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A Hortus garden · M6S 3Z8, Canada area

safire's garden

Already a home for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee and 5 other species at risk

22 native plants in the M6S 3Z8, Canada area.

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FeaturedSupports a species at risk

Dense Blazing-Star

Liatris spicata

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What this garden supports in July

In season now

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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm, Dense Blazing-Star
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm, White Trillium
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Eastern Carpenter Bee

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Xylocopa virginica

Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm

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Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Drawn to Dense Blazing-Star, Scarlet Beebalm

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm, Dense Blazing-Star

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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm, Dense Blazing-Star

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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm

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Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Drawn to Scarlet Beebalm

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

Who this garden brings back

Because safire 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.
Wood ThrushThreatenedBird
Its flute-like song is fading from our woods. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it needs to feed its chicks.
Canada WarblerThreatenedBird
A bright yellow warbler in decline. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it feeds to its young.
Chimney SwiftThreatenedBird
It catches every meal on the wing. Native plants sustain the insects it lives on.
American Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
It needs goldenrod and asters to fatten up before winter. The late-summer blooms most gardens are missing.
Yellow-banded Bumble BeeSpecial concernBee
A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.

Photos: Photo by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain · Photo by Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo by Andrew C, CC BY 2.0 · Photo by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0