Pollinator Plants of East Tennessee

A guide to the native plants useful as nectar and/or host plants in East Tennessee pollinator gardens. Created for Knoxville Zoo's Classroom Pollinator Project.

Little Bluestem ¹
Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass ²
Sorghastrum nutans

Showy Milkweed ³
Asclepias speciosa

Butterfly Milkweed ⁴
Asclepias tuberosa

Tall Coreopsis ⁵
Coreopsis tripteris

Threadleaf Tickseed ⁶
Coreopsis verticillata

Purple Coneflower ⁷
Echinacea purpurea

Dwarf Joe-Pye weed ⁸
Eutrochium dubium

Wandflower ⁹
Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

Blazing Star ¹⁰
Liatris spicata

Wild Bergamot ¹¹
Monarda fistulosa

Foxglove Beardtongue ¹²
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'

Narrowleaf mountainmint ¹³
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Black-eyed Susan ¹⁴
Rudbeckia fulgida

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Pollinator Plants of East Tennessee

Little Bluestem 1 Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass 2 Sorghastrum nutans

Showy Milkweed 3 Asclepias speciosa

Butterfly Milkweed 4 Asclepias tuberosa

Tall Coreopsis 5 Coreopsis tripteris

Threadleaf Tickseed 6 Coreopsis verticillata

Purple Coneflower 7 Echinacea purpurea

Dwarf Joe-Pye weed 8 Eutrochium dubium

Wandflower 9 Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

Blazing Star 10 Liatris spicata

Wild Bergamot 11 Monarda fistulosa

Foxglove Beardtongue 12 Penstemon digitalis 'Husker's Red'

Narrowleaf mountainmint 13 Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Black-eyed Susan 14 Rudbeckia fulgida