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Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
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Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
I was inspired by the Friday Rookie Topic XVI: Flowers in the SFG. Recently I went to a program about pollinators and I realized that there were some plants more suited to the Mid-Atlantic.
Articles for Mid-Atlantic Pollinators
Here are some hints:
• Use local native plants. Research suggests native plants are four times more attractive to native bees than exotic flowers. In gardens, heirloom varieties of herbs and perennials can also provide good foraging.
• Choose several colors of flowers. Flower colors that particularly attract native bees are blue, purple, violet, white, and yellow.
• Plant flowers in clumps. Flowers clustered into clumps of one species will attract more pollinators than individual plants scattered through the habitat patch. Where space allows, make the clumps four feet or more in diameter. (There's nothing wrong with planting clumps NEAR your SFG.)
• Include flowers of different shapes. Bees are all different sizes, have different tongue lengths, and will feed on different shaped flowers. Consequently, providing a range of flower shapes means more bees can benefit.
• Have a diversity of plants flowering all season. By having several plant species flowering at once, and a sequence of plants flowering through spring, summer, and fall, you can support a range of bee species that fly at different times of the season.
Articles for Mid-Atlantic Pollinators
Here are some hints:
• Use local native plants. Research suggests native plants are four times more attractive to native bees than exotic flowers. In gardens, heirloom varieties of herbs and perennials can also provide good foraging.
• Choose several colors of flowers. Flower colors that particularly attract native bees are blue, purple, violet, white, and yellow.
• Plant flowers in clumps. Flowers clustered into clumps of one species will attract more pollinators than individual plants scattered through the habitat patch. Where space allows, make the clumps four feet or more in diameter. (There's nothing wrong with planting clumps NEAR your SFG.)
• Include flowers of different shapes. Bees are all different sizes, have different tongue lengths, and will feed on different shaped flowers. Consequently, providing a range of flower shapes means more bees can benefit.
• Have a diversity of plants flowering all season. By having several plant species flowering at once, and a sequence of plants flowering through spring, summer, and fall, you can support a range of bee species that fly at different times of the season.
I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they're feeling because that's how I read the seed catalogs in January - Barbara Kingsolver - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
thanks lots of great information in there
newstart-
Posts : 335
Join date : 2011-11-22
Age : 41
Location : houston, texas zone 9
SOME Mid-Atlantic native pollinators
HERBS:
Basil,
Oregano,
Thyme,
ANNUALS:
Larkspur,
Zinnias (old fashioned varieties),
Mexican sunflower,
Annual sunflower
Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum),
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria),
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum),
Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis),
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa),
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus),
Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum),
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa),
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis),
Lance Leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata),
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata),
Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus),
Common Monarch Flower (Asclepias syriaca),
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae),
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea),
Marsh Blazing Star (Liatris spicata),
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum),
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Basil,
Oregano,
Thyme,
ANNUALS:
Larkspur,
Zinnias (old fashioned varieties),
Mexican sunflower,
Annual sunflower
Lavender Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum),
Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria),
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum),
Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis),
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa),
Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus),
Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum),
Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa),
Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis),
Lance Leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata),
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata),
Giant Sunflower (Helianthus giganteus),
Common Monarch Flower (Asclepias syriaca),
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae),
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea),
Marsh Blazing Star (Liatris spicata),
Mistflower (Eupatorium coelestinum),
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
I have seen women looking at jewelry ads with a misty eye and one hand resting on the heart, and I only know what they're feeling because that's how I read the seed catalogs in January - Barbara Kingsolver - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
For bees, you can't beat Agastache foeniculum and the Nepetas. It's amazing how many bees they will attract.
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
In my garden, herb flowers are favorites of honeybee's,
especially oregano flowers.
especially oregano flowers.
roper2008- Posts : 11
Join date : 2012-02-04
Location : Virginia
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
bump
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
landarch- Posts : 1152
Join date : 2012-01-22
Location : kansas city
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
With all the pesticides around and the decimation of the bee population, it is imperative that we all do our bit to attract bees and other pollinating insects so that some of them survive for the future of the earth.
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
Thanks for booting this up.
Read that borage is excellent for pollenators - is there a reason NOT to include it?
Other than it is not native to our area?
BTW - Virginia has a pollenator license plate currently in the legislature, awaiting approval:
http://www.pollinatorplates.com/p/home.html
Read that borage is excellent for pollenators - is there a reason NOT to include it?
Other than it is not native to our area?
BTW - Virginia has a pollenator license plate currently in the legislature, awaiting approval:
http://www.pollinatorplates.com/p/home.html
Judy McConnell-
Posts : 440
Join date : 2012-05-08
Age : 82
Location : Manassas, VA(7a) and Riner, VA (7a)
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
nice plate!
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books
Re: Mid-Atl: Native plants to attract pollinators
Plant? I am now sold on vermiculite for many of my of seeds. Borage did fine in MM, but some seem to need a feather touch.

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