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Jul 19, 2018 9:44 PM CST
Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
Kentucky - Plant Hardiness Zone 7a
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I'll have to come up with a more fleshed out list, but at first blush...

Tithonia (Mexican sunflower) - blooms until frost and everything loves it... Bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, etc. I will never be without this plant again.

Swamp milkweed
Common milkweed
Butterfly weed
Speedwell's... Honestly every member of this genus that I've seen
Rudbeckias
Echinaceas
Delphinium
Huecheras / Coral bells - don't overlook these. Most native bees are quite small and Huecheras seem to only draw them here.
Cannas - confirmed, great for certain bees and hummingbirds
Swamp hibiscus, a.k.a. Swamp Rose Mallow - love watching hibiscus bee males patiently awaiting female arrivals in the flowers
Almost any Helianthus spp.
Monardas
Sedums - any of the tall showy types. I have a lot of Autumn Fire and Autumn Joy but do have a couple of others. All are bee and butterfly magnets.
Echeverias - we found out by accident that hummingbirds like them... So we now have more!
Zinnias
Cosmos
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Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.

"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE
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