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· M1T 1P7, Canada area
Already a home for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee and 6 other species at risk
3 native plants in the M1T 1P7, 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
πΊRuby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Drawn to Red Columbine
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 Black-Eyed Susan
Likely visitors based on the plants in this garden and whatβs active this month.
Who this garden brings back
Because steph.x planted these, these named species have a place here.

Once common across eastern North America, now almost gone. It feeds on wild bergamot and asters, flowers any yard can grow.

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.

A once-common bumble bee in decline. Beebalm and columbine are among its favourites.

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 USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, public domain Β· 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.
Something is in bloom in 1 of the 7 months of the growing season.