Recommended Native Plants for Maryland
… Yellow Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Shrubs Black Chokeberry Black Chokeberry Black Huckleberry Black Huckleberry Common … Mapleleaf Viburnum Northern Bayberry Northern Bayberry Red Chokeberry Red Chokeberry Smooth Hydrangea Smooth Hydrangea …
Pollination Basics
… Insect pollinators include bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, and moths. Habitat loss and fragmentation (the … by invertebrate pollinators such as bees and wasps, butterflies and moths, flies, and beetles. As pollinators … groups of insect pollinators: bees and wasps, beetles, butterflies and moths, and flies. Some are generalists and …
Herb Problems
… Aphids Black bean aphids Aphids have a wide range of host plants. They can be found on plant stems and on leaves. Look … Parsley, dill, and fennel are some of the host plants of the black swallowtail caterpillar. They can have … caterpillars turn into black swallowtail butterflies, a native butterfly to most of the eastern United States and …
Native Plants for Sunny Slopes
… Here are our favorite plants for sunny slopes. Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus Slope attributes: deer …
Weed Identification Photos in Maryland
… Grassy weeds and sedges Annual Bluegrass Annual Bluegrass Bamboo Bamboo Bermudagrass Bermudagrass Crabgrass Crabgrass …
Invasives in Your Woodland - Butterflybush (updated 2025)
… from positive public relations related to the decline of butterflies. However, it is indeed invasive, and contributes …
April Gardening Tips and Tasks
… it yellows and dies back naturally. Lawns Lawns growing well that were fertilized in the fall should not need …
Cultivars of Native Plants
… as they pass through. Many native bees, and all moths and butterflies, need native plants to complete their life …
Linthicum Walks
… which means the garden beds provide resources that monarch butterflies need to sustain their annual migration and … Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana Whirling Butterflies Oenothera lindheimeri White Panicle Aster … To learn how to support monarch butterflies on your own property, visit Monarch Watch …
Pollinator Friendly Plant Production 2: Controlling Insect Pests (FS-1095)
… the predatory beneficial hiding in the orange blossoms?* Butterflies are less efficient pollinators than bees are. … to manage unwanted caterpillars (the larvae of moths and butterflies). Btk affects young caterpillars but the sprays …