flowers for pollinators

Do some flower shopping–either in a nursery or online–and you will quickly come across native cultivars. These are native flowers that have been selected or hybridized, to produce a…

Watch a bee on the gorgeous annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus), and the phrase “busy as a bee” comes to mind. A sunflower’s head is actually composed of hundreds of…

The right annual flowers can be a powerhouse for your yard. They will give food, in the form of pollen and nectar, for bees, other pollinators, and beneficial insects all summer…