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My garden currently has mostly basil, abelia, phlox, and some late sunflowers that are still holding on to feed our pollinators. Bees really love the basil and it's super easy to grow all summer. Hummingbirds are getting close to moving on but they still are hitting up their feeder over the abelia bush, which they also enjoy. I moved some garlic chives into one of the beds last year, and the bees also love that when it does finally bloom, but it's giving the basil a run for its money as 'most runaway invasive plant ever". The phlox is pretty much done but it's kept the hummingbird and hummingbird moths busy all summer. We've mostly focused on food plants in the garden this year, but I'd recommend a sunflower like helianthus; also, Stonecrop sedum is a good fall bloomer and pretty low maintenance. We also have Rose of Sharon and Crape Myrtle ornamentals that bloom pretty much throughout the spring to fall seasons. Unfortunately, both of my crape myrtles are covered with bark scale so I'm gonna have to cut them the hell back to get rid of em. Luckily they only attack the one type of plant, but man they look like crap, little fuzzy mold looking bastards all over the bark. Also, don't hesitate to get a hummingbird feeder and put some sugar water out for em. You'll likely get a lot traveling ones passing through as they migrate and they need all the energy they can get!
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