Summer Garden- Native Plants and Wildlife Habitat. Part-2

Summer garden with native plants and healthy ecosystem can be very resilient and continue to support wildlife even during hot summer weather

Summer Garden- Native Plants and Wildlife Habitat. Part-2
Lesser Goldfinch (male) on Annual Sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Home Garden. July 2026
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Episode 22

Native Plants Featured

  • Annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
  • Gregg's mistflower (Conoclinium greggii)
  • Palo verde -"Desert Museum" (Parkinsonia )
  • New Mexico privet (Forestiera neomexicana)
  • Black dalea (Dalea frutescens
  • Skeletonleaf goldeneye (Viguiera stenoloba)
  • Sand-Bells  (Nama hispidum)
  • Silver ponyfoot (Dichondra argentea)
  • Trailing Windmill vine (Allionia incarnata) 
  • Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)
  • Wolfberry (Lycium andersonii)
  • Autumn sage (Salvia greggii)
  • Desert red bird-of-paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) 
  • Golden columbine (Aquilegia chrysantha
  • Cherry skullcap (Scutellaria suffrutescens)
  • Yellow bells (Tecoma stans)

Wildlife Mentioned

  • Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
  • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
  • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
  • Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)

If you need more information on Hummingbird feeders, if safe to use and is it beneficial then please listen to episode 5. 

Also for humminbird nectar ( sugar water ) recipe and correct ratio : visit link given below for Audubon.org

https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-hummingbird-nectar

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