07-03-2016, 04:38 PM
I don't know that plant. They must not be established in my area. I am sure the bees thank you.
I have forget-me-not that seeds each year, foxglove, black-eyed susans and lots of mint plants. All of these provide pollen and nectar. I have flowering shrubs like elder berry, mountain ash, Saskatoon berries and shrub verbena. The flowers sustain the bees and the berries sustain the birds. I have milkweed plants for the monarch butterflies.
It has taken years to get them all established. It is worth it now because there is food for the bees from the beginning of spring until late fall. I have gradually added plants as I find them. Helping pollinators is an attitude and a decision. You choose to help them and then you make choices based on that decision.
I have forget-me-not that seeds each year, foxglove, black-eyed susans and lots of mint plants. All of these provide pollen and nectar. I have flowering shrubs like elder berry, mountain ash, Saskatoon berries and shrub verbena. The flowers sustain the bees and the berries sustain the birds. I have milkweed plants for the monarch butterflies.
It has taken years to get them all established. It is worth it now because there is food for the bees from the beginning of spring until late fall. I have gradually added plants as I find them. Helping pollinators is an attitude and a decision. You choose to help them and then you make choices based on that decision.
Catherine