yellow birch, swamp birch
Best grown in moist, acidic, sandy or rocky, well-drained soil in afternoon shade to protect … Continued
browsing: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
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Include these plants in your landscape to host Eastern Tiger Swallowtails!
Canada Red chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
A hardy and colorful native tree is perfect for difficult spots, tolerating heat, cold, wind, … Continued
pussy willow
Salix discolor
Pussy willow is a small tree or large shrub. As one of the earliest blooming … Continued
black cherry
Prunus serotina
This native ranges from southeastern Canada through the eastern US, and west to Texas. White … Continued
curly willow
Salix matsudana ‘Torulosa’
Grow in any soil soils in full sun or shade. Prefers full sun. Prune as … Continued
sweet bay magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Sweet Bay comes from a cooler, northern range and blooms later avoiding late frost damage … Continued
clump river birch
Betula nigra
Vigorous, fast-growing, medium-sized, native deciduous tree which occurs on floodplains, swampy bottomlands, and along streams. … Continued
sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Trees have three distinctly different 3-5” long leaves: three-lobed, mitten-shaped, and simple, that turn red, … Continued
cottonwood
Populus deltoides
State tree of Kansas! Broad open crown of widely spreading branches covered in lustrous, bright … Continued
tulip tree
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip trees are fast growers, often measuring growth of more than 2′ per year. Tulip-shaped flowers … Continued
