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Pollinator Plants - Full to Part Sun Garden

1. Autumn Sage ‘Furman’s Red’ (1)2. Flame Acanthus (1)3. Red Turk’s Cap (1)4. Gregg’s Mistflower (1)5. Texas Lantana (1)6. Texas Rock Rose (1) 7. Gaura (Pink) (1)8. Lanceleaf Coreopsis (1)9. ‘Henry Duelberg’ Salvia (1)10. Zexmenia (3)11. Purple Coneflower (3)

Plant Names:12. Wild Bergamot (1)13. ‘Sundance’ Rudbeckia (2)14. Wright’s Skullcap (3) 15. Yarrow ‘Paprika’ (2)16. ‘Black and Blue’ Salvia (1)17. Purple Prairie Verbena (1)18. Rattlesnake Master (3)19. Texas Blazing Star (1)20. Green Antelope Milkweed (1)21. White Yarrow (2)

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Autumn Sage ‘Furman’s Red’ Salvia greggii

Red Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus arboreus

Gregg’s MistflowerConoclinium greggii

Flame Acanthus Anisacanthus quadrifidus

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 3’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: A semi-evergreen Texas native shrub planted for it’s colorful and long blooming bright red flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators alike. ‘Furman’s Red’ is one of the most cold hardy autumn sages in addition to being extremely heat and drought tolerant.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’ - 4’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Full ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: A Texas native shrubby perennial that produces flushes of red blooms in sun or shade. Its so easy to grow that it is often self spreading forming a tall groundcover in spots where other plants struggle.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’ - 2’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: BlueBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: Deciduous

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’ - 4’Plant Spread: 3’ - 4’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Hummingdbirds, ButterfliesDescription: A Texas native shrubby perennial planted for its showy red and orange long-blooming flowers which attract both hummingbirds and butterflies. Very easy to grow in sunny spots with good drainage.

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Texas Lantana Lantana urticoides

Texas Rock RosePavonia lasiopetala

Gaura (Pink)Gaura lindheimeri

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’ - 6’Plant Spread: 2’ - 5’Flower Color: Orange, Red, YellowBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: This Texas native variety of Lantana, L. urticoides is an extremely heat and drought tolerant large shrubby perennial that produces clusters of showy red, orange, and yellow flowers.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’Plant Spread: 3’Flower Color: PinkBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: This heat and drought tolerant native shrubby perennial produces dense miniature pink colored hibis-cus-like flowers from spring through fall which can be frequented by a number of pollinators.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 3’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: PinkBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: An easy to grow native perennial planted for its showy butterfly-like flowers that sit atop arching stems and appear to dance in the wind. Dark-green to gray-green leaves turn red, to purple in fall.

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: If you were to choose one plant for attracting butterflies and native pollinators, Gregg’s mistflower is hard to beat! Summer through fall powdery blue flower clusters almost completely cover the tops of its lacey green foliage. It is so adaptable and easy to grow, it often forms a tall groundcover which works as a virtual stop sign for fall migrating Monarchs.

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Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata

ZexmeniaWedelia acapulcensis var. hispida

Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpurea

‘Henry Duelberg’ SalviaSalvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’ - 2’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: Yellow, RedBloom Time: Spring, SummerCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: This prolific flowing native perennial is adapted to a number of sites and soil conditions and is a favorite of many bees and butterflies. Clumps of lance-shaped leaves give rise to bright yellow daisy-like flowers which can bloom spring to fall.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’Plant Spread: 2’ Flower Color: YellowBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: A native perennial planted for a dense canopy of showy yellow flowers, so easy to grow it is referred to as a “miracle plant” because of its versatility, cold and drought tolerance and long booming period.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 4’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: PurpleBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: Deciduous

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 3’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: PurpleBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: Produces upright spikes of striking dark blue flowers that bloom spring to fall, A reliable drought tolerant native perennial that attracts pollinators.

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Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosa

‘Sundance’ Rudbeckia Rudbeckia grandiflora

Wright’s Skullcap Scutellaria wrightii

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 4’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: Pink, LavenderBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: Also know as bee balm this native perennial is highly adaptable and produces long blooming whorls of pink to lavender flowers that attract a number of pollinators and hummingbirds.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 3’ - 4’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: YellowBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: A striking native coneflower that produces large and showy yellow blooms from summer to fall that are a favorite of people and pollinators alike.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: PurpleBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: EvergreenLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: A low-growing evergreen perennial that is covered in small purple blooms spring through summer and into fall. Bees and butterflies will often frequent this tough Texas native.

Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: An easy to grow adaptable perennial that produces showy flowers consisting of pink to purple drooping rays surround a spiny central cone. A favorite of bees butterflies and hummingbirds.

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Yarrow ‘Paprika’ Achillea millefolium

Purple Prairie VerbenaVerbena bipinnatifida

Rattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifolium

‘Black and Blue’ SalviaSalvia gauranitica

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 3’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: RedBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: Its pleasantly aromatic fern like foliage gives rise to clusters of bright red flowers during the hottest part of the summer and into fall. Attractive to a number of pollinators in hot dry conditions.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’Plant Spread: 1-2’ Flower Color: PurpleBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: This low-growing native perennial produces small clusters of purple to pink flowers above trailing finely cut, hairy green leaves. A number of bees and butterflies love this tough Texas native.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 4’ - 5’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: WhiteBloom Time: Spring, Summer, FallCharacter: Evergreen

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 5’Plant Spread: 2’ - 5’Flower Color: BlueBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, Hummingbirds, ButterfliesDescription: Tall and mounding light green foliage gives rise to black stems and calyces which hood and contrast the vibrant electric blue flowers. A favorite of hummingbirds, bees and butterflies.

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White YarrowAchillea millefolium

Green Antelope Milkweed Asclepias Viridis

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 2’ - 3’Plant Spread: 2’ - 3’Flower Color: WhiteBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full Sun, Partial ShadeWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: Its pleasantly aromatic fern like foliage gives rise to clusters of bright red flowers during the hottest part of the summer and into fall. Attractive to a number of pollinators in hot dry conditions.

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’ - 3’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: White/light greenBloom Time: Late Spring, SummerCharacter: DeciduousLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: Green Milkweed is a native, perennial forb or herb. Flowers are mostly white to light green in color with some rose or purple in the center of each individual flower. Blooming late spring into summer it is a favorite pollinator of Butterflies.

19 Texas Blazing StarLiatris punctata var. mucronata

Plant Type: PerennialMature Height: 1’ - 3’Plant Spread: 1’ - 2’Flower Color: PurpleBloom Time: Summer, FallCharacter: Semi-evergreenLight Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: A heat and drought tolerant clump-forming native perennial that sends up fluffy spikes of pink to purple blooms which are a magnet for a number of butterflies and bees.

Light Requirement: Full SunWater Requirement: LowAttracts: Bees, ButterfliesDescription: Often hard to find in nurseries, this striking native perennial is a bit of an enigma with its unusual yuc-ca-like foliage and showy white thistle-like blooms. Spring, summer and fall this tough Texas native provides a striking show for both people and pollinators.

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This year’s UPlantIt pollinator pack has an exciting addition that is creating a lot of buzz! We are thrilled to partner with our friends at the Pollinator Citizen Science Project to provide you with the tools to learn more about the important pollinators that are visiting your UPlantIt garden! In addition, by becoming a citizen scientist yourself, you can help entomologist around the country better understand which plants attract specific pollinator species.

STEP 1: VIEW TRAINING VIDEOSThere are TWO parts to the training: (a) Pollinator Training and (b) Contribution Training. Watch both by visiting https://sixleggedaggie.com/research/pollinator-project/.

STEP 2. COMPLETE THE QUIZTo contribute to the pollinator citizen science project, citizen scientists must complete a short quiz with a passing grade of 80% or above. Participants have unlimited attempts at the quiz, so don’t worry if you don’t pass the first time! Once an 80% or above passing grade has been achieved, you will receive an email with a certificate, and you can start contributing to pollinator observations at that time.

STEP 3. CONTRIBUTE!After viewing the training videos and completing the quiz you can use the form at https://sixleggedaggie.com/research/pol-linator-project/ on your mobile device (or desktop) to contribute to the pollinator citizen science project. Please be sure to include the same email in the form that was used in the quiz above; that is the only way we can verify our contributors!

Three Easy Steps to Contribute to the Citizen Scientist Project:

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