This garden is very tiny (about 25 square m plus another 12 around the side of the house), close to the street, and in an urban neighbourhood, but it does attract pollinators, including ground-nesting bees. It has evolved considerably over the years as the chokecherry tree grew and cast more shade and as I learned more about native wildflowers and pulled out periwinkle.
Left over from sunnier times are Culver’s Root, Obediant Plant, and Blazing Star. New with shadier conditions are Heart-leaved Aster, Zigzag Goldenrod, Giant Yellow Hyssop, New England Aster (which seems to thrive in any light conditions). Photo from September 2024.
That’s Foxtail Sedge in front, but it’s so large, I plan to replace it with a smaller sedge, possibly Plantain Sedge.
A Wild Raisin shrub blooms in spring, then gets buried under the asters. Wood Poppy and violets are also early bloomers.