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What To Plant To Promote A Healthy Garden Habitat

The health of your garden is highly impacted by the presence of pollinators such as butterflies, bees, wasps, and hummingbirds. Not only do plants depend on them, but our pollinator friends are responsible for 70 percent of the food we eat. Recent news states that pollinator populations are drastically declining. Thus, planting gardens to attract them is even more important! Here are some common pollinators and Chicago and the plants you can grow to attract them.



Butterflies:


What to plant:

  • Beebalm

  • Black-eyed Susan

  • Blanket flower

  • Butterfly weed

  • Butterfly bush

  • Coneflower

  • Dill

  • Globe thistle

  • Gayfeather

  • Milkweed

  • Parsley

  • Red valerian

  • Tomatoes

  • Yarrow

  • Zinnia



Bees!!!!:


What To Plant:

  • Bayberry

  • Beebalm

  • Big blue lobelia

  • Black-eyed Susan

  • Catmint

  • Foxtail lily

  • Goldenrod

  • Jacob's ladder

  • Joe-pye weed

  • Lavender

  • Purple coneflower

  • Smooth blue aster

  • Smooth beardtongue

  • Stonecrop

  • Sunflower





Hummingbirds



What To Plant:

  • Beebalm

  • Flowering tobacco

  • Foxgloves

  • Fuchsia

  • Honeysuckle

  • Hyssop

  • Lantana

  • Lobelia

  • Morning glory

  • Red buckeye

  • Rhododendron

  • Salvia

  • Trumpet creeper

  • Verbena

  • Weigela

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