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  • 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 …