Native plants for a Cape Cod garden

I simply love these plants. They are hardy, have dozens of flowers, and they provide color until late fall. Orange coneflower prefers sun, and if you can provide that you will enjoy these golden daisies with chocolate centers. In my garden, they have been in bloom since July and they are still going strong. The flowers are visited by bees and butterflies, and the seeds provide nourishment for chipmunks and birds.

A good bet if you want to plant and forget…

This Rudbeckia can be a bit agressive, and will slowly expand by growing its footprint of basal leaves, but I decided I can’t get enough of these little suns. Last fall, I planted new york aster among the orange coneflower, and the combined showing of these two late bloomers is spectacular.