butterfly pattern No. 5
butterfly Garden Pattern No. 5
Overview
The vertical rose colored flowers of Liatris rise above the plants mounding growth habit and the fine cut, lacey foliage of Coreopsis. The Coreopsis is covered with golden-yellow daisy flowers.
You can see there is a lot of textural and colorful mingling going on.This is a plant pattern you’ll discover has many possibilities in your future garden compositions.
Stewardship
No deadheading of the flowers! The Coreopsis flowers as they age into mid-August look like little rusty nails just above the yellow/green delicate, Autumn foliage mingling around the dark brown vertical Liatris flower spikes. Both plants cover the soil by mid-June suppressing weed seed germination. Cut back everything in March before your bulbs come up. You can use a string trimmer cutting the plants down from top to bottom. Leave the plants leaf and stem remnants in the garden, that’s their healthy mulch. Plants have been self-mulching since they appeared on Earth.
*These garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs, unlocking rich perennial landscape designs for individualization and creativity.
Pollinators
The Coreopsis is super at attracting native bees, native pollinating flies and some moths and butterflies. Birds associating with Coreopsis are Finches, Nuthatches and Chickadees plus others. The Liatris is great for butterflies, especially Monarchs. Many insects are associated with Liatris. You can enhance the available information by observing and documenting the birds and insects that visit your garden. Why not?
Pattern profile:
Exposure: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Purple
Bloom Time: July - August
Liatris spicata
Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
Color: Purple
Height: 40”
Width: 15”
Bloom Time: July - August
POLLINATOR NOTES:
The Liatris is great for butterflies, especially Monarchs. Many insects are associated with Liatris. You can enhance the available information by observing and documenting the birds and insects that visit your garden. Why not?
Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’
Exposure: Full Sun
Color: Bright Yellow
Height: 12” - 18”
Width: 18”
Bloom Time: June - July
POLLINATOR NOTES:
The Coreopsis is super at attracting native bees, native pollinating flies and some moths and butterflies. Birds associating with Coreopsis are Finches, Nuthatches and Chickadees plus others. You can enhance the available information by observing and documenting the birds and insects that visit your garden. Why not?
butterfly pattern No. 5
butterfly Garden Pattern No. 5
Overview
The vertical rose colored flowers of Liatris rise above the plants mounding growth habit and the fine cut, lacey foliage of Coreopsis. The Coreopsis is covered with golden-yellow daisy flowers. You can see there is a lot of textural and colorful mingling going on. Th This is a plant pattern you’ll discover has many possibilities in your future garden compositions.
Stewardship
No deadheading of the flowers! The Coreopsis flowers as they age into mid-August look like little rusty nails just above the yellow/green delicate, Autumn foliage mingling around the dark brown vertical Liatris flower spikes. Both plants cover the soil by mid-June suppressing weed seed germination. Cut back everything in March before your bulbs come up. You can use a string trimmer cutting the plants down from top to bottom. Leave the plants leaf and stem remnants in the garden, that’s their healthy mulch. Plants have been self-mulching since they appeared on Earth.
BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS AND POLLINATORS
The Coreopsis is super at attracting native bees, native pollinating flies and some moths and butterflies. Birds associating with Coreopsis are Finches, Nuthatches and Chickadees plus others. The Liatris is great for butterflies, especially Monarchs. Many insects are associated with Liatris. You can enhance the available information by observing and documenting the birds and insects that visit your garden. Why not?
*These garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs, unlocking rich perennial landscape designs for individualization and creativity.
Pattern profile:
Exposure: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Purple
Height: 24”
Width: 18” - 20”
Bloom Time: Mid-June to Early August
Liatris spicata
Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
Color: Purple
Height: 18” - 30”
Width: 24”
Bloom Time: Mid-June to Early August
POLLINATOR NOTES:
The Liatris is well received by native bees, native wasps, native flies and many moths.
Keep watch for Goldfinches, Cardinals, Chickadees and Nuthatches.
Coreopsis ‘Zagreb’
Exposure: Sun
Color: Yellow
Height: 18” - 2o”
Width: 24”
Bloom Time: Late Summer
POLLINATOR NOTES:
TheCoreopsis is captivating to butterflies and good for many bees. There's not much specific information online about particular bees that favor
butterfly pattern No. 2
butterfly Garden Pattern No. 2
Overview
Panicum ‘Hieleger Hain’ has good vertical, bluish green foliage, very architectural. This characteristic blends nicely with the lacey foliage of the Perovskia which will gently lay into the Panicum’s foliage. This creates a very relaxed look. Now add to that the medium blue flower spikes of the Perovskia. Now you’re stopping traffic! In September the Panicum has gentle open panicles of flowers moving gently in the slightest breeze. This grouping has so many possibilities of locations within your plantings. Also these two plants are slow to emerge creating good planting opportunities for bulbs. Try to use more species bulbs their foliage is not as large as many of the hybridized bulbs and won’t mat down and inhibit the emergence of the perennials in late April and early May.
Stewardship
No deadheading! These plants are always sharing their character and as they change their nature through the growing season. They are very active participants in the garden. Cut back everything in March before your bulbs come up. You can use a string trimmer cutting the plants down from top to bottom. Leave the plants leaf and stem remnants in the garden that’s their healthy mulch. Plants have been self-mulching since they appeared on Earth.
*These garden plans can be followed explicitly or adjusted to meet individual needs, unlocking rich perennial landscape designs for individualization and creativity.
Pattern profile:
Exposure: Sun
Colors: Yellow
Height: 24”
Width: 18” - 20”
Bloom Time: July - August
Panicum virgatum ‘Hieleger Hain’
Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
Color: Yellow
Height: 18” - 30”
Width: 24”
Bloom Time: Mid-July to Late September
POLLINATOR NOTES:
The Panicum is well received by native bees, native wasps, native flies and many moths.
Keep watch for Goldfinches, Cardinals, Chickadees and Nuthatches.
Perovskia ‘Blue Steel’
Exposure: Sun
Color: Blue
Height: 18” - 2o”
Width: 24”
Bloom Time: Late Summer
POLLINATOR NOTES:
The Perovskia is captivating to butterflies and good for many bees. There's not much specific information online about particular bees that favor
