Monarch Waystation Garden

A certified Monarch Waystation provides food and nectar for monarchs navigating during the spring months from their winter homes in Mexico up to the northern US states and Canada for summer before returning to their winter hibernation sites in the mountains of Mexico. Female monarchs lay eggs multiple times during the migration process of their transcontinental journey, which means providing nectar and nesting places along the migration route is critical for survival of the species.

Plant list

A Heath aster – Aster ericoides

B False sunflower – Heliopsis helianthoides

C Ohio spiderwort – Tradescantia Ohioensis

D Meadow blazing star – Liatris ligulistylis

E Purple coneflower – Echinacea purpurea

F Culver’s root – Veronicastrum virginicum

G Joe Pye weed – Eupatorium maculatum

H Spotted bee balm – Monarda punctata

I Foxglove beardtongue – Penstemon digitalis

J Fragrant anise hyssop – Agastache fueniculum

K Wild bergamot – Monarda fistulosa

L Rose milkweed – Asclepias incarnata

M Butterflyweed – Asclepias tuberosa

N Whorled milkweed – Asclepias verticillata

O Prairie smoke – Geum triforum

P Brown-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba

Q Blue vervain – Verbena hastata

R Ironweed – Vernonia noveboracensis

S Mexican sunflower – Tithonia rotundifolia

T Creopsis/tickseed – Coreopsis palmata

U zinnia – zinnia elegans

V black-eyed Susan – Rudbeckia birta