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A Hortus garden · New York, United area

mdaisy's garden

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

6 native plants in the New York, United area.

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FeaturedSupports a species at risk

Butterfly Milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa

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What this garden supports in July

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
Drawn to Common Milkweed, New England Aster +1 more
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
Drawn to Wild Bergamot
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Monarch Butterfly

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Danaus plexippus

Drawn to Common Milkweed, Butterfly Milkweed +1 more

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Drawn to Butterfly Milkweed

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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Drawn to New England Aster

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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Drawn to New England Aster

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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Drawn to New England Aster, Common Milkweed

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Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Drawn to New England Aster

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

Who this garden brings back

Because mdaisy 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.
Little Brown BatEndangeredBat
Disease wiped out most of them. A single bat eats thousands of insects a night, the ones night-blooming natives raise.
Chimney SwiftThreatenedBird
It catches every meal on the wing. Native plants sustain the insects it lives on.
Eastern Whip-poor-willThreatenedBird
Named for its haunting call, now seldom heard. It depends on the large moths native plants raise.
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.

Photos: Photo by Derek Ramsey, GFDL 1.2 · Photo by Marvin Moriarty/USFWS, public domain · Photo by Andrew C, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Dominic Sherony, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain · Photo by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0