Native alternatives to Daylily

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   Black-Eyed Susan

   Rudbeckia hirta

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.

   Brings back: Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, Olive-sided Flycatcher

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   Common Evening-Primrose

   Oenothera biennis

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   Disease wiped out most of them. A single bat eats thousands of insects a night, the ones night-blooming natives raise.

   Brings back: Little Brown Bat, Chimney Swift, Common Nighthawk

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   Scarlet Beebalm

   Monarda didyma

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.

   Brings back: Chimney Swift, Yellow-banded Bumble Bee

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   Butterfly Milkweed

   Asclepias tuberosa

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

   Brings back: Monarch Butterfly

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   Cup Plant

   Silphium perfoliatum

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   It needs goldenrod and asters to fatten up before winter. The late-summer blooms most gardens are missing.

   Brings back: American Bumble Bee

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   Common Milkweed

   Asclepias syriaca

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.

   Brings back: Monarch Butterfly, Rusty-patched Bumble Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee

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   Wild Bergamot

   Monarda fistulosa

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   Once common across eastern North America, now almost gone. It feeds on wild bergamot and asters, flowers any yard can grow.

   Brings back: Rusty-patched Bumble Bee, Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Barn Swallow

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   Boneset

   Eupatorium perfoliatum

   a native perennial for the same colour and fill

   Helps at-risk wildlife

   Once common across eastern North America, now almost gone. It feeds on wild bergamot and asters, flowers any yard can grow.

   Brings back: Rusty-patched Bumble Bee, Little Brown Bat, Bank Swallow

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