May 19th will be the Annual Plant Sale 8am until sold out! Heirloom Tomatoes and Pepper Plants and new for this year 6 Pack Pollinator Garden The following plants will be in the six pack. Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Blazing Star Liatris Liatris spicata Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta New England Asters Aster novae-angliae (In some references, it will be listed as Symphyotrichum) Why Have a Pollinator Garden?
Butterflies, bees and other insects are attracted to flowers in search of nectar. They brush up against the anthers of a flower, get pollen grains on their body and carry the pollen from flower to flower. A Pollinator Garden is a garden predominately with flowers that provide nectar or pollen for a range of pollinating insects. A pollinator garden can be any size. You might only have a balcony or a small yard, but you can still plant a pollinator friendly flowers there.
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