Read along to learn about the top 23 plants for pollinators to add to your garden that will attract bees, butterflies, and hummingirds!
Pollinators—the wildlife that shuffle pollen between flowers—are being decimated. But they may still thrive with enough help from urban humans.
Want to attract bees and other pollinators and beneficial insects to your garden? Plant a variety of these annual and perennial herbs and flowers!
Learn which flowers should be planted in your vegetable garden. Companion planting flowers and vegetables, yeilds better, healthier plants.
More than 1/3 of the global food supply depends on pollinators
Plant these 15 best flowers to attract hummingbirds to your garden - so you can help support their populations, and enjoy the company!
Learn which are the best plants to attract bees to your garden. Bees are so important for our gardens. Not only do they help to pollinate flowers and crops, but honey bees work tirelessly to make
There are plenty of flowers to plant in fall to give both gardens and flower beds color and beauty. Find the best fall flowers here!
Learn how to design a stylish pollinator garden; a bustling meeting space for bees, butterflies, parasitic wasps, and hummingbirds.
Seeds German Chamomile. 20 seeds minimum. German chamomile produces tiny white flowers with yellow centers, less than an inch across. Has a slight apple scent. Makes wonderful tea, potpourri, cutting arrangements or as a pollinator plant for your garden. Please make sure to research your seeds online before starting them, so that you can ensure proper germination. We are not responsible for any issues due to germination.
What’s in Bloom? June 11, 2018 Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent. All plants native to North Carolina unless otherwise noted. Mining bee on New Jersey tea. Photo by Debbie Roos. A little corner of my Pollinator Paradise: coneflowers, culver’s root, and bee balm. Photo by Debbie Roos. Here’s What’s Blooming This Week Achillea x ‘Moonshine’ Yarrow * exotic Achillea x ‘Paprika’ Yarrow * exotic Agastache ‘Acapulco Orange’ Hummingbird ...
I love integrating STEM challenges into science units! This pollinator STEM challenge is a great way to integrate STEM with ecosystems in second grade!
Columbine comes in an array of vibrant colors. Learn about native and nonnative varieties of this delightful early spring flower, here on Gardener’s Path.
By following these tips on how to propagate lavender, you can have a garden full of the dazzling and fragrant purple herb.
Pollinator gardens are special gardens designed to attract pollinators. These pollinators include bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
This vital and simply told story of pollination offers lush visual effects that illuminate their ongoing work by day and by night. Presented narratively, this title captivates young learners, emphasizing pollinators' vital role in our planet's survival. It conveys that even small creatures wield significant influence, illustrating pollinators' continuous journey for food. The intricate dance between pollinators and flowers is nature's wisdom in action. As flowers beckon, pollinators respond, playing a pivotal role in life's cycle. This dynamic exchange narrates the story of pollination, where pollinators fertilize plants while obtaining sustenance. Key Features: Engages young learners, emphasizing pollinators' life-giving role. Conveys that even small creatures make enormous Earth contributions. Educates about 24/7 global pollination value. Makes pollination understanding visual and accessible. Provides a closer look at pollination as a story. Includes additional teaching materials that enrich learning with pollinator bios, flower diagrams, and pollinator garden flower suggestions. This story underscores the importance of caring for Earth, highlighting its reciprocal response to positive stewardship.
See what to do with coneflower after it blooms - including deadheading old blooms, cutting back and dividing overgrown plants!
Whether you want to reduce your grass lawn or replace it, there are lots of options for alternative eco-lawns including wildflowers, clovers, and fescue grass seed mixes.
Are you interested in growing Echinacea (Coneflowers), but don't know where to start? Then read this Beginner's Guide to Growing Echinacea
Review the stages of pollination and the role of insect pollinators in the reproduction of flowering plants with these flower foldouts. With multiple template options, this hands-on activity is a fun alternative to a worksheet that allows students to sequence the stages before gluing and folding. This listing is a digital download (20-page PDF) to print the pages you require at home or school. Benefits of this activity -Low-prep -Use as a review or assessment -A FUN and hands-on alternative to a worksheet -Suitable for interactive science notebooks -Differentiate with easy-cut options and 3 templates (see below) The templates -Template 1: Students color the flower and pollination stages, match the descriptions to the images on the template, glue, cut and fold. -Template 2: Students color the flower and pollination stages, sequence the stages on the template, glue, cut and fold. -Template 3: Students color the flower and pollination stages, match the descriptions to the images, sequence everything on the template, glue, cut and fold. All 3 templates have an easy-cut (straight edge) option for the flower on the outside. Also included -11 Vocabulary cards to print on colored or white cardstock. Cut out individually for students to match the words to the descriptions. There are also 11 color picture cards you could print on white cardstock to add to the activity for students to match words, definitions and images. The words are anther, flower, nectar, ovary, ovules, petals, pollen, pollination, pollinator, stigma, style -Pollination word search with 15 words to find (forward, down, and diagonally). -US and UK versions of the resource Is this resource editable? No, this 20-page PDF resource is not editable.
The Echinacea MOOODZ® Series is a series of fast flowering Echinacea from tissue culture. With these varieties you will not only be one of the first to hit the market, you will do so with a highly attractive crop, leaving the rest far behind.
Get ready! It is time to discover the pollinating superheroes! I introduce to you Powerful Pollinators—part of my Summer Camp at Home Big Kid Edition! This is a fun, engaging science unit study that combines science and environmental education—perfect to get you outside and observe pollinators in action. This unit study, like all of our
Echinacea Purple Coneflower - The beautiful long-lasting purple flowers grow on stems up to 5’ tall. Flowers attract pollinators and roots are used to make tea. These beautiful flowers are native to moist prairies, meadows and open woods of the central and eastern United States. Echinacea Purple Coneflower seeds can be planted in the fall, directly into the garden soil. Scatter seeds outside in the fall or start seeds indoors in spring. Echinacea requires well-drained soil in full to part sun. It is easy to grow from seed. Sow seeds thickly in the fall covering them lightly with soil. Plant seeds outside in the spring after the last frost date. Or start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost date, then transplant 18-24" apart after all danger of frost has passed. Seeds germinate in 7-21 days. Plants can grow to a height of 5' tall and grow in full sun or partial shade. Each packet contains 300 Echinacea Purple Coneflower seeds. Echinacea purpurea. Annual. Open-pollinated, heirloom, non-GMO. $3.00 Packet plants 100 sq. ft area. Echinacea is a low-water plant; however, you’ll need to water young plants to help them establish new roots. Established plants can survive light freezes, but protect your early spring seedlings from late frosts. Echinacea can be a herbal medicine and has been used for centuries, customarily as a treatment for the common cold, coughs, bronchitis, upper respiratory infections, and some inflammatory conditions. Birds and pollinators also love Echinacea, as it provides nectar in the summer and the flowers' seed heads provide seeds for birds in the fall and winter months – so we love to leave stalks standing to bring in feathered friends like Goldfinches to the winter garden. Find out more on how you can grow a Bird Seed Garden » This item is part of the Get Real Grow Food collection. Click here for more choices.
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Coreopsis tinctoria, or Plains Tickseed, is a 2-4 foot annual species that prefers the full sun to moderate shade and well-drained soils. Plains Tickseed is a very showy flower with reddish-purple centers and yellow borders blooming from June to August. … Continued
Discover 11 different types of linden trees, each showcased with photos to help you identify and appreciate their unique beauty and characteristics.
Add native interest to your landscape! Unique spherical flowers attract pollinators. Compact size makes it perfect for just about any garden. Zones 4-10, sun/part sun, 5' tall x 5' wide at maturity.
