A Collection of Native Flowers in Jennings County is a unique photo ID

book of native flowers found in Jennings County. This 50+ page book has a full page color pic-ture of each plant and a bulleted information block. The info in-cludes the growing conditions, plant description, bloom times and much more. It’s a great re-source when planning your polli-nator garden. Get your copy today!

Jennings County

Soil and Water

Conservation District

Share Some Space Project

Spring 2018

Pollinator Plant Sale

Order forms are available online at jenningsswcd.org

To place an order, please complete the order form included with this brochure. Bring in the complet-ed order form with your payment (cash or check only) or mail in your order and payment to:

Jennings County SWCD 2600 N. State Hwy 7

North Vernon, IN 47265 812-346-3411 ext. 3

Office hours 8:00 am—4:00 pm

Monday—Friday

Plants will be available for pick-up on

May 3rd from 4:00 pm-7:00 pm at the Muscatatuck County Park at the

325 North State Hwy 7 North Vernon IN 47265

Proceeds from this sale will go to the Share Some

Space Project to promote, educate and enhance pollinator habitat.

Combo Plant Legend

1—New England Aster 15—Common Milkweed 2—Smooth Blue Aster 16—Virginia Mountain Mint 3—Showy Sunflower 17—Foxglove Beardtongue 4—False Sunflower 18—Smooth Beardtongue 5—Blue Wild Indigo 19—Little Bluestem 6—Prairie Blazing Star 20—Prairie Dropseed 7—Meadow Blazing Star 21—Cardinal Flower 8—Bergamot 22—Lance-Leaf Coreopsis 9—Purple Coneflower 23—Anise Hyssop 10—Stiff Goldenrod 24—Rosinweed 11—Showy Black Eyed Susan 25—Obedient Plant 12—Butterflyweed 26—Royal Catchfly 13—Whorled Milkweed 27—Purple Prairie Clover 14—Marsh Milkweed

Butterflies and Bees Combo is the perfect combi-

nation 5’ x 5’ garden for polli-nators! In addition to the 10 plants in this garden, a planting diagram and instructions are provided. Refer to the plant legend for the plants included in this versatile garden. The previous pages provide a de-scription and picture of the plants.

All Star Combo is a 12’ x 12’ garden con-

sisting of our most requested pollinator plants. In addition to the 20 plants in this garden, a planting diagram and instructions are provided. Refer to the plant legend for the plants included in this stunning garden. The previous pages provide a description and picture of the plants.

Spence Restoration Nursery

Plants sold by the Jennings County SWCD are produced by Spence Restoration Nursery in Muncie, Indiana. They provide high quality nursery-propagated native plant material for the resto-ration of native plant communities and the crea-tion of environmentally sound natural land-scapes. The network of roots is spread through-out the container with no encircling tendencies. The 2 3/8” square by a 3 3/4” deep open bottom pot allows production of a healthy root system that spreads rapidly into the soil after the trans-planting. Open bottom pots allow water to move freely into and out of the pot. Guaranteed true to type and in good con-dition at pickup time. If for some reason your choice of plant is not available we will refund the purchase price.

Order deadline is March 16, 2018

Butterflyweed is most often a distinctive bright or-ange but there is some varia-tion in flower color, from deep red-orange to yellow. The leaves are somewhat narrow, up to 1” and tapered, with no stem. This is a great milk-weed for a sunny location in a dry area blooming from June through August. Mature plants can make as many as 20 stems at an average height of 2’. The vivid orange color, low mounded profile, and ability to attract and sustain butter-flies make this plant a well-known favorite for all types of gardens.

Common Milkweed is one of the easiest and fast-est to establish of the milk-weeds. This is the preferred species for Monarch butterfly populations. This 3’ plant does well in clay soils with full sun to partial shade. The large flower can vary in color from nearly white to deep pink-purple. The fragrance is very delicate and pleasing and numerous native pollina-tors will benefit during its long bloom time of June through August.

Hummingbird Combo is a

5’ x 5’ garden of must have plants for hummingbirds! In ad-dition to the 10 plants in this gar-den, a planting diagram and in-structions are provided. Refer to the plant legend for the plants included in this versatile garden. The previous pages provide a description and picture of the plants.

Honey Bee Combo is a

highly sought after 5’ x 5’ gar-den for honey bees! In addi-tion to the 10 plants in this garden, a planting diagram and instructions are provided. Refer to the plant legend for the plants included in this ver-satile garden. The previous pages provide a description and picture of the plants.

Combo Plant Legend

1—New England Aster 15—Common Milkweed 2—Smooth Blue Aster 16—Virginia Mountain Mint 3—Showy Sunflower 17—Foxglove Beardtongue 4—False Sunflower 18—Smooth Beardtongue 5—Blue Wild Indigo 19—Little Bluestem 6—Prairie Blazing Star 20—Prairie Dropseed 7—Meadow Blazing Star 21—Cardinal Flower 8—Bergamot 22—Lance-Leaf Coreopsis 9—Purple Coneflower 23—Anise Hyssop 10—Stiff Goldenrod 24—Rosinweed 11—Showy Black Eyed Susan 25—Obedient Plant 12—Butterflyweed 26—Royal Catchfly 13—Whorled Milkweed 27—Purple Prairie Clover 14—Marsh Milkweed

Monarch Combo is a 5’ x

5’ garden with plants that Monarch Butterflies love! In addition to the 10 plants in this garden, a planting dia-gram and instructions are provided. Refer to the plant legend for the plants includ-ed in this versatile garden. The previous pages provide a description and picture of the plants.

Whorled Milkweed has very skinny, "whorled" leaves. There are clusters of approximately 20 flowers near the top of each plant. Whorled Milkweed can bloom anytime between July and September. The white flow-ers can be a greenish-white on some plants. When the Whorled Milkweed is mature it reaches a height around 2'. Whorled Milkweed is deer and rabbit-resistant that does well in dry soils with moderate shade.

Marsh Milkweed has a lovely vanilla fragrance you de-tect coming from large rosy pink flowers possibly hosting several Monarch or Swallowtail butter-flies. This deer-resistant plant grows in moist to average soils with full sun to partial shade. The plant grows 3-6’ tall and blooms in July and August. Lat-er, large pods form which will break open to reveal seeds that will float away in the wind.

Prairie Blazing Star ma-tures to 4' in wet to medium soil conditions. It grows best in full sun to partial shade, and pink blooms occur in July, Au-gust, and September. It makes an excellent cut flower. When it begins to bloom it starts at the top and works its way down. This is an excellent spe-cies to plant in perennial gar-dens since butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds are attract-ed to it all summer.

Meadow Blazing Star is a 5’ tall butterfly magnet. The purple blossoms occur in Au-gust and September. The flow-ers appear all at once along stems and last for many weeks in the late summer. This plant prefers full to partial sun in moist soil conditions.

Stiff Goldenrod thrives in full to partial sun and can reach 4’ tall. This plant grows in moist to dry soil conditions. The yellow blooms occur in August to October. This is a very important plant for fall foraging pollinators because most other plant life is shut-ting down.

Little Bluestem is a 3’ warm season grass that ac-tively grows during the sum-mer when soil temperatures are warm. It is very drought-tolerant but it can do well in moist situations. Blue-green in the summer and, after the first frost, it will turn a beau-tiful coppery pink that will remain all winter. A must have in any medium to dry site.

Prairie Dropseed is a great choice of grass for your native landscape. It has a wonderful tussock-forming growth habit and takes on a nice golden hue all throughout the fall and winter. It excels in hot, dry conditions, to 3’ high, where it can really soak up the sun. This grass tolerates moist to dry soil conditions. The seeds of this species, which drop in the fall, are a great food for seed eating birds.

Bergamot is an easy growing plant that reaches 4’ in height. It prefers full to partial sun in moist to dry soil conditions. Purple blooms appear in July through September. It has a distinctively aromatic foliage. Bergamot is a fa-vorite of butterflies, bees and hummingbirds!

Blue Wild Indigo grows to 4’ tall in moist soil condi-tions. Preferring full to partial sun, blue blooms occur in May through July. This plant spends the first few years de-veloping below ground. The branching foliage and blooms become showier each year.

Lance-leaf Coreopsis is a 2’ tall plant that prefers dry soil conditions. Yellow blooms appear in May through August. This plant thrives in full sun. This Coreopsis is beneficial to honeybees.

Purple Coneflower flow-ers are a golden red to purple and may release a slight fra-grance in strong sunlight. They are much-loved by bees! Blooms appear June-September and some may re-bloom in the fall. It matures to 4' in height. The preference is full or partial sun, and moist to medium conditions.

Showy Sunflower pre-fers full sun to partial shade. It matures at 5’. This plant prefers dry soil conditions. Yellow blooms are present in July, August and September.

False Sunflower thrives in wet to moist soil condi-tions in full to partial sun. This 5’plant produces yellow blooms in June through Sep-tember. Easy to grow and quick to develop, this plant is one to include if planning for Monarchs.

Foxglove Beardtongue is very adaptable to many light con-ditions, from full sun to partial shade. With a mature height of 3’, this plant prefers medi-um to dry soil conditions. White to pink flowers occur in June and July. The tubular flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Smooth Beardtongue is very similar to the Foxglove Beardtongue, but it can tolerate more shade. This plant prefers moist soil conditions and has pink flowers.

Rosinweed matures at 5’ in full sun. This plant pre-fers moist to dry soil condi-tions. Yellow flowers occur in July through September. It attracts a variety of polli-nators, especially honey-bees. Rosinweed before flowering can be mistaken for Milkweed.

Virginia Mountain Mint attracts many insects to its flowers, including vari-ous bees and small butter-flies. The leaves are very fra-grant and the flowers will be white to shades of light pur-ple, blooming from June through September. This 3’ plant does best in full sun to part shade and all soil types. This plant is a great choice for those who want to feed pollinators!

Cardinal Flower is named for its beautiful scar-let red flowers which are an important nectar source for hummingbirds and swallow-tail butterflies. The 4’ plant grows best in moist soil in full sun to partial shade and blooms from July to Septem-ber. It is a showy plant that makes excellent cut flowers.

Royal Catchfly prefers full to partial sun and moist soil conditions. Maturing at 4’ tall, red blooms occur in July and August. Humming-birds flock to this plant. Sticky glands cover the plant and small insects often become trapped, hence the name Catchfly.

Anise Hyssop is 3’ tall and prefers full to partial sun. It thrives in moist soil condi-tions. Purple blooms appear in June through September. This plant has very showy flowers and fragrant foliage. When the leaves are crushed, they smell like licorice. It is deer resistant. Honeybees, butterflies and hummingbirds love it!

Showy Black Eyed Susan likes wet to medi-um soils in full sun. At ma-turity the plant is 3’ in height. The black centered yellow bloom occurs in Au-gust and September.

Obedient Plant thrives in wet soils growing 4’ tall. Pre-ferring full to partial sun, white or pink blooms occur in August and September. Indi-vidual flower stems will re-main in whichever direction you point them in. The plant produces copious amounts of nectar. Blooming late summer into fall, this provides a much-needed boost of energy for pollinators before winter.

Smooth Blue Aster has a tough stem often takes on a shade of blue allowing it to stand tall dur-ing the long late summer to mid fall bloom. Maturing at 4’ tall, blue flowers occur in August through October. This easy to grow plant prefers full sun and aver-age to dry soil. Butterflies are attracted to the fall nectar provided by this As-ter.

New England Aster ma-turing to 5' tall, it is rich with purple flowers with orange-yellow centers from late summer to October. Popular with pollina-tors, it thrives in full sun or light shade in all but the driest soils. The colors can vary from purple, violet, and lavender to all shades of pink. The nectar of the flower provides an excellent source for Monarchs and other butter-flies. New England Aster is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant.

Purple Prairie Clover is a 2’ tall plant with purple blooms in July through September. Thriving in moist to dry soils, it prefers full to partial sun. This easy growing plant is a staple legume in sunny, diverse plant-ings and is highly sought out by honeybees.

Jennings Co. SWCD -Share Some Space Project ORDER FORM (Pre Pay Order) - Checks payable to JCSWCD

Order deadline is March 16, 2018 Plant Pick Up May 3, 2018 4-7 pm Muscatatuck County Park

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Mail or drop order form off at: Jennings County SWCD 2600 N State Highway 7 North Vernon, IN 47265

812-346-3411 Ext. 3

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