Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Flowers from August through October
Grows well in meadows and wetlands
Attracts butterflies and honeybees
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
Attracted to goldenrod
Are the largest butterfly in much of the US
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Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
Flowers from September through October
Fruit is a dry seed with a tuft of dull white to pinkish
hairs to carry them off in the wind
Attracts the goldfinch
Goldfinch
Likes to eat the seeds from asters
Unlike other birds, goldfinches are strict vegetarians
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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Flowers from June through July
Grows in sandy soils and other soil in sunny areas
Popular with butterflies
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch caterpillars feed almost exclusively on milk
weed.
Millions of monarch butterflies make the trip down to
Mexico to roost for the winter
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Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Flowers from June through September
Also known as bee balm
Attracts bees to the garden
Honey Bee
Attracted to wild bergamot
Bees are the only insect in the world that make food
that humans can eat
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Purple Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
Flowers from July through August
The flowers have a light vanilla fragrance
Attracts the viceroy butterfly
Viceroy Butterfly
Attracted to purple joe-pye weed
The viceroy butterfly resembles the monarch
butterfly, which helps defend it from predators.
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Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Flowers from July through October
The flower structure has an invisible nectar
guide pattern that is visible to its pollinators under UV
light
Actias Luna Moth
The luna moth is attracted to evening primrose be
cause it blooms at night
Luna moths are huge moths, with a wingspan of four
and a half
inches
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Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia sp.)
Flowers from June to October
Part of the sunflower family
White Tailed Deer
Deer love to eat black-eyed susans
White-tail deer are good swimmers and will use large
streams and lakes to escape predators
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Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Flowers from May to July
These flowers are not fragrant, unlike the invasive
Japanese honeysuckle
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are attracted to the honeysuckle’s tube
shaped flowers, which are perfect for their long,
pointed beaks
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