Thank you for attending my Native Plants for Attracting Butterflies talk that I presented for the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library on June 22, 2021. Below are links to a variety of resources that I referred to in my talk or think you may find useful. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I’m happy to help if I can.
Have a great day!
Shannon Trimboli
Contact Information
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Backyard Ecology resources
- Ecoregions vs Gardening Zones blog article
- Curated list of blog articles providing tips for attracting pollinators and wildlife
- Curated list of blog articles highlighting native plants
- Curated list of blog articles and podcast episodes related to butterflies
- Podcast episode about Laurel Wilt Disease
- Contact info for Alexandra Blevins, Kentucky Division of Forestry’s Forest Health Specialist
- Email: alexandra.blevins@ky.gov
- Phone: (502) 382-1720
- Contact info for Alexandra Blevins, Kentucky Division of Forestry’s Forest Health Specialist
Where to purchase native plants or seeds
- Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting (my nursery)
- New website coming soon
- Also offer consulting services to help you create the pollinator and wildlife habitat of your dreams
- List of other nurseries selling native plants in KY
- Maintained by the Kentucky Native Plant Society
- Roundstone Native Seeds
Places where you can look up whether a plant is native
Other useful resources
- Information about my upcoming classes and webinars
- 2 Million Blossoms sample with article about goldenrods that are good for garden settings
Native Plants We Discussed
- Milkweeds
- Common (Asclepias syriaca)
- Rose or Swamp (Asclepias incarnata)
- Butterfly (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Susans
- Black-eyed (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Brown-eyed (Rudbeckia triloba)
- Coneflowers
- Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Pale purple coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- Asters
- Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
- Calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
- New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
- Short’s aster (Symphyotrichum shortii)
- Smooth aster (Symphyotrichum laevis)
- Wavy-leaf aster (Symphyotrichum undulatum)
- Wild indigos
- Wild blue indigo (Baptisia australis)
- Wild white indigo (Baptisia alba)
- Sunflowers
- Maximilian sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani)
- Rough sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus)
- Violets
- Common blue violet (Viola sororia)
- Goldenrods
- Sweet goldenrod (Solidago odora)