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What Did Black Swallowtails Eat Before we Brought In Parsley, Dill, and Queen Anne’s Lace?

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Last week I used a photo of a Black Swallowtail Butterfly in a post, which prompted one of my favorite Ecosystem Gardeners, Cindy Brown Ahern, to post this comment on Facebook:
This is such a beautiful creature, and YOU can do something as simple as planting parsley, dill, fennel, carrots in your garden to provide a [...]

Butterfly Gardening 17 comments

Native Plant nurseries of the U.S. and Canada

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The wonderful folks at Wildlife Gardeners forum have compiled a fabulous list of native plant nurseries in the U.S. and Canada.
The list is divided into 3 parts:

North American Native Plant Nurseries A-L
North American Native Plant Nurseries M-Z
Canada

The folks at Wildlife Gardeners Forum are very friendly and knowledgeable, so check out the forums while you’re there.
We’ve [...]

Native Plants 6 comments