CBW's garden

Already a home for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee and 8 other species at risk

20 native plants in the L2E 1X8, Canada area.

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FeaturedSupports a species at risk

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

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What this garden supports in July

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
Drawn to Wild Bergamot
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
Drawn to Wild Bergamot, Bloodroot +1 more
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Archilochus colubris

Drawn to Red Columbine

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Western Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio rutulus

Drawn to Wild Bergamot

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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Drawn to Wild Bergamot

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Western Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis

Drawn to Wild Bergamot

Likely visitors based on the plants in this garden and what’s active this month.

Who this garden brings back

Because CBW planted these, these named species have a place here.

Rusty-patched Bumble BeeEndangeredBee
Once common across eastern North America, now almost gone. It feeds on wild bergamot and asters, flowers any yard can grow.
Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble BeeEndangeredBee
The bees it relies on need these same native blooms. Plant for one, and you feed both.
Barn SwallowThreatenedBird
A bird that once nested on every farm, now threatened. Native plants feed the flying insects it catches on the wing.
Bank SwallowThreatenedBird
It feeds entirely on flying insects. Every native flowering patch is more food in the air it hunts.
Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBird
It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
Yellow-banded Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.
American Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
It needs goldenrod and asters to fatten up before winter. The late-summer blooms most gardens are missing.
Eastern Wood-PeweeSpecial concernBird
Its slow 'pee-a-wee' call is heard less each year. It needs the flying insects native plants support.
Transverse Lady BeetleSpecial concernBeetle
Our native ladybugs are being pushed out. Native plants give them aphids to hunt and cover to overwinter.

Photos: Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain · Photo by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo by Malene Thyssen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by John, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0