This garden is filled with plants that help pollinators such as butterflies and bees. We have selected plants to provide something in bloom for the entire season for the pollinators.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Photo |
| Early Blooming | ||
| Prince’s plume | Stanleya pinnata | |
| Sidebells penstemon | Penstemon secundiflorus | |
| Threadleaf ragwort | Senecio flaccidus | ![]() |
| Sulphur flower | Eriogonum umbellatum | ![]() |
| Two-grooved milkvetch | Astragalus bisulcatus | ![]() |
| Prairie verbena | Glandularia (Verbena) bipinnatifida | ![]() |
| Mid Blooming | ||
| Rocky Mountain penstemon | Penstemon strictus | ![]() |
| Indigo bush | Amorpha fruticosa | ![]() |
| Leadplant | Amorpha canescens | ![]() |
| Sundrops | Calylophus serrulatus | ![]() |
| Blue buckle Penstemon | Penstemon virgatus “Blue Buckle” | ![]() |
| Showy goldeneye | Heliomeris multiflora | |
| Blue grama | Bouteloua gracilis | ![]() |
| Mexican hat | Ratibida columnifera | ![]() ![]() |
| Pearly everlasting | Anaphalis margaritacea | ![]() |
| Scarlet bugler penstemon | Penstemon barbatus | |
| Firecracker penstemon | Penstemon eatonii | ![]() |
| Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium | ![]() |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | ![]() |
| Desert four o’clock | Mirabilis multiflora | |
| Silver lupine | Lupinus argenteus | |
| Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | |
| Late Blooming | ||
| Rabbitbrush – tall and dwarf | Ericameria nauseosus | ![]() |
| Spotted gayfeather | Liatris punctata | |
| Goldenrod “Golden baby” | Solidago canadensis ‘Golden baby’ | |
| Aster “Alma Potschke” | Aster novae-angliae “Alma Potschke” | |
| Maximilian sunflower | Helianthus maximilianii | ![]() |
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