What this garden supports in July
In season now
πSweat Bee
Halictus ligatus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
πLeafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Drawn to
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A Hortus garden Β· Nova Scotia, Canada area
Already a home for the Wood Thrush and 6 other species at risk
19 native plants in the Nova Scotia, Canada area.
πSweat Bee
Halictus ligatus
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
πLeafcutter Bee
Megachile rotundata
Drawn to Black-Eyed Susan
π¦Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Drawn to
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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¦Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Drawn to Common Elderberry
π¦American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Drawn to Common Elderberry
Likely visitors based on the plants in this garden and whatβs active this month.
Who this garden brings back
Because hammock_inspector 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 flute-like song is fading from our woods. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it needs to feed its chicks.

A bright yellow warbler in decline. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it feeds to its young.

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.

One of our most beautiful moths raises its young on native trees like birch and serviceberry.
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 Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0 Β· Photo by Dan Pancamo, CC BY-SA 2.0 Β· Photo by Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0 Β· Photo by Shawn Hanrahan, CC BY-SA 2.5
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 4 of the 7 months of the growing season.