The layout
- Dwarf Joe Pye weed · ×3
- New England Aster · ×2
- Purple coneflower · ×5
- Black-Eyed Susan · ×3
- Butterfly Milkweed · ×3
- Threadleaf coreopsis · ×5
- Prairie dropseed · ×4
Seven tough native perennials that keep something blooming from June to October. Plant it once in a sunny 10×6 ft bed; by year two it needs little more than one spring cutback.
What blooms when
The plants
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3×Dwarf Joe Pye weed Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe'
The butterfly magnet of the bed - swallowtails will queue for it in August.
4 ft -
2×New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Carries the bed in October when everything else is winding down.
4 ft -
5×Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
Leave the seed heads standing - goldfinches work them all winter.
3 ft -
3×Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
Spreads politely into gaps; divide every third spring if it gets ambitious.
2 ft -
3×Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa
Monarch host plant. Deep taproot - pick its spot once, it hates moving.
2 ft -
5×Threadleaf coreopsis Coreopsis verticillata 'Zagreb'
Blooms for months with zero attention; shear lightly in July for a fall rebloom.
15 in -
4×Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
Fine-textured grass that edges the bed and smells faintly of popcorn in fall.
2 ft
Skip the trial and error.
Plant a pollinator border that works.
- A scaled 1-ft grid layout you can transfer to your bed with two strings and twenty minutes - exact plant positions, back/mid/front rows labeled, drawn to the size you'll actually plant.
- Three bed shapes from the same plant palette - 10×6 ft rectangle, 6×6 ft corner, and 12×3 ft narrow strip - because most yards aren't a tidy rectangle, and the corner version is the one most front yards actually need.
- Step-by-step planting guide with printable grid layout
- The exact eight plants and how many of each, with common names, botanical names, and host-plant notes. Five Coneflower, three Joe Pye, three Milkweed - no guessing, no over-buying.
$14 Launch price
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