Did you know that you can thank pollinators for one out of every three bites of food you eat? You probably didn't know. In which case you probably aren't thinking much about how your daily life ...

Pollinators are insects that visit the flowers we grow. They drink the nectar from the flowers and when they do, they get sticky pollen grains on their body which they take from flower to flower ...

Pollination is an integral part of our ecosystem, ensuring the growth of a diversity of plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts and ...

Coneflowers are considered hardy to USDA zones 3-9. When it comes to selecting pollinator plants, those producing smaller blooms are often overlooked. Verbena (Verbena bonariensis) is one such ...

Many plants, including crops and the beautiful flowers we like to surround ourselves with, rely on pollination for survival. Pollination is not just the work of honeybees. Meet some of the buzzing, ...

Consider a simple example, with two animal-pollinated plant species and one animal pollinator species (Figure 3). If the two plant species flower simultaneously, then they will compete with one ...

In turn, pollinators rely on flowers for food ... my team and I planted identical gardens – roughly 10 feet by 6½ feet (3 x 2 meters) – in five different landscapes around eastern Tennessee ...

Planting native perennials can improve a local ecosystem, strengthening any garden. This list of New York-native perennials ...