Some plants that are featured in this year’s garden packs:<\/h3>\n![\"Cardinal](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cardinal-flower-sarah-640px_2-992x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n Cardinal Flower attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and also some bees\n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>![\"Monarda-fistulosa\"](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Monarda-fistulosa-1000x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)<\/em>, sometimes known as Bee Balm | Sarah Coulber\n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>![\"Liatris-spicata\"](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Liatris-spicata-1000x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)<\/em> | Sarah Coulber\n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sari-graham-new-england-aster-1100x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n This New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)<\/em> was peeking out from the side of the hiking path. Photo taken at Sulphur Springs Conservation Area, ON \u00a9 Sari Graham | CWF PHOTO CLUB\n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/swamp-milkweed-1329137817-1100x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n Milkweed attracts butterflies, bees and even hummingbirds\n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>![\"monarch](\"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/monarch-goldenrod-Caitlin-Brant-1100x640.jpg\")
<\/a>\n \n Canada Goldenrod supports bees, butterflies \n <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n- Cardinal Flower attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and also some bees<\/li>\n
- Wild Bergamot supports hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, flies and clearwing moths<\/li>\n
- Liatris attracts hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and clearwing moths<\/li>\n
- New England Aster supports bees and butterflies<\/li>\n
- Milkweed attracts butterflies, bees and even hummingbirds<\/li>\n
- Canada Goldenrod supports bees, butterflies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Many also support our wasps, most of which are solitary and whose stinger has evolved to immobilize prey for their young, not to sting potential threats like us.<\/p>\n
When you add other important habitat elements to your garden, you could be eligible for certification by CWF as Wildlife-friendly habitat, under our Garden Habitat Certification program.<\/p>\n
Learn how to certify your garden<\/a> as Wildlife-friendly!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s almost June and across the country our trees and shrubs have the fresh green of new leaves. Some have blossoms coming and going, from serviceberries to crab apples as…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[631,641],"tags":[9620,933,603],"class_list":["post-12729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-connect-with-nature","category-gardening","tag-medallion","tag-neonics","tag-pollinators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12729"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15031,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12729\/revisions\/15031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n - \n
- Cardinal Flower attracts hummingbirds, butterflies and also some bees<\/li>\n
- Wild Bergamot supports hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, flies and clearwing moths<\/li>\n
- Liatris attracts hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and clearwing moths<\/li>\n
- New England Aster supports bees and butterflies<\/li>\n
- Milkweed attracts butterflies, bees and even hummingbirds<\/li>\n
- Canada Goldenrod supports bees, butterflies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Many also support our wasps, most of which are solitary and whose stinger has evolved to immobilize prey for their young, not to sting potential threats like us.<\/p>\n
When you add other important habitat elements to your garden, you could be eligible for certification by CWF as Wildlife-friendly habitat, under our Garden Habitat Certification program.<\/p>\n
Learn how to certify your garden<\/a> as Wildlife-friendly!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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