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A Hortus garden · Nova Scotia, Canada area

amcgrath's garden

Already a home for the Monarch Butterfly and 5 other species at risk

4 native plants in the Nova Scotia, Canada area.

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Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

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What this garden supports in July

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Sweat Bee
Halictus ligatus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
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Leafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
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Black-Eyed Susan

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Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan

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American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan

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Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan

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Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan

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House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan

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

Who this garden brings back

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

Monarch ButterflyEndangeredButterfly
A Monarch can only raise its young on milkweed. No milkweed, no Monarchs. It's that simple, and that fixable.
Eastern MeadowlarkThreatenedBird
A grassland bird losing its grasslands. Native bunchgrasses bring back the insects and cover it needs.
BobolinkThreatenedBird
A bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.
Olive-sided FlycatcherThreatenedBird
It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.
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 Derek Ramsey, GFDL 1.2 · Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain · Photo by Paul Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0