Front-Walk Native Garden Plan Create a vibrant, pollinator-friendly path with these native perennials: Blue Vervain Verbena hastata Zones 38 Attracts butterflies & supports native bees. Oxeye Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides Zones 39 Cheerful yellow blooms, great for pollinators. Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa Zones 39 Fragrant flowers loved by hummingbirds & bees. Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica Zones 49 Tall spikes of blue flowers, thrives in moist soil. Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum Zones 38 Soft pink blooms, spring nectar source. Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta Zones 39 Long-blooming, attracts butterflies & birds. Yarrow Achillea millefolium Zones 39 Medicinal & pollinator-friendly with flat clusters. Penstemon Penstemon digitalis Zones 38 Tall white blooms, attracts hummingbirds. Prairie Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis Zones 39 Graceful native grass, adds movement & texture. Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum Zones 49 Licorice-scented leaves, pollinator magnet. Meadow Blazing Star Liatris ligulistylis Zones 38 Monarch butterfly favorite with tall purple spikes. Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Zones 39 Nectar in summer, seeds for birds in fall. Culvers Root Veronicastrum virginicum Zones 38 Tall, elegant white spikes, late-season nectar. Goldenrod Solidago spp. Zones 39 Vital fall nectar source for pollinators.