Key plants in The Moonshadow Moth Garden

Soft meadow plants, grasses, and moonlight-white flowers create a sense of calm, lighting the way for nocturnal moths. Tall native trees and shrubs to provide height and drama and varied hues and textures of caterpillar-friendly plants to form a rich tapestry at ground level

Crataegus monogyna ‘Compacta’

Crataegus monogyna 'Compacta'

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A habitat and food source to hundreds of species of pollinators and other wildlife. A versatile and climate resilient native tree or shrub, that thrives in most soils and with lots of seasonal interest.

Lonicera periclymenum ‘Chic et Choc’

An evening scented deciduous climber, tubular, white-to-creamy white flowers, flushed reddish-purple from mid and late summer, followed by glossy, red berries 

Pictured:  <i>Lonicera periclymenum </i>‘Serpentine’

 Lonicera periclymenum ‘Serpentine’

Buddleja davidii Buzz Hot Raspberry

Buddleja davidii Buzz Hot Raspberry

A hardy compact shrub suitable for a container gardens, producing masses of cerise pink flowers all summer long.

Echium vulgare

A moth specific food source, flowering violet to blue, spectacular spikes of purple to blue flowers, tinged with sharp pink.

<i>Echium vulgare</i>

Achilliea millefolium,

Achilliea millefolium

With scented feathery leaves, this moonlight white native perennial is attractive to pollinators from day to night. Seedheads provide valuable food for birds during winter.

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