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Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
He is gorgeous, Windmere! Like a white tiger! I just saw a Monarch flitting about in my hollyhocks, but he never landed, just checking it out.
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Flight of the Bumblebee
I got his shot today of a bumblebee on, you guessed it, a Queen Sophia French marigold:
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Bees, almost.....cuddly.....almost.
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Scorpio Rising wrote:Bees, almost.....cuddly.....almost.
True.
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Really nice pics, Windmere. That's a heck of a nice butterfly too.
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Saw my first bumblebee!!!!!
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Last edited by OhioGardener on 7/6/2020, 4:18 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Forgot picture)
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
I don't know if this is accepted practice but Penn State has been running a series of Webinars weekly since the beginning of June on Wednesdays beginning at 3:00 pm and ending at 4:15 pm. This week's is about Bumblebees and have been looking forward to it. Last week was about Mason Bees. The Webinars are free you just have to register for them. I would feel bad that I didn't mention it sooner but they are recorded, so you can view them if you wish. Everywhere you turn there seems to be webinars. I did do the course earlier this year, Bee Keeping 101 for free but now they are charging $79.99. It would be worth it if you are trying to decide whether or not to try and have a hive or two. Changed my mind, a good amount of work and expense. plus something else I wouldn't get to until too late. No bees for me this year. Here is the link to Penn State but to register for The Bumblebee Webinar you will have to scroll down to the bottom of the web page and then quite possibly scroll left or right to finally find the Bumblebee Webinar. This link is actually what to plant in your garden for pollinators.
https://extension.psu.edu/pollinator-series-gardening-for-pollinators
It seems Pollinator Gardens and which plants to plant for nutritional resources for pollinators for an entire season have been hot topics almost everywhere.
https://extension.psu.edu/pollinator-series-gardening-for-pollinators
It seems Pollinator Gardens and which plants to plant for nutritional resources for pollinators for an entire season have been hot topics almost everywhere.
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
I love going out in the evening, around 8:00pm, and watching the blooms of the Evening Primrose open up for the night. The flowers are so bright in the setting sun, and the flowers are important for the nighttime pollinators.
A short video of the blooms opening in realtime.
A short video of the blooms opening in realtime.
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
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Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
"In short, the soil food web feeds everything you eat and helps keep your favorite planet from getting too hot. Be nice to it." ~ Diane Miessler, "Grow Your Soil"
Re: Butterfly/Pollinator Havens - Which plants are your favorite to cultivate?
Pineapple sage in the lavender pot. We transplanted it to a 2' pot and it's getting huge. It's not a good photo as the red flowers are not present but the hummingbirds and pollinators love it.
The front yard Mexican sage is a monster that hummingbirds and pollinators also love. The beautiful purple flowers.
The front yard Mexican sage is a monster that hummingbirds and pollinators also love. The beautiful purple flowers.
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