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    7 Tough Pollinator Plants That Thrive in Punishing Conditions

    These seven tough pollinator plants can take wind, heat, full sun, and extremely well-drained soil without much supplemental water. In An Urban Rooftop Garden for Pollinators, Hayden Regina writes: Standouts…

  • new front garden bed after new pollinator-friendly plantings
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    Nicki’s New Garden Project

    Today we’re in Lake Bluff, Illinois, visiting Nicki Snoblin’s garden. This year I decided to dig up about a third of my front yard to make a place for sun-loving,…

  • bee on a pink dahlia
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    7 Simple Ways to Help Pollinators

    We gardeners are becoming more aware of our changing world, not just the climate but also the habitat reduction for pollinators. Landscape designers are becoming more aware and responding by…

  • native meadow plants
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    Native Meadow Plants for Pollinators in the South

    As pollinators disappear at alarming rates, maybe it’s time to set aside a little meadow in every yard—an area of space where native flowering plants and grasses can thrive and…

  • close up of red texas star hibiscus flower
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    Texas Flowers

    My name is Charlona, and I garden in Houston. I love all kinds of flowers and try to garden for as many pollinators and their caterpillars as possible. I was…

  • plants for butterflies
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    20 Great Plants for Butterflies

    Because butterflies need a mix of host and nectar plants to survive, butterfly gardens also provide a wonderful cornucopia of beauty for the gardener. Annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs that…

  • elements of a butterfly garden
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    How to Build a Successful Butterfly Garden

    With their populations in decline, butterflies need all the help they can get. Host and nectar plants are the key components for a butterfly garden. However, it’s a good idea…

  • how to create a butterfly garden
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    How to Create a Butterfly Haven

    I will never forget when I became hooked on butterflies. It was 2007, my first year working at Powell Gardens in Kingsville, Missouri. Each spring the garden includes milkweeds (Asclepias…

  • garden bed full fo pink and purple flowers
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    Pam’s Garden in Montana

    My name is Pam Alvord. In 2019 I submitted photos of our North Carolina garden in Zone 7B (Learning From Gardening in Different Climates). I explained that I have gardened…

  • disease-resistant bee balm
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    A Disease-Resistant Bee Balm

    Hooray for botanist John Bartram, who brought Monarda didyma back to Philadelphia from Oswego, New York, in the 1740s. He marveled at the scented leaves and abundance of color, and…