What gardener doesn’t love to see a hummingbird or two making a visit to their blooming garden? These little flying gems are adored by gardeners not just because of how…
As a child, one of my favorite pastimes was watching the hummingbirds flutter about in my parent’s garden. They always seemed to be around the feeders and certain plants, but…
Monarda or bee balm is a perennial that is native to North America. The plant produces beautiful flowers in purple, red, pink or white. The green foliage of bee balm…
Also known as old man’s whiskers, prairie smoke is a wildflower perennial that will add some interest to an outdoor garden. It has green foliage that changes to more traditional…
I love the way that viper’s bugloss looks in a garden, and in addition to the look of the plant, it will bring bees and other pollinators to your outdoor…
The Lacy Phacelia is an elegant plant that blooms in the summer with lacy, light-purple flowers. It’s a high-nectar plant, so it attracts pollinators to the area. It grows to…
Pollinators are vital to the production of fruits and veggies, but it’s not just your cultivated crops that benefit from attracting pollinators to your yard and garden. Without them, we…
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) is a genus of plants with over 100 species that grow wild in the Americas. It is vital to the survival of the monarch butterfly as it…
As the fall season approaches, it offers a unique opportunity to enhance your garden with plants that support pollinators. By selecting the right native species, you can create a vibrant…
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.
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