We've been working on making a new flowerbed, and started building a raised bed last summer. Unfortunately, it's been raining so much here in Virginia, that we weren't able to get the soil till a few weeks ago. Otherwise, we'd have been paying for all the water, too! This is a native plants-only flower bed. I live in the city, and I wanted to attract and feed native pollinators and birds.

My list of plants is:

Perennials
Achillea millifolium, yarrow
Antennaria plantaginifolia, pussytoes
Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly weed
Conoclinium coelestinum, wild ageratum
Geranium maculatum, wild geranium
Liatris pilosa, shaggy blazing star
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
Opuntia humifusa, Eastern prickly pear--which my neighbor gave me when we moved in--his is 20 years old!
Penstemon digitalis, beard-tongue
Pyncnanthemum incanum, hoary mountain mint
Rudbeckia fulgida, orange cone flower
Solidago nemoralis, gray goldenrod
Symphyotrichum laeve, smooth blue aster
Symphyotrichum oblongofolium, aromatic aster

Grasses
Eragrostis spectabilis, purple love grass

Shrubs
Rosa virginiana--after just a few days, it started showing leaves!