Succession Planting

 

Planting Native Perennials - Striving For a Constant Food Supply

Wingstem

  Nourishment for Bees & Insects

Twice in one week, the topic of succession planting was brought up. The first was a phone conversation with my brother Craig; who is concentrating on providing food for his bees and other pollinators year round. This is pretty important to someone who makes the best tasting wine in the state of Pennsylvania. No pollinators.. no fruit ... no wine.


Although he does cross pollinate some of his plants (like pumpkins) with a tiny paint brush; tackling his entire acre may not be a wise use of his time. Learning to plant flowers and plants that bloom year round is certainly advantageous to the success of his hobby.

Pickerel Rush & Blue Flag Iris

Your Native Plant Suggestions - Attracting Hummingbirds

Jennifer Anderson.NRCS

I had planned on quickly responding to Dave's comment posted on on my Attracting Hummingbird blog page, as you can see my comments morphed into a blog page.

 Dave suggested two plants that I might want to consider growing that hummingbirds dine on: Iris versicolor, Blue Flag Iris and Pontederia cordata, Pickerel Rush. I wanted something worthwhile to say in my responding comment so I decided to do some research and see what these natives had to offer.