Sunny section of Jill’s backyard garden.
Jill Jones’ pollinator garden is in its second year. Where there were once only common non-native plants and trees, she has planted over 30 native species in her backyard (110 m2) and side yard (7 m2). The garden is divided into sections:
- a full sun section (Wild Bergamot, Anise Hyssop, Pearly Everlasting, Butterflyweed, Culver’s Root, and Ohio Spiderwort); see photo
- a part sun/part shade area (Heart-leaved Asters, Bicknell Sedge, Porcupine Sedge, Black Cohosh, Wild Columbine, Hairy Beardtongue, Thimbleweed, and Sneezeweed)
- a woodland section (Ostrich Fern, Foamflower, Woodland Phlox, Maidenhair Fern, Sky Blue Aster, Eastern Redbud, Wooly Violet, Bottlebrush Grass and mosses)
- a shade section (Jerusalem Artichoke, Tall Meadowrue, Great Blue Lobelia and Philadelphia Fleabane)
- the side yard is under a retaining wall that drains into this yard so the garden has plants that like moisture (Joe-Pye Weed, Swamp Milkweed, Swamp Hibiscus, Dense Blazing Star, and Silverweed).