Native Plants

Oswego-Tea

Monarda fistulosa
Location

Native to

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Type
Annuals/Per.
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Nectar

Also known as Wild Bergamot and Beebalm, this is a showy, herbaceous perennial that grows up to 4 feet tall. Highly branched, it produces clusters of lavender, pink, or white flowers resembling ragged pompoms on top of 2 to 5 foot open-branched stems. This fragrant plant is highly attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees, and can grow in full sun to partial shade, in a variety of dry to moist soils.

May Attract

Oswego-Tea is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Hummingbirds
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

Audubon Centers, State Offices & Chapters

These Audubon locations near you offer native plant services

In some parts of the country you may not have a "local" Audubon that is able to provide help with native plants for birds, but we will still show you the closest Audubon that can help.

Audubon Upper Mississippi River

2355 HIGHWAY 36 WEST, ROSEVILLE, MN 55113

651-739-9332 |

audubonumr@audubon.org

Services

  • Habitat installation/restoration projects

Where to Buy

Find in-person and online vendors for your home or wholesale project. It's a good idea to call ahead to verify native stocks, and find out what services they offer.

Kingfisher Farms

29633 170th Avenue, Long Grove, IA 52756

(563) 285-5406

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Local resources
Your local Audubon offering native plant services is Quad City Audubon Society.
PO Box 81, Bettendorf, IA 52722
| qcaudubon@gmail.com
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Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Wrens
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+11

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SHRUBS

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Orioles
Wood Warblers
Crows & Jays
+11

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Caterpillars

Fruit

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TREES

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Woodpeckers
Thrushes
Wood Warblers
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May attract

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Nuts

 
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SHRUBS / TREES

American Plum

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Wood Warblers
Crows & Jays
Thrushes
+10

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Thrushes
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TREES

American Sycamore

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Finches
Vireos
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
+11

May attract

Finches
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Cardinals & Grosbeaks
Sparrows

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SHRUBS / TREES

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Sparrows
Orioles
Chickadees & Titmice
+11

May attract

Sparrows
Orioles
Chickadees & Titmice
Wrens
Finches

Provides

Butterflies

Caterpillars

Fruit

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TREES

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Finches
Mockingbirds & Thrashers
Cardinals & Grosbeaks
+11

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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