Your garden, no matter how small, does matter!
We recently got the news that the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge put on by the National Pollinator Garden Network achieved and surpassed its goal of signing up one million gardens for pollinators.
Gardeners like you commit to providing food, shelter, and a water source to benefit honeybees, native bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other wildlife critical for pollinating our food crops.
If you are interested in signing up, please visit www.millionpollinatorgardens.org.
Consider taking up the 2019 Challenge to add three new pollinator plants, including a spring bloomer, a summer bloomer, and a fall bloomer.
Some Alden Lane favorites to help out our little winged friends:
Spring
California Wild Lilacs (Ceanothus ‘Ray Hartman,’ ‘Valley Violet,’ and others); Rosemary, California poppies and Iceland Poppies, Spirea, Lilac Vine, Grevillea, Manzanitas, Redbuds, Mallows/Lavatera.
Summer
Gaillardia, Butterfly Bush (Buddleia sp.), Milkweed (Asclepias sp.), Yarrow, Lantana, Alyssum, Catmint, Lavender, Sunflowers, Fuchsia, Santa Barbara Daisy, ‘Hot Lips’ Sage, Coreopsis, Echinacea, Black-eyed Susans.
Fall
Mexican Bush Sage, Chrysanthemums, Asters, Herbs allowed to go to seed, Tecoma, Xylosma, Pineapple Sage, Scarlet Sage, Lion’s Tail, California Fuchsia, Buckwheats, Bulbine, Japanese Anemone, Verbena.
