Having pollinator gardens is the best way to feed our pollinators which, in turn, helps gardens be as productive as possible. I am limited for space, and I am not allowed to have a garden in my neighborhood, so I depend on the plants in my yard to be useful to pollinators. Almost every plant in my yard produces a flower. I didn't initially get to plan my landscaping, because this house was built before we found it and decided to buy it. Since moving in, I have made a point to plant any plant that produces flowers which help to feed our pollinators. To name a few, there are roses, tea olives, azaleas, day lilies, clematis, and any bulb plant I can get to come up. I have different seasonal flowers which help sustain our pollinators as long as possible and provides colorful flowers throughout the year. I even have lenten roses that flower in the winter. I have planted wild flowers in large pots on my driveway to ensure full sun they need. I figure out any way I can to provide flowers for the pollinators. There are even shade tolerable wildflowers planted in my shaded flower pots.
Pollinators: any form of insect, bee, butterfly, hummingbird, or anything that can carry pollen from one plant to another. They are necessary to ensure productive vegetable and fruit growth to support our human needs and even wildlife. If you have a garden, reserve at lease two rows to provide flowers for the pollinators. A pollinator garden will attract pollinators to the garden which increases productivity of your fruits and vegetables. It is proven that gardens produce more when there are more pollinators nearby. Drawing them to your garden with planted flowers is your best option to increase garden productivity if you don't have bee boxes nearby. If you do have bee boxes, the bees will do their jobs in the garden, and enjoy the extra production of nectar by the flowers you plant. The bees will produce more honey in their hives if their food sources are plentiful. If the bees have to travel too far away to find food, they are more likely to abandon their home for a closer one. So, keep their food sources abundant nearby for as long as you can. Plant flowers that bloom at different times throughout the year.
Pollinators serve one of the most important rolls on earth. Without them, our food sources would be seriously limited. To solve the problem of limited food sources, please continue to plant flowers for the pollinators to feed on. I hope you have learned how important our pollinators are and how to provide food sources for them and how to attract them to your garden. In the meantime, good luck with your ventures of serving, solving, and learning!
