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JOIN US THIS SATURDAY MORNING
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GARDEN WORKSHOP
BIRDS, BEES & BUTTERFLIES
SATURDAY JUNE 1ST // 11:00AM // VINEYARD GARDENS NURSERY
Please join us to learn about pollinator plants. Chris Wiley will discuss the best plants to include in a pollinator garden to attract birds, bees and butterflies. We look forward to seeing you there!
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[Videos] Allium buzzing with bees. Oak Leaf Hydrangeas on the Highline in NYC.
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FLOWERING PLANTS ARE POLLINATOR PLANTS
Do you want your garden to come alive this summer with bees, butterflies, birds and beneficial insects?!
The good news is all flowering plants attract pollinators. Flowers are their food source. While they are feeding, pollinators distribute the pollen within the same flower and from flower to flower. The pollen grains stick onto the pollinators feet and body and then stick to the female stigma part of the flower. The pollen grain then grows a tube that travels all the way down the stigma to the ovary of the flower where it then fertilizes the female ovule(egg) inside the ovary. It will then develop into an embryo within a seed. The flower is the reproductive structure of flowering plants. The fruit is the swollen ovary of the female reproductive structure. And inside the fruit are the seeds. If you look closely at a strawberry you will see the seeds on the outside of the berry with all the stigmas (the little hairy things) still attached. Pollination truly is a magical process!
Some pollinators need very specific plants to complete their life cycles. We, at Vineyard Gardens, encourage customers to plant native plants that have evolved together with the existing fauna. There has been a surge of understanding around the importance of caring for the native ecosystem through native plants to protect our pollinators. Horticulturalists are continually doing research and trials on plants that stand out as pollinator favorites. More and more customers are looking to grow pollinator friendly gardens and to cultivate a healthy native landscape. Cape Cod Native Plants.org has a wonderful online tool that helps you select the native plants best suited for your specific site.
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St Johns Wort
Echinacea purpurea
Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm
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POLLINATOR FRIENDLY PERENNIALS
Perennial POLLINATORS
kudos Coral, kudos ambrosia, kudos Mandarin, Blue Fortune, Black Adder & Little Adder
Sombrero series, White Swan & Green Twister
Coreopsis
Solanna™ Bright Touch & UpTick™ Gold & Bronze
Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
Salvia
Perennial Sunflower (Helianthus)
native pollinator perennialS
Ageratum (coelestinum)
Aster ‘Woods Purple’ (Eurybia divaricata)
Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia)
Agastache, Allium, Rudbeckia
Foam Flower, Tiarella cordifolia
Native Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Lavender
Sedum, Butterfly Milkweed, Quickfire Hydrangea
Mondarda, Spotted Beebalm
Asters
Goldenrod, Rudbeckia photo by keith kurman
Swamp Milkweed
Echinacea purpurea
Butterfly Milkweed
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POLLINATOR FRIENDLY SHRUBS
St. John’s Wort - Hypericum
Clethra, Sweet Pepperbush
native pollinator shrubs
Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)
Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)
Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
American Elderberry (Sambucus nigra L. ssp. canadensis)
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina)
Willow (Salix)
Viburnum (Arrowwood)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
additional POLLINATOR shrubS
Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
Double File Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Ninebark (Physocarpus)
Fothergilla
[VIDEO] Oak Leaf Hydrangea full of bees on the Highline in NYC.
Buttonbush
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Elderberry
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POLLINATOR FRIENDLY TREES
NATIVE POLLINATOR TREES
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Magnolia virginiana
Dogwoods (Gray, Silky, Red-twig, Pagoda, Flowering)
Additional POLLINATOR treeS
Magnolias [ViIDEO]Magnolia grandiflora Little Gem is full of pollinators and a deer resistant tree!]
Stewartia
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis Pendula) photo by keith kurman
Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis Pendula) photo by keith kurman
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