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[quote=Anonymous]Swamp milkweed would be a lot better than common milkweed, which gets absolutely enormous and will take over your garden. Swamp milkweed is a lot better behaved. Butterflyweed is certainly worth a try.

I don't think columbine will do well in full sun -- it's a part shade plant. And blue columbine is a cultivar, not the straight native (which is red), which would be better for attracting hummingbirds.

Swamp rose mallow is really more of a shrub than a perennial flower. It also gets quite big and sprawling.

I've never grown them personally, but Izel Plants says both sundial lupines (Lupinus perennis) and Camassia scilloides (Atlantic camas) are full sun and not too tall. Longsepal or hairy beardtongue (Penstemon) are options

With coneflowers or black-eyed Susans, or any tall perennial, you can always do the Chelsea Chop -- cut them back by at least a third Memorial Day and July 4 (approx.).

Many asters get super tall but you could try smooth blue aster, Symphyotrichum laeve, or aromatic aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium  -- both should top out around 1-3' and both can also benefit from the Chelsea Chop.

Also, don't fertilize anything -- that often makes plants tall and leggy and natives usually do just fine without. [/quote]

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