Do you have room for a few pollinator plants? Join us as we increase habitat for pollinators by adding plants to our garden that attract and nurture hummingbirds, butterflies, and beneficial insects and other pollinators.
Get your pollinator pride on by joining the nationwide “Million Pollinator Garden Challenge” sponsored by the National Pollinator Garden network. The network is rallying us all, from window box gardeners to those with yards and larger properties, to help ensure the health of our local flora and fauna. It’s as easy as visiting their website www.millionpollinatorgardens.org or visiting Twitter #PolliNation and registering your garden.
March Pollinator Plant Palette
Santa Barbara Daisy (Erigeron sp.) – low growing mound with small white fading to lavender daisies. Low care.California Wild Lilac (Ceanothus sp.) – spring blooms in shades of blue attract pollinators and provide homes for butterfly larvaeCitrus – heady fragrance we love attracts the pollinators needed to produce mature oranges and lemonsSnapdragons – upright, cheery annuals grace gardens with loads of bloomsGrevillea – from down under, a whole range of heat lovers bloom in shades of coral – irresistible to hummingbirdsRosemary – the same aromatic, low water user we love in the kitchen is a pollinator magnet
