For sunny sites, the choices multiply: The gray foliage of the wormwoods, the intense blue foliage of Blue Fescue (Festuca ovina glauca), a multiple carpet of thymes, woolly Yarrow, Speedwell (Veronica), creeping mint (if the soil is moist), Snow-in-Summer (gray foliage and white flowers), Ajuga (
bugleweed in varieties of green to variegated to deep purple), to an amazing choice of sedums.
Flowers to Attract the Good Bugs BENEFICIALS FLOWER BLOOM TIME ATTRACTED Basket-of-Gold Early spring LB, HF (Aurinia saxatilis, aka Alyssum saxatilis) Wood betony Spring/summer HF (Stachys officinalis) Golden marguerite * Spring through fall LW, LB, HF W, T (Anthemis tinctoria) Carpet
bugleweed Late spring/ LB, HF (Ajuga reptans) early summer Rocky Mountain penstemon Late spring through LB, HF (Penstemon strictus) summer Alpine cinquefoil Spring LB, HF, W (Potentilla crantzii, aka P.
Vinca and
bugleweed (ajuga) work in somewhat shady areas, too.
Lycopus uniflorus Michx.; Northern Water Horehound, Northern
Bugleweed; Wet meadow north of central mesic woods; Infrequent; C = 5; BSUH 13554.
Lycopus uniflorus Michx.; Northern Water Horehound or
Bugleweed; Floodplain woods along Culmer's Run, cattail marsh, and along Salamander Creek on the west side; Frequent; (#); C = 5; BSUH 11731, 11766, 12511, 12525.