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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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Many Mints at the United States Botanic Garden
Check out the lovely mint exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden! Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged basils, Beebalm, coleus, Lamiaceae, Monarda, mountain mint, oregano, Pycnanthemum, salvia, thyme, U.S. Botanic Garden
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Can You Identify These Pollinators? Part 1: Bees, Wasps, Flies
During National Pollinator Week we challenged you to test your pollinator identification skills. Each day we featured a pollinator or two on our Facebook page with clues to the identity. This week we provide answers in three parts. Part 1 focuses on bees, wasps and flies. Continue reading
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Tagged Apis mellifera, bees, Boltonia asteroides, Bombus auricomus, bumble bee, buzz pollination, digger wasp, Eastern bumble bee, entomology, Eupatroium hyssopifolium, European honey bee, flies, Flowers, fruit pollinators, gardening, Green Spring Gardens, ground-nesters, honeybee, hover flies, ladybugs, leafcutter bee, Ma, Master Gardener, MGNV, Monarda, nectar, pollen, pollinator, Scolia dubia, scolid wasps, Solidago canadensis, sonication, Sphex, sweat bee, syrphid fly, wasp
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The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: The End of Fall
By Christa Watters One day the tulip magnolia next to my front door is still green – leaves fringed with yellow, spotted with brown here and there, yes, but basically still green, and on waking the next morning I see it still … Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, bird feeders, black spot, bulbs, camellia, Christa Watters, chrysanthemums, crabapple tree, daffodils, fall gardening, foliage, garden meditations, gardening, garlic chives, Lilium seed pods, Master Gardeners, Monarda, peonies, rambler roses, summer phlox, thinning perennials, tulip magnolia, tulips, Wildlife, wildlife plants
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