Pollinator Garden Project

Pollinator gardens are designed to attract beneficial pollinators like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. It is considered best to use native plants that will replicate the natural habitat of these pollinators while providing host and nectar plants. These gardens play an important role in supporting pollinators since their populations have been declining. Hudson Crossing Park is planting native plants as a part of our Pollinator Garden Project. We have installed pollinator gardens at Eagle Point and the Play Garden using native flowers and grasses that will support our local pollinators. If you are interested in learning more about the plants or creating your very own pollinator garden, look at our list of native flowers. Be sure to look for pollinators visiting our gardens next time you visit!

Native Flowers

Small white flowers bunched together with a small amount of yellow in the middle of each flower.

Glen Mittelhauser

Very small pink flowers in several bunches. Under them, there are large green leaves

Frank Bramley

Very small white flowers with a tiny amount of pink in their middles and pink stems. They are surrounded by green leaves.

Authur Haines

Pink flowers with large, brown centers. They line the right hand side of a dirt walking path. Tall grass lines the left hand side.

Paul S. Drobot

Common Yarrow

Common Yarrow has white or yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts bees.

Swamp Milkweed

Swamp Milkweed has bright pink, white, and purple flowers that bloom in the fall. This plant attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Common Milkweed

Common Milkweed has green, purple, or rarely white flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, beetles, and bugs.

Coneflower

Coneflower has a variety of flower colors that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Orange, cylindrical petals reach upwards off of thin green stems.

ben kimball

Very small white flowers have a fuzzy-like appearance. They are on top of muted green leaves.

John Lynch

Hundred of lavender petals shoot out of a central point.

Glen mittelhauser

Tall green stems hold up bunches of purple flowers.

Arthur haines

Butterfly Milkweed

Butterfly Milkweed has orange, red, or sometimes yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bugs, beetles, and bees.

Pearly Everlasting

Pearly Everlasting has white flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, beetles, and bugs.

Field Thistle

Field thistle has lavender, pink, or rarely white flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and moths.

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed

Hollow Joe-Pye Weed has purple or pink fragrant flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

A bunch of small, yellow flowers. They look like they have little yellow spikes coming out of them, and have narrow, green leaves.

marilee Lovit

Very pale purple, small cylindrical petals with green leaves under them.

John Hilty

Purple flowers that have an almost blue hue to them. They are shaped almost like a bottle. Their base is surrounded by green leaves.

Arthur haines

White, bell shaped flowers that hang upside down from a green stem.

Frank Bramley

Flat Topped Goldenrod

Flat Topped Goldenrod has pale to bright yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and beetles.

Purple Joe-Pye Weed

Purple Joe-Pye Weed has pale pink to lavender flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies.

Bottle Gentian

Bottle Gentian has purple flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts bees.

Solomon’s Seal

Solomon’s Seal has white flowers that bloom in spring. This plant attracts bees and hummingbirds.

A single yellow flower that has 7 oblong petals, and a yellow center. It's green stem is being held by a hand.

Donald cameron

Several tall yellow, multi-petaled flowers. They have long green stems.

John lynch

A tall, slender vibrantly red plant with tubular flowers growing in a spike formation.

dorothy long

Clusters of small, trumpet-shaped flowers that are white with a faint purple hue. The flowers have a fuzzy texture, especially around the edges, and grow on a stem lined with slender green leaves. The plant has a soft, slightly hairy appearance.

DOROTHY LONG

Woodland Sunflower

Woodland Sunflower has yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

Smooth Oxeye

Smooth Oxeye has yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

Cardinal Flower

Cardinal flower has red flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts hummingbirds.

Hairy Beardtongue

Hairy Beardtongue has lavender or pink flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

A tall plant with clusters of blue tubular flowers. Each flower has 5 lobes, with the top lobe forming a hood over the lower petals. It has long, narrow green leaves.

Arthur Haines

Multiple bushy plant with spikes of bright purple, pea-like flowers that grow densely along the stem. They grow on green, multi-leaved stems.

Bruce patterson

Multiple round clusters of pinkish flowers that resemble small, delicate pom-poms. Each flower is made up of thin, spiky petals.

Arieh tal

Sally & andy wasowski

Great Blue Lobelia

Great Blue Lobelia has blue flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts bees and hummingbirds.

Wild Lupine

Wild Lupine has blue, pink, or white flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies.

Wild Bergamot

Wild Bergamot has fragrant lavender flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Bush’s Poppy Mallow

Bush’s Poppy Mallow has magenta flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.

Several flowers with pale yellow, lance-shaped petals. The slower clusters have an almost stacked, layered look.

Steve Garske

A tall, spike-like plant with clusters of tubular, lavender-pink flowers, each with a small hood and a slightly flared shape. The flowers grow along the top of the stem in a column.

John Lynch

A bushy plant with clusters of small white flowers that are densely packed together. The leaves are slender and dark green.

john lynch

Arthur Haines

Spotted Beebalm

Spotted Beebalm has pale yellow flowers spotted with purple that bloom in the spring. This plant attracts bees and hummingbirds.

Obedient False Dragonhead

Obedient False Dragonhead has pink to lavender flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies.

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint has white clustered flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, beetles, and other pollinators.

Showy Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod has yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and beetles.

A tall, upright plant with arching branches covered in tiny, bright yellow flowers. The blooms form large, plume-like clusters along the top half of the stem. Leaves are narrow and have a slightly rough texture, framing the golden flowers.

Frank Bramley

A shorter goldenrod species with tight clusters of yellow flowers at the top of the stem, often bending slightly. Its leaves are narrow and slightly fuzzy, with a grayish-green hue that gives the plant a soft, muted appearance.

Dawn Dentzer

Donald Cameron

A plant with bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers with five petals and small red markings near the center. The leaves are delicate and feathery, resembling ferns.

Dawn Dentzer

Canada Goldenrod

Canada Goldenrod has yellow clustered flowers that bloom in the spring. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

Gray Goldenrod

Gray Goldenrod has yellow clustered flowers that bloom in the fall. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies.

Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod

Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod has small yellow flowers that bloom in the fall. This plant attracts bees, beetles, wasps, and other pollinators.

Partridge Pea

Partridge Pea has yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

Arieh Tal

A bushy plant with small, light pink daisy-like flowers. The flowers form loose sprays along branching stems.

Arieh Tal

A tall plant with clusters of bright purple flowers with yellow centers. Each bloom has numerous, narrow petals that give it a full, lush appearance. The stems are thick and hairy, and the leaves are dark green and clasp tightly to the stem.

Arthur Haines

Arthur Haines

Heart-Leaved Aster

Heart-Leaved Aster has light blue, purple, or white flowers that boom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies.

Calico Aster

Calico Aster has white to pale purple flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts many pollinators.

New England Aster

New England Aster has pink to purple and yellow flowers that bloom in the fall. This plant attracts bees.

Smooth Blue Aster

Smooth Blue Aster has blue or purple flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, flies, and beetles.

Many small, light purple blooms with yellow centers. The stems are slightly hairy, and the leaves are narrow, creating a dense and vibrant display of color.

Glen Mittelhauser

A tall, slender plant with multiple spikes of small, tubular, deep purple-blue flowers. The flowers bloom from the bottom up on each spike, giving it a layered look. Leaves are long, serrated, and dark green.

Donald Cameron

A tall, upright plant with slender spikes of tiny, white flowers that bloom in a candelabra-like arrangement. The flowers form dense spikes, and have narrow, lance-shaped leaves.

Frank bramley

A sunflower-like plant with tall, branching stems topped with bright yellow, daisy-like flowers. Each bloom has a dark brown center,.

Paul S. Drobot

New York Aster

New York Aster has purple and red to yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, and moths.

Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain has multiple purple or blue flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

Culver’s Root

Culver’s Root has white, pink, or blue flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, moths, wasps, and flies.

Tall Coreopsis

Tall Coreopsis has yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

A compact plant with flat-topped clusters of tiny, bright yellow flowers that resemble miniature umbrellas. The leaves are dark green and finely divided.

Donald Cameron

Golden Alexanders

Golden Alexanders have bright yellow clusters of flowers that bloom in the summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, wasps, and flies.

Bright yellow petals surrounding a dark, brown, dome shaped center. The leaves are narrow and slightly fuzzy.

Bruce Patterson

Sweet Black Eyed Susans

Sweet Black Eyed Susans have yellow flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies and bees.

spikes of tubular, lavender flowers that bloom from the bottom up, creating a dense, colorful column. The leaves are broad, dark green, and covered in soft, fine hairs, giving them a slightly hoary or grayish appearance.

Kier Morse

Hoary Vervain

Hoary Vervain has purple or blue flowers that bloom in summer. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, flies, wasps, and beetles.

A tall, aromatic plant with spikes of small, pale yellow flowers arranged along the stem. The leaves are large, heart-shaped, and serrated.

eLizabeth Corrigan

Giant Yellow Hyssop

Giant Yellow Hyssop has green or brown to yellow flowers. This plant attracts bees.