Led by Project Chair Gail Schulz, members Margo Antonelli, Trish Demers, Rosa Johnson and Nancy Percivall and incoming members Laura Austin and Jessica Kruse weed the Pollinator Garden at Crofton Library.
The iris have started to bloom and the blue false indigo and peony are covered in buds. The garden has a variety of native plants that bloom from spring, throughout the summer, and into the fall, providing nectar and pollen essential for a flourishing pollinator population. The Pollinator Garden is a "stepping stone" on the Anne Arundel County Pollinator Pathway. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum
Shasta Daisy is a free flowering herbaceous perennial valued for its abundant floral display and disease resistance. It produces pure white, single daisy flowers with golden yellow centers atop a lush basal rosette of dark green leaves. Blooms for weeks, from early to late summer. The flowers are pollinated primarily by insects, including beetles, flies, wasps, and butterflies. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Blazing Star, Liatris spicata
Valued for its showy fluffy vertical flower spikes contrasting with a lush, finely textured, grassy foliage, Blazing Star is a perennial of great ornamental value. Flowers in succession from top to bottom over four weeks or more, its button-shaped, purple, rosy red or white flowers resemble blazing stars. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Joe-Pye weed 'Little Joe', Eutrochium dubium
'Little Joe' is a compact, upright perennial with purple-spotted unbranched stems boasting large dome-shaped clusters of small, pale lavender flowers in mid summer to early fall. Long-lasting blossoms are attractive to butterflies and pollinators in search of nectar. FEATURED POLLINATOR PLANT: Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed is an erect, clump-forming perennial prized for its brilliant clusters of fragrant, lilac-pink flowers, which bloom continuously for weeks from mid to late summer. Milkweeds are host plants for the monarch butterfly and are critical to their survival. |
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