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Pollinators

Pollinators are crucial to our existence: barely any of the fruits and food we eat would exist without them! In our gardens, they’re a big help, too.

Allium schubertii

Allium schubertii: your complete guide to growing this dramatic ornamental

Bulb flowers
Rosa rubiginosa

Rosa rubiginosa: expert tips and planting advice

Roses
Rosa moyesii

Rosa moyesii: varieties, planting and garden uses

Roses
Asimina triloba

Pawpaw: varieties, planting and garden uses

The fruit Orchard
Luma apiculata

Luma apiculata: expert tips for growing this evergreen Chilean myrtle

Trees and shrubs
Polemonium reptans

Jacob’s ladder: your complete shade plant guide

Garden Flowers
Packera aurea

Golden Ragwort: expert tips and planting advice

Garden Flowers
Gillenia trifoliata white star-shaped flowers in close-up

Gillenia trifoliata: expert tips and planting advice

Garden Flowers
Mountain mint silvery bracts and flowers

Mountain mint: expert tips and planting advice

Herbs and spices
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Buttonbush: your complete guide to growing and caring for this native shrub

Trees and shrubs
Dodecatheon meadia

Dodecatheon meadia: expert tips for growing shooting star

Garden Flowers
Campsis grandiflora

Trumpet vine: expert tips for growing vibrant climbing flowers

Climbing plants
Muscari latifolium

Grape hyacinth: varieties, planting and garden uses

Bulb flowers
Hyacinthoides hispanica

Spanish Bluebell: varieties, planting and garden uses

Bulb flowers
Allium cristophii

Allium cristophii: varieties, planting and garden uses

Bulb flowers
Viburnum carlesii

Korean Spice Viburnum: varieties, planting and garden uses

Shrubs
Lindera benzoin

Spicebush: expert tips for growing this native shrub

Shrubs
Vernonia noveboracensis

Vernonia noveboracensis: expert tips and planting advice

Perennials
Thermopsis caroliniana

Thermopsis caroliniana: expert tips and planting advice

Perennials
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium: varieties, planting and garden uses

Perennials
Silphium perfoliatum

Cup plant: varieties, planting and garden uses

Perennials
Sidalcea candida

Sidalcea candida: expert tips and planting advice

Perennials
Scutellaria incana

Scutellaria incana: your complete native wildflower guide

Perennials
Rudbeckia laciniata

Rudbeckia laciniata: varieties, planting and garden uses

Perennials
Ratibida pinnata

Ratibida pinnata: expert tips for growing prairie coneflower

Perennials
Physostegia virginiana

Physostegia virginiana: expert tips and planting advice

Perennials
Malva moschata

Musk Mallow: varieties, planting and garden uses

Perennials
Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed: expert tips and planting advice

Perennials
Knautia macedonica

Growing Knautia macedonica: care tips and planting advice

Perennials
Bumblebee feeding on purple lavender flowers in a sunny summer garden

How to Turn Your Garden into a Bee and Butterfly Haven

Special reports
Avoid and block cross-pollination

How to avoid cross pollination

Special reports
improve pollination

How to improve cross-pollination

Special reports
Hunting predator wasp with caterpillar prey

Predator wasp, a voracious feeder… of pests!

Special reports
Mason bee on wood

Mason bee, a solitary worker bee that burrows in the ground

Special reports
Bumblebee hovering near a flower

Bumblebee, bumbling along and heavyweight pollinator

Special reports
Hoverfly on a lawn daisy

Hoverfly: looks like a wasp, flies like a hummingbird, works like a bee!

Special reports
honey bee

Cute and generous, the common honeybee

Animal care
Insects that are beneficial for the garden

Beneficial insects that lend us gardeners a hand

Special reports
Pollinator shrubs

11 plant-me-now melliferous shrubs for pollinators

Trees and shrubs
Green lacewing adult on flower

Green lacewing, the genesis of aphid lions

Treating diseases and pests
Permaculture principles is like a flywheel building up speed

Permaculture main principles and definition

The Vegetable Patch
Straw wicker hive on stones

An eco-friendly hive in the garden

Special reports
What is cross-pollination

Cross-pollination, when genes mix to breed new plants

Special reports
Impact of insecticides on garden butterflies and bumblebees

Impact of insecticides on garden butterflies and bumblebees

Special reports