant in: full/partial sun expose, moist and well-drained soil; plant bulbs at a depth of 3 times their thickness
Hardiness Zones: 4-7 (USDA)
Native Area: North America
Superpower: pollination
Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed
Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Common Names: Joe Pye weed, purple Joe Pye weed, spotted Joe Pye weed
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall or spring
Blooms: July-September
Mature Size: 5-7 ft tall, 2-4 ft wide
Plant in: full/partial sun exposure, moist and well drained soil
Hardiness Zones: 4-9 (USDA)
Native Area: North America
Superpowers: pollination, drainage
Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Common Names: butterfly milkweed, butterfly weed, orange milkweed, Indian paintbrush, pleurisy root
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall or spring
Blooms: June-August
Mature Size: 1-2 ft tall, 1-2 ft wide
Plant in: full sun exposure, well drained and sandy/rocky soil
Hardiness Zones: 3-9 (USDA)
Native Area: Midwest and eastern US
Superpower: pollination
Bee Balm
Bee Balm
Monarda genus
Common Names: bee balm, bergamot, horsement, Oswego tea
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall or spring
Blooms: June-July
Mature Size: 1-4 ft tall, 1-4 ft wide
Plant in: full sun exposure, moist and well drained soil, 18-24 inches apart from other bee balm plants
Hardiness Zones: 3-9 (USDA)
Native Area: North America
Superpower: pollination
Blue Flag Irises
Blue Flag Irises
Iris versicolor
Common Names: blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag, poison flag
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall
Blooms: May-July
Mature Size: 2-3 ft tall, 2 ft wide
Plant in: full/partial sun exposure, moist to wet and humus-rich soil; plant rhizome just beneath the surface of soil, 18-24 inches from other plants
Hardiness Zones: 3-9 (USDA)
Native Area: eastern North America
Superpower: drainage
Purple Sensation Allium
Purple Sensation Allium
Allium hollandicum
Common Names: purple sensation allium, dutch onion, ornamental onion, flowering onion
Planting season: Perennial; planted fall
Blooms: May-June
Mature Size: 2-3 ft tall, 6-12 inches wide
Plant in: sunny, well draining soil, 4-6 inches deep and 6-8 inches apart
Hardiness Zones: 3-9 (USDA)
Native Area: North America
Superpower: pollination, deer-resistant
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