Mailbox Habitat

Mailbox habitat planWith just a few native plants and a birdhouse or birdbath, your mailbox can become a small wildlife magnet inviting birds and butterflies to dine or take up residence.

Planting Key

Full sun, dry soil
A: Rose verbena (Glandularia canadensis)
B: Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
C: Royal catchfly (Silene regia)
D: Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya)
E: MO black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia missouriensis)
V: Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Shade or semi-shade, average to moist soil
AA: Golden ragwort (Packera aureus)
BB: Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
CC: Meadow Phlox (Phlox maculata)
DD: Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
EE: Shining Blue Star (Amsonia illustris)
VV: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)