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Taking a Closer Look at Roadside Wildflowers
Many of the wildflowers seen along local roadways or on day-trips to the beach or mountains (those yellow, orange, purple or pink blurs) can be viewed close-up in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden in Arlington, VA. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias tuberosa, black-eyed Susans, blazing star, brown-eyed Susans, Butterfly Weed, common milkweed, dandelion, Eutrochium dubium, Heath aster, Hemerocallis fulva, ironweed, Joe-Pye Weed, liatris, liatris spicata, mullein, New England Aster, Orange Coneflower, orange daylily, rudbeckia fulgida, Rudbeckia triloba, Solidago altissima, Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’, Swamp Milkweed, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Tall goldenrod, Taraxacum officinale, Verbascum thapsus, Vernonia noveboracensis
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Flowers That Attract Pollinators and Robbers to a Garden
The shape, color, structure and odor of a flower usually determine the type of pollinators it attracts. A flower requires a pollinator that will visit it regularly and successfully transfer pollen in and/or between it and other flowers of its species to ensure fruit and seed production. For the service of pollination, the flower provides a reward: usually food such as nectar and/or pollen. Thus plants and their pollinators enjoy a mutualistic relationship. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators
Tagged Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm', Aquilegia canadensis, Asclepias, blue wood aster, Buddleia, butterfly bush, cardinal flower, common boneset, common milkweed, coneflowers, Creating Inviting Habitats, dahlia, Echinacea, goldenrod, Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort, Iris versicolor, jewelweed, Joe-Pye Weed, Lonicera sempervirens, milkweed, Monarda, mutualistic, nectar robbers, New England Aster, Onethera speciosa, pollinator syndromes, Red Buckeye, Rudbeckia, salvia, Solidago, wild columbine
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🦋 Creating an Oasis for Pollinators 🐝
Homeowners have an opportunity to restore native habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. Continue reading
Posted in Beneficial Insects, Native Plants, Pollinators
Tagged cardinal flower, clustered mountain mint, common milkweed, coneflower, coral honeysuckle, goldenrod, Joe-Pye Weed, Monarch, native cherry tree, Native oak, New York ironweed, Pawpaw, pussytoes, wild blue indigo
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How to Celebrate National Pollinator Week – 15-21 June: Go Native!
National Pollinator Week – See how MGNV can help you “Go Native!” with pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Pollinators
Tagged animal pollinators, bee bountiful, bee showy, bee-friendly flowers, Best Bets to Attract Polllinators, birds, butterflies, climate, environment, Eupatorium, flowering plants, genetic diversity, Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort, insects, Joe-Pye Weed, Landscape, MGNV, National Pollinator Week, native habitat, native landscaping, Native plants, native pollinators, pesticides, pollinators, predation, Science magazine, Solidago rugosa, Sunny Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, U.S. Forest Service, VCE, Verbene hastata, Virginia, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Wildlife, wildlife habitat
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