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Planting for pollinator health is on every gardener’s mind these days. While there’s lots of research on how native plants help pollinators, there’s not much on the interaction of pollinators and annual flowers. What annual flowers attract pollinators? We want to find out, so we designed these trials to address how home gardeners might help reverse pollinator decline.
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How this all got started: Pollinator counts in 2015 at the Arboretum
By Mary H. Meyer, Extension horticulturist and Professor, U of M Total insect counts on four zinnia cultivars and six salvia species or cultivars were taken at two locations during July-September 2015 (minimum of 18 counts/days at each location) in the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Chaska, MN and the University of Minnesota campus Display and Trial […]
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2017 F4P sites planted!
It’s been a busy time – and the weather kept throwing us curve balls! – but we have the three 2017 Flowers for Pollinators sites planted! Horticulture Display Garden – U of M West Central Research and Outreach Center, Morris, … Continue reading
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Flower for Pollinators 