Plants in our Pollinator Garden

The first plant that we added to our pollinator garden was Jewel weed.  It has flourished!  It is now making seeds and I am confident that it is there to stay.  Another plant that is well established is Monarda (bee balm).  We can see new plants coming up around the roots of those we originally planted in the back of the garden.  Rudbeckia (brown eyed Susans) are also well established and blooming now.  We've had excellent bloom from the coneflowers we planted and have high hopes that they will come back next year.  Surprisingly, our Blue Lobelia is doing very well, considering that this is a dry year and it is not in an especially wet spot.  New York Ironweed is growing well though it did not bloom this year.  Liatris bloomed earlier but may not have survived the dry weather we've had.  False Indigo did not bloom but is established, and we plan to add more False Indigo seed to the garden before cold weather.  We have Cranesbill Geranium that bloomed well and survives, and plan to add more.  As we learn more about our site--for example, it is sunnier than we realized it would be since it is against a wall of the school--we will be better able to select plants that are appropriate for the light, soil, and water that we have.