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From bayous to pine savannahs, Louisiana natives handle heat, humidity, and storms while feeding pollinators all season. For deeper plant lists and layout ideas, browse great pollinator plants for Louisiana and migration fuel picks in monarch nectar plants for Louisiana.

Spring kick off – Wake the garden with early nectar from frostweed (Verbesina virginica) and fragrant Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica); add bristle or yellow thistle (Cirsium horridulum) where soils are sandy and open, then anchor sunny beds with butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) for host and nectar in one plant.

Summer fuel – Layer color and height using spiked blazing star (Liatris spicata), blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), and minty slender mountainmint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium); weave in purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), tall Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum), and stately giant ironweed (Vernonia gigantea); keep wild energy with field thistle (Cirsium discolor) and spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata); tuck whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) between taller clumps, and try coastal friendly beach blanketflower (Gaillardia pulchella) where soil is gritty.

Fall top ups – Prime migration with narrowleaf sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius), upright showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) and coastal seaside goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens); extend bloom with wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia), calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum), and repeat-flowering frostweed (Verbesina virginica); add eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia) for late coastal nectar.

Wet feet winners – For swales, ditches, and pond edges, lean on buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), long-blooming smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis), and essential swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

Cluster plants, match sun and moisture, keep chemicals out, and your Louisiana garden will buzz, flutter, and glow from spring through frost.

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