Creating a garden that attracts bees and other pollinators is not only beneficial for your plants but also essential for the environment. Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators play a crucial ...

One of the best flowers for bees early in the season, prairie spiderwort has deep blue blooms in late spring and early summer. Prairie Nursery ranks it as one of its best plants for pollinators.

The next best species for our bees is the Helianthus (sunflowers), with three native species to choose from. H. angustifolia, Narrow-leaved sunflower, grows 3-5’ with a 4-6’ spread and blooms ...

Flower strips, seed mixtures, and wild by design. We want to help bees and other vital pollinators, which are in decline all over the world. But which flowers are actually the best?

A new study analyzed pollen from 57 North American plant species, identifying those most nutritionally beneficial for bees, which could inform conservation efforts and wildflower restoration ...

Plants from this family are good for a range of pollinators, including many specialist bees, such as the blue-eyed, long-horned bee (Melissodes denticulatus), which feasts primarily on ironweed ...