Pollinator Garden
The Pollinator garden was created in partnership with the city of Lexington Park & Recreation. This neighborhood garden combines a Pollinator Garden and a Rainwater Garden to benefit both wildlife and the community. Native plants provide food and shelter for pollinators, birds, and insects, while also slowing stormwater runoff, reducing flooding, and filtering pollutants. Together, these gardens create a healthier environment for people and nature.
Pollinator Garden Map
X – Little Blue Stem (grass)
Common Milkweed
Asclepias Syriaca
Blooms June to August
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias Incarnata
Blooms mid-summer
White Wingstem (Frostweed)
Verbesina virginica
Blooms late summer to early fall
Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
Blooms summer to early autumn
Ironweed
Veronia fasciculata
Blooms July to September
Clustered Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum Muticum
Blooms mid-summer to fall
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Blooms July to August
False Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis
Blooms late spring to early summer
Calico Beardtongue
Penstemon calycosus
Blooms June, July
Late Blooming Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Blooms August to September
Hairy Beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus
Blooms May, June
Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon Digitalis
Blooms April to June
Culver’s Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Blooms late spring to early summer
Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum Oblongifolium
Blooms late summer into October
Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Summer blooming
Wild Yellow Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
Bloomslate spring to early summer
Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower (non-native)
Echinacea‘Cheyenne Spirit’
Blooms mid-summer to early fall
Blue Star
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Blooms late spring to early summer
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Blooms late summer to late fall
‘Husker Red’ Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
Blooms mid-spring to early summer
Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Blooms June to September
Golden St. John’s Wort
Hypericum frondosum
Blooms late May to August
Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Hypericum prolificum
Blooms early to mid-summer
Black-eyed Susan (Orange Coneflower)
Rudbeckia fulgida
Blooms mid-summer to early fall
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Blooms June to August
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Begins bloom in early to mid-Spring to mid-fall
Tennessee Coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis
Blooms June to August
Bee Balm, Crimson
Monarda didyma
Bloom earlysummerto fall
Butterfly Weed
Asclepiastuberosa
Blooms June to August
Black Eyed Susan (annual)
Rudbeckia hirta
Blooms June to August
American Germander
Teucrium canadense
Early summer to fall
Golden Alexander
Zizia aurea
Blooms April to July
Fireworks Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Blooms late summer to fall
Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Blooms April to July
Sweet black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
Summer blooming
Autumn goldenrod (GoldenFleece)
Solidago sphacelata
Blooms August to October
Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa
Blooms early summer through fall
Bluestemmed Goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Blooms August, September
Dense Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
Blooms mid-summer to early autumn
Gray Goldenrod
Solidagonemoralis
Bloomslate summer through autumn
Prairie (gray-headed) Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
Blooms July to September
Spotted Bee Balm
Monarda punctata
Blooms late summer, early fall
Anise Hyssop
Agastache Foeniculum
Blooms early to mid-spring
Common Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
Blooms March to early July
Native Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
Blooms May, June
Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
Blooms September to November
