Key to lists below: Common name (botanical name) USDA Zones

Flowers

• Columbine (Aquilegia) 3-9
• Delphinium 3-7
• Coral bells (Heuchera sanguinea) 3-8
• Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) 3-9
• Bee balm (Monarda didyma) 4-9
• Sage (Salvia officinalis) 4-8
• Scarlet sage (S. splendens) Annual

Vines

• Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) 4-9
• Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Annual
• Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) 3-9

Shrubs

• Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) 5-9
• Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) 9-11
• Beauty bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) 4-8
• Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) 3-9
• Weigela (W. florida) 5-8

Trees

• Buckeye, horse chestnut (Aesculus glabra) 4-7
• Silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) 6-9
• Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) 4-9
• Chinaberry (Melia azedarach) 7-10
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) 4-9

Bill Thompson III is editor of Bird Watcher's Digest. He makes his home in Marietta, Ohio.

Photography by National Gardening Association