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6. I really do have a degree in botany/ecology with 30 years of field experience

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 10:27 AM

Aug 2014

I really suggest getting those books because they really made me look at things in
a new way. We have all kinds of really neat native bees such as the leaf cutter bee.

If you don't have any I would suggest planting some Red Milkweed
(Asclepias incarnata) in an area that stays a little damp. No plant
I have seen brings in more native pollinators and other critters then
red milkweed.

Tomatoes, egg plants, and peppers can use pollinators.

If you can keep some area that bumblebees can use for their life cycle.

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I have 5 monarch caterpillars on one Red Milkweed Plant! [View all] Botany Aug 2014 OP

:woohoo: femmocrat Aug 2014 #1

Great! Not seen any yet, and concerned - our parsley is usually gone by now. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #2

If you haven't read these books I would highly recommend them Botany Aug 2014 #3

thanks. our yard is filled with pollinator attracting plants. This is the first year in many NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #4

I really do have a degree in botany/ecology with 30 years of field experience Botany Aug 2014 #6

As a seed saver, I would prefer them to NOT have the pollinators! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #7

I have noticed that even with a very healthy native pollinator population ..... Botany Aug 2014 #8

I tend to do my tomato seed saving from the first, lowest cluster - NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #9

Tallamy is AWESOME! shireen Aug 2014 #10

What a beauty! -nt CrispyQ Aug 2014 #5