45 Meetinghouse Ln
45 Meetinghouse Ln, Little Compton, RI 02837, USA
Our smallish garden is overflowing with pollinator plants, most of them native to our area. We do not cut the plants down until spring, and this can lead to some flopping. So we do stake a little and cut back a few plants in early spring to reduce their overall height. This doesn't seem to affect their pollinator value. We planted wild strawberry at the start to act as a living mulch. It worked, but it become too aggressive in our little garden and we are now pulling it out.
Spring-flowering
Aquilegia canadensis (Canada columbine)*
Geranium maculatum (spotted crane’s-bill)
Zizea aurea (golden alexanders)
Summer-flowering
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
Liatris novae-angliae (northern blazing star)
Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue)
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (slender mountain mint)
Fall-flowering
Eutrochium maculatum or E. purpureum (Joe-pye weeds)*
Helenium flexuosum (sneezeweed)*
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England aster)
Grass
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)
Groundcover
Fragaria virginica (common strawberry)