Pollinator Pathway

The  Phoenicia Library Native Plant Garden was created in 2017 to establish a permanent garden for community gathering and as a locus for future environmental education. The native plant garden provides 1700 square feet of space and remains as an enduring source of education on their use, beauty and benefits. Since its founding, the library has held landscaping classes that focus on native plants and sustainable gardening.  The garden is also a space for patrons to read, play and enjoy nature.

Pine Hill Library Pollinator Garden - Estblished 2022

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Pine Hill Library Pollinator Garden Plant List

Spring Bloomers

3 Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon Hirsutus)

2 Large-flowered beardtongue (Penstemon grandifolius)

6 Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

2 Garden Chives (Allium schoenopraesum)

3 Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)

Summer Bloomers

1 Sunny Boulevard shrubby St John’s Wort shrub (Hypericum x ‘Sunny Boulevard’)

4 Red Bee Balm (Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’)

3 Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

3 Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

2 Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

1 Rose Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

1 Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

3 Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)

2 Blazing Star (Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’)

3 Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Summer Into Fall Bloomers

2 Little Bluestem grasses (Schyzachyrium scoparium “The Blue’s’ or ‘Standing Ovation’)

2 Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida)

2 Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa ‘Fireworks’)

2 New England Aster (Symphyotrichum nove-angliae)

3 Aromatic Aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)

1 Blunt toothed mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)

2 Hoary mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum)

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