As spring gets underway with vigorous new shoots bursting out all over the garden, enjoy the blossoms on your traditional garden plants, and add another dimension by growing pollinator friendly flowers and plants as a part of the food web to support our smaller visitors. By inviting nature in and hosting pollinators, you reap the benefits of increased food production and enhancing your local eco-system.
April Pollinator Palette
Monarda – Fragrant, minty foliage with whorls of red, pink or lavender flowers.
Yarrow (Achillea sp.) – Native and garden favorites with ferny foliage in reds and other colors. Love afternoon shade.
- Bidens – Sunny bright golden yellow flowers with a light fragrance
- Flower Maple (Abutilon sp.) – Chinese lantern flowers in reds and other colors. Love afternoon shade
- Ornamental Strawberry (Fragaria sp.) – A low growing, spreading ground cover with small white flowers
- Currant (Ribes sp.) – Native and garden varieties of this shade shrub produce delicate flowers and berries
- Marigolds – Easy to grow, spicy scented annual in golden hues
- Alyssum – Many tiny flowers in white or purple on this freely blooming charming trailer.
