Top 10 ornamental pollinator plants for your garden
2021-05-05
Why should we care about conserving pollinators? Roughly one in three mouthfuls of food we eat depend on the pollination services of insects. Almost 90 per cent of flowering plant species worldwide rely on animals and insects for pollination, making pollinators (particularly wild bees) an essential part of natural ecosystems.
Smooth Oxeye: 'Burning Heart', Butterfly Weed: 'Silky Mix', Zinnia: 'Queeny Lime Orange', Brown-eyed Susan: 'Prairie Glow', Showy Stonecrop: 'Pure Joy', Coneflower: 'Cheyenne Spirit', Sunflower: 'Sunfinity', Wax Begonia: 'Topspin', Tickseed: 'Campfire Fireburst', Salvia: 'Rockin' Playin' the Blues'.