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It is beyond important to incorporate native plants into gardens for many reasons, the main one being that they help provide nutrition to native wildlife (especially native butterflies, other insects, and birds), and do not damage the ecosystem like gardening with invasive or non-native plants might. Below are some native plants that you can look for to add to your garden or maybe they will even inspire you to start a garden with native plants!
Wild Red Columbine
Bearberry
Butterfly Weed
White Wood Aster
Marsh Marigold
Wild Geranium
New England Aster
Cardinal Flower
Partridgeberry
Wild Blue Phlox
Bloodroot
Foamflower
Trumpet Honeysuckle
Narrow-leaf Mountain Mint
Eastern Purple Coneflower
Bluets
Barren Strawberry
Turtlehead
Blue Flag Iris
May Lily of the Valley
While these are obviously not the only plants native to Connecticut, they are great flowers to start incorporating into a garden! Embedded below is a link to a regional plant list that also includes trees and shrubs native to CT, along with care information if you are considering adding any of the above or any listed on the site to your garden
Additionally, if you already have a garden, are building one using the resources above, or even if you just like being outdoors, feel free to check out the list of native butterflies we made and see how many you can spot! There is also an attached activity to print and complete with kids (that involves everyone's favorite activities, the outdoors and coloring) so print a couple sheets and have some fun outdoors!
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