Feed Pollinators with These Cool-Season Plant Combinations Keep pollinators happy with these spring and fall blooming plant combinations! Grow cool-season plants for pollinators
Summer brings plenty of flowers to keep pollinators happy, but what about late fall and early spring? As the weather cools in autumn, pollinators, like bees and butterflies, need nectar sources to build their energy reserves to get through winter hibernation or make a long migration journey.
Support spring pollinatorsIn spring, hummingbirds begin to appear, and hoverflies, butterflies and hibernating bumblebees and solitary bees will come out at the first sign of warmer weather. Meanwhile, honeybees don’t hibernate, but they will become more active and start collecting nectar as soon as your spring flowers arrive.
How to feed local pollinators in your gardenGrow a variety of fall- and spring-blooming flowers to keep them fed at both ends of the growing season. Look for a mix of bulbs, perennials, shrubs and annuals in different shapes and sizes so you can offer something for everyone’s taste. Even a couple of container gardens can help! Here are a few beautiful combos for fall and spring that’ll support your local pollinators too.
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Looking for an early spring combo packed with fragrance? One of the most powerful garden scents comes from the many varieties of hyacinth. You may not notice a hellebore’s subtle scent, but pollinators will be drawn to both of these beauties early in the year. Tubular flowers and strappy leaves of hyacinth pair well with thick, evergreen foliage of
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