Bridger Park Pollinator Garden

Located on either side of the shed at the south end of Bridger Park Community Garden is the Pollinator Garden. The purpose of this garden is to showcase beautiful perennials that you can grow in your own yard, as well as attract pollinators to benefit the garden. 

Left Garden - East of Peach Tree

The Lavender Bounty Siberian Iris has light purple petals.
Siberian Iris

Iris sibirica - 'Peacock Butterfly'

    • Care: full/part sun
    • Blooms: Late spring 
    • Size: 24-40" tall x 24" wide
Image credits: Jessie Harris for World Flora Online

Dwarf Korean Lilac bushes have many cone-shaped clusters of tiny purple flowers.
Dwarf Korean Lilac

Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'

  • Care: Low Water, Full sun,
  • Blooms: Spring
  • Benefits: Fragrant
  • Spacing: 3-5' tall x 5-7' wide
Image Credits: Cassidy Moody courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Black-Eyed Susans have dark brown centers surrounded by multiple, pointy, golden yellow petals.
Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

  • Care: Low Water, Full sun
  • Blooms: Summer/Fall
  • Benefits: Attracts Butterflies, Deer-Resistant
  • Spacing: 18-36" tall x 24" wide
Image Credits: Paul Rothrock for Intermountain Herbarium

Touchdown Stonecrop has dark, glossy leaves with clusters of red blooms.
Touchdown Stonecrop

Sedum telephium 'Touchdown Teak'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Late summer to fall
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies & hummingbirds
    • Size: 15-20" tall 16" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Edelweiss Lavender have tiny white flowers on tall stems.
Edelweiss Lavender

Lavandula x intermedia 'Edelweiss'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Fragrant, Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 24" tall
Image credit: Chloe Seeborg

Angelina Stonecrop has spiky leaves that range from chartreuse to yellow to orange.
Angelina Stonecrop

Sedum rupestre 'Angelina'

    • Care: Very low water, Full sun
    • Blooms: Early summer
    • Benefits: Attracts hummingbirds & butterflies & bees
    • Size: 4-6" tall x 12-24" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Dianthus plants have many small flowers. The firewitch cultivar has hot pink blooms.
Dianthus - Firewitch

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

  • Care: Very Low Water
  • Blooms: Spring/Summer
  • Benefits: Deer-Resistant, Attracts Butterflies, Fragrant
  • Spacing: 6-12" tall x 15-18" wide
Image Credits: Claire Cohen courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Butterfly milkweed have clusters of small, orange flowers.
Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

  • Care: Very low water, Full sun
  • Blooms: Late spring/summer
  • Benefits: Native, attracts butterflies & bees
  • Spacing: 18-36" tall x 18-24" wide
Image Credits: Tom Incrocci courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Yellow Coneflower have light yellow petals surrounding a spiky center.
Yellow Coneflower

Echinacea hybrida 'Double Scoop Lemon Cream'

    • Care: Low water, Full/part sun 
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & bees, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 24-36" tall x 18-24" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Mersea Yellow Penstemon have long stems with many yellow, tube-shaped flowers.
Mersea Yellow Penstemon

Penstemon pinifolius 'Mersea Yellow'

  • Care: Very Low Water
  • Blooms: June - August
  • Benefits: Native, Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Spacing: 8-15" tall/wide
Image Credits: Tom Incrocci courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Left Garden - West of Peach Tree

Ornamental onions have sphere-shaped blooms of tiny purple flowers.
Ornamental Onion

Allium 'Millenium' 

    • Care: Full/part sun, drought-tolerant
    • Blooms: Mid-late summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & bees, Deer & rabbit-resistant
    • Size: 15-18" tall x 8-12" wide
Image Credits: Chloe Seeborg

Germander plants have long stems full of tiny, pink flowers.
Germander

Teucrium chamaedrys

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Mid-late summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 12-18" tall x 18" wide
Photo credit: Chloe Seeborg

Globe Thistle plants have light blue, spherical, spiky blooms.
Globe Thistle

Echinops ritro

    • Care: Very low water, Full sun 
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies, deer-resistant 
    • Size: 4' tall x 18-24" wide

Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Creeping Thyme has tiny fuzzy leaves with tiny purple flowers.
Creeping Thyme

Thymus cr. praecox 'Elfin'

    • Care: Very low water, Full sun 
    • Blooms: Early summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees, deer-resistant, fragrant
    • Size: 2-4" tall x 12" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Night Embers Sedum has dark, glossy leaves with mauve blooms.
Night Embers Sedum

Sedum 'Night Embers'

    • Care: Full sun, tolerates cold/heat/drought
    • Blooms: Late summer-fall
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies
    • Size: 2' tall x 2' wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Right Garden - East of Peach Tree

Orange coneflower have long stems with orange flowers
Orange Coneflower

Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & birds
    • Size: 36" tall x 26" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Ornamental onions have sphere-shaped blooms with tiny purple flowers.
Ornamental Onion

Allium 'Millenium' 

    • Care: Full/part sun, drought-tolerant
    • Blooms: Mid-late summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & bees, Deer & rabbit-resistant
    • Size: 15-18" tall x 8-12" wide

Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Firechalice have dark orange tubular flowers on tall, thin stems.
Firechalice Zauschneria

Epilobium canum var. garrettii 'Wasatch Fire'

    • Care: Full sun, Low water
    • Blooms: Late summer
    • Benefits: Attracts hummingbirds
    • Size: 12-18" tall x 18-24" tall
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Liatrus have tall stems with spiky flowers at the end.
Floristan White Liatrus

Liatrus spicata 'Floristan White' 

    • Care: Full/part sun
    • Blooms: July-September
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & bees
    • Size: 36" tall x 18" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Yellow Gem Potentilla has bright yellow flowers and small, dark green leaves.
Yellow Gem Potentilla

Potentilla fruticosa 'Yellow Gem'

    • Care: Full/part sun, Low water
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 1-4' tall x 2-4' wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Dianthus plants have many small flowers. The firewitch cultivar has hot pink blooms.
Dianthus - Firewitch

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'Firewitch'

  • Care: Very Low Water
  • Blooms: Spring/Summer
  • Benefits: Deer-Resistant, Attracts Butterflies, Fragrant
  • Spacing: 6-12" tall x 15-18" wide
Image credits: Claire Cohen courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

White Coneflower have white petals surrounding a spiky center.
White Coneflower

Echinacea x hybrida 'Sombrero Blanco'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & birds
    • Size: 20" tall x 24" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Van Gogh Speedwell have spiky purple blooms.
Van Gogh Speedwell

Veronica longifolia 'Very Van Gogh'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Mid summer - fall
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies & hummingbirds, Deer & rabbit-resistant
    • Size: 18-20" tall
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Night Embers Sedum has dark, glossy leaves with mauve blooms.
Night Embers Sedum

Sedum 'Night Embers'

    • Care: Full sun, tolerates cold/heat/drought
    • Blooms: Late summer-fall
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies
    • Size: 2' tall x 2' wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Right Garden - West of Peach Tree

Moulin Rouge Hibiscus have large, deep red flowers.
Moulin Rouge Hibiscus

Hibiscus moscheutos 'Moulin Rouge'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts hummingbirds, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 3-4' tall x 3-4' wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Mariposa Blue Scabiosa have delicate purple flowers with green foliage
Mariposa Blue Scabiosa

Scabiosa columbaria 'Mariposa Blue'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Mid summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies & hummingbirds
    • Size: 12-18" tall x 12" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Pink Manners Obedient Plant has green foliage with light pink blooms on tall stems.
Obedient Plant

Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Manners'

    • Care: Full/part sun
    • Blooms: Summer - fall
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies & hummingbirds
    • Size: 30-36" tall x 12-18" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Ornamental Oregano have light pink blooms at the end of short stems.
Ornamental Oregano

Origanum rotundifolium 'Kent Beauty'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Fragrant
    • Size: 4-8" tall x 6-10" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Dark Towers Penstemon have dark foliage with light pink blooms.
Dark Towers Penstemon

Penstemon digitalis 'Dark Towers'

    • Care: Full sun, Low water
    • Blooms: Mid-summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds
    • Size: 33-36" tall x 30" wide
Image credits: Tom Incrocci courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Red Mexican Hats have long stems with red petals surrounding a cone-shaped center
Red Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera var. pulcherrima

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Early summer to fall
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies
    • Size: 24-36" tall
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Butterfly milkweed have clusters of small, orange flowers.
Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

  • Care: Very low water, Full sun
  • Blooms: Late spring/summer
  • Benefits: Native, attracts butterflies & bees
  • Spacing: 18-36" tall x 18-24" wide
Image Credits: Tom Incrocci courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden

Orange coneflower have long stems with orange flowers
Orange Coneflower

Echinacea 'Tiki Torch'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts butterflies & birds
    • Size: 36" tall x 26" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Yellow Gem Potentilla has bright yellow flowers and small, dark green leaves.
Yellow Gem Potentilla

Potentilla fruticosa 'Yellow Gem'

    • Care: Full/part sun, Low water
    • Blooms: Summer
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer-resistant
    • Size: 1-4' tall x 2-4' wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Lamb's Ears have velvety soft gray-green leaves.
Lamb's Ears

Stachys byzantina 'Helene von Stein'

    • Care: Full sun
    • Blooms: Summer 
    • Benefits: Attracts bees & butterflies & hummingbirds
    • Size: 12" tall x 12-18" wide
Image credits: Chloe Seeborg

Black-Eyed Susans have dark brown centers surrounded by multiple, pointy, golden yellow petals.
Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

  • Care: Low Water, Full sun
  • Blooms: Summer/Fall
  • Benefits: Attracts Butterflies, Deer-Resistant
  • Spacing: 18-36" tall x 24" wide
Image Credits: Paul Rothrock for Intermountain Herbarium