Native Perennials for Pollinator Gardens

in Northern New Jersey

New Jersey Audubon’s Spring Native Plant Sale

Lorrimer Nature Sanctuary | Franklin Lakes, NJ
May 7th, 2022 | 10am to 4pm

“Because life is fueled by the energy captured from the sun by plants, it will be the plants that we use in our gardens that determine what nature will be like 10, 20, and 50 years from now.“

Doug Tallamy, American entomologist, ecologist and conservationist

Native Plants Available

Nodding Onion Allium Cernuum –

Purplestem Angelica
Angelica atropurpurea

Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Ginger Asarum canadense

Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum

White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricate

Bigleaf Aster Eurybia macrophylla

Hollow Stem Joe Pye Weed Eutrochium fistulosum

Bottle Gentian Gentiana andrewsii

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

Woodland Sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus

Swamp Rose Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos

Blue Flag Iris Iris versicolor

Blazing Star Liatris spicata

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis

Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Bee Balm Monarda didyma

Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa

Prickly Pear Opuntia sp

Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea

Giant Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum

Hoary Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum incanum

Broadleaf Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum muticum

Tall Coneflower Rudbeckia grandiflora

Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

Woodland Stonecrop Sedum ternatum

Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia

Lorrimer Sanctuary was bequeathed to the New Jersey Audubon Society by Ms. Lucine L. Lorrimer in 1956. The main house, parts of which date back to the late 1700’s, is the present visitors’ center and Sanctuary office.

The visitors’ center has an exhibit and lecture room, winter bird feeding station, interpretive displays, hands-on exhibits, and a gift shop, the proceeds of which benefit the Sanctuary. There is a self-guiding trail system that winds through the 14 acres of land. Much of the acreage is second-growth woods (mostly oak, maple, ash, and beech); and small stands of planted evergreens. The trails are open during Sanctuary hours.

New Jersey Audubon’s Spring Native Plant Sale

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