Pollinator Pathway has created a terrific illustrated guide to plants that will attract hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators through most of the year. Plan your buffet for the bees with this handy chart.
From Protect our Pollinators, here is a way to prevent grubs in your lawn without using products that can harm our insect friends. It involves some common sense organic steps to diagnose and then control the grubs that can decimate lawns.
American Beauty Native Plants has put together a list of native shrubs and trees that pollinators love. See their website for more information, but this list includes plant type, bloom time and preferred exposure. A second list includes native plants that will attract pollinators…have a look!
From Bringing Nature Home, By Doug Tallamy, this list of native trees includes the number of butterfly species supported by each and a ranking of the twenty most valuable Mid Atlantic plant genera in terms of their ability to support butterflies. Thanks to the Pollinator Pathway for compiling these lists!
There are many plant varieties that butterflies love and this garden plan includes many of them. From trees to shrubs to perennials and annuals, the scheme would be a veritable magnet!
Natureworks in Northford, CT has created a 5 step process that starts with searching for Monarch eggs on milkweed plants and feeding the larvae leaves, watching the chrysalis emerge and finally releasing the adult butterfly. Take a look and consider adding milkweed to your landscape.
More than 85% of the earth’s plants require pollinators to exist. Using these plants in your landscape with keep our butterfly and moth pollinators thriving! Check out this list from American Beauty Native Plants that includes plant type, whether it is a nectar source and/or a host plant, its bloom time and …
American Beauties Native Plants says, “1 out or every 3 bites of food you eat comes from plants that are pollinated by bees. Your help is crucial to keep these bees thriving!” See their list of native plants that includes plant type, bloom time and exposure requirements.
Like other environmentally concerned organizations, Rowayton Gardeners has become increasingly aware of the significant dangers to humans as well as the environment in using hazardous synthetic pesticides like Roundup. We encourage all of our neighbors to avoid glyphosate and other toxic pesticides used in landscape management to kill crab grass, …
Thanks to Priscilla Feral and Meghan McIntire for a great video (mounted on YouTube) on pollinators and how we can help them survive. This is such an important time of year to be particularly aware of how our actions can help bees. butterflies and birds thrive in our community and …
