What this garden supports in July
In season now
πSweat Bee
Halictus ligatus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan, Lance-Leaved Tickseed
πEastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
Drawn to Hairy Beardtongue
πLeafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
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A Hortus garden Β· P7A 3S5, Canada area
Already a home for the Eastern Meadowlark and 4 other species at risk
7 native plants in the P7A 3S5, Canada area.
πSweat Bee
Halictus ligatus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan, Lance-Leaved Tickseed
πEastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
Drawn to Hairy Beardtongue
πLeafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
Map yours free and see who it brings back.
Start your own gardenDrawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Drawn to Little Bluestem, Black-Eyed Susan
Likely visitors based on the plants in this garden and whatβs active this month.
Who this garden brings back
Because cswins planted these, these named species have a place here.

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

A bubbling song of summer meadows, now threatened. Native grasses rebuild the habitat it raises its young in.

It perches on tall spruces and sallies out to catch flying insects. Native blooms keep its prey in the air.

Its slow 'pee-a-wee' call is heard less each year. It needs the flying insects native plants support.

Our native ladybugs are being pushed out. Native plants give them aphids to hunt and cover to overwinter.
Photos: Photo by Ken Thomas, public domain Β· Photo by Paul Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0 Β· Photo by Mike's Birds, CC BY-SA 2.0 Β· Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 Β· Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
support pollinators
feed birds
host caterpillars
Categories overlap. A single species often supports pollinators, birds, and caterpillars at once.
More than half the plants here are larval hosts, raising the caterpillars that baby songbirds depend on.
Something is in bloom in 6 of the 7 months of the growing season.
Supports a species at risk



