NATIVE PLANT GARDEN Wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is a good source of The species of native plants you see here nectar for hummingbirds. MILKWEED: A SPECIAL STORY Can you guess why? NRCS PLANTS Database PLANTS NRCS have been growing in this region since - before European settlers arrived. Native Lobos Lobos USDA @ plants are important habitat for wildlife, - providing food and shelter. Villa Jane NRCS PLANTS Database PLANTS NRCS - @ USDA @ One of autumn’s showiest flowers, New Green, USFS Green, England aster (Symphyotrichum novae- Mohlenbrock Melissa Melissa angliae) attracts moths and butterflies, and Robert H. H. Robert is an important source of nectar for bees. Thomas G. Barnes, University of Kentucky University Barnes, G. Thomas NRCS PLANTS Database PLANTS NRCS - @ USDA @ Allain http://www.hort.uconn.edu Larry Larry An indicator of poor soil, sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) Grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) attracts is not really a fern at all; look for its woody stems. Its butterflies and is a food source for birds in the fall. USFS Green, leaves are very aromatic when crushed. Melissa Melissa Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) is critical to the life cycle of monarch Look for wild geranium butterflies. Monarchs eat the flower nectar (Geranium and lay their eggs only on milkweed. The maculatum) larvae are not affected by the poison they flowers in late spring. absorb from the leaves; instead they become NRCS PLANTS Database PLANTS NRCS - distasteful to potential predators. Monarchs complete a multi-generational migration G.A. Cooper @ USDA @ Cooper G.A. each year between Mexico and the northern The attractive flowers and colorful berries of bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), also called kinnikinnick, make it a U.S. and Canada that would be impossible popular ground cover. The berries are a food source for wildlife. without milkweed. Thomas G. Barnes, University of Kentucky University Barnes, G. Thomas .