Pollinator Garden Plants

As you do so consider your climate and growing space.

Pollinator garden plants.

Pollinator patch planted by the. Pollinators thrive on flower nectar and pollen. They re best suited for your growing conditions and for the local pollinators. If monarch butterflies are native to your area help them out by planting milkweed which monarch caterpillars require for nutrition.

Pollinators overwinter in different life stages. Also plant flowers in groupings which are more enticing to pollinators than single plants. As much as possible choose varieties that are native to your area. Bring a biodiversity of insects to your pollinator garden by choosing native plants with different flower colors shapes sizes and blooming periods.

The bonus is that you will have room for many more blooms for pollinators. Elegans produces red blooms in early fall and s. Plants of varying heights planted close together will form a weed barrier far superior to a bed of mulch. A pollinator garden challenge was recently launched to encourage more use of native plants in the garden that help create a stronger ecosystem.

Among our favorites pineapple sage s. Seek out a site that receives at least six hours of sun each day. Plant a variety of flowers so something is blooming in your pollinator garden throughout the growing season. Eggs larvae pupae and adults.

A pollinator habitat sign posted in a blooming pollinator garden. Plant large patches of pollinator plants which makes it easier for pollinators to forage. Planning a pollinator garden acquiring plants. Save perennial garden cleanup for spring.

Read through the list of pollinator friendly plants below. If your space is limited consider growing the pollinator garden plants in containers filled. When you re ready to start planting you ll need your seeds or plants along with essentials like gardening tools to break the soil as well as extra soil or compost and mulch. Indigo spires deep blue in summer.

Plant this in a pollinator garden and the hummingbirds will definitely come. Attracting pollinators to your garden using native plants pdf 3 2 mb developed and published by the lolo national forest missoula montana providing a guide to providing habitats for pollinators primarily in the western united states. Instead place plants closer together.