Common Name	Scientific Name	Full Sun	Part- Sun	Shade	Deer Resistant		Attractive to……..	Height/Season
Perennials
Alexanders, Golden	Zizia aurea	*	*			Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars		1-3’ tall/ April - June
Aster, New England	Aster novae-angliae	*	*			butterflies		3-6’ tall/ August-October
Beardtounge, Foxglove	Penstemon digitalis	*	*		*	hummingbirds		2-4’ tall/ May-July
Bee Balm	Monarda didyma	*	*			Hummingbirds,  butterflies, bees		2-3’ tall/ summer
Bergamot, Wild	Monarda fistulosa	*	*	* (light shade)	*	butterflies hummingbirds		2-3’ tall/ July-Aug
Blue False Indigo	Baptisia australis	*	*	* (light shade)	*			2-4’tall/ May-June
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	*	*	*		hummingbirds		2-5’ tall/ Aug-Sept
Columbine, Wild Eastern	Aquilegia canadensis	*	*	*	*	Hummingbirds		1-2’tall / spring-early summer
Coneflower, Purple	Echinacea purpurea	*				Butterflies Hummingbirds		2-3’tall / June-Oct
Coreopsis, tall	Coreopsis tripteris	*	*	* (light shade)		Butterflies Goldfinches		3-9’ tall / July – Oct
Geranium, wild	Geranium maculatum		*					Also called ‘Cranesbill’ 1-2’- spreads
Goldenrod	Solidago sp.	*	*	*	*	Butterflies		Varies: 1-6’ tall/ summer - fall
Iris, Blueflag	Iris verisicolor	*	*					Likes moist soils  2-3’
Joe-Pye Weed	Eupatorium sp.	*	*			Butterflies		2-8’ tall / summer – fall
Milkweed, Butterfly	Asclepias tuberosa	*	*	* (light shade)	*	Butterflies Monarch and Queen butterfly caterpillars		1-3’tall / June-Sept
Obedient Plant	Physostegia virginiana	*	*	* (light shade)	*			2-3’tall/ August
Susan, Brown –eyed	Rudbeckia fulgida	*				Butterflies		2’tall (compact) / Aug- Sept
Trumpet Creeper	Campsis radicans	*	*			Hummingbirds		Vigorous vine – WILL SPREAD!
Violet, Common Blue	Viola papilonacea	*	*	*		Butterflies Fritillary butterfly caterpillars		Ground cover – self seeds NJ STATE FLOWER
Wild Stonecrop (Native Sedum)	Sedum ternatum			*				groundcover
Common Name	Scientific Name	Full Sun	Part-  Sun	Shade	Deer Resistant	Attractive to……..		Height/Season
Shrubs
Smooth Alder	Alnus serrulata	*	*			Birds		Dense branching- good nesting habitat            6-8’
Northern Bayberry	Myrica pennsylvanica	*	*	*		Migratory birds		3-8’
Blueberry – High bush	Vaccinium corymbosum					Food and nests for birds		Good as hedge 6-15’
Dogwood – Redosier	Cornus sericea