Butterfly in Yellow Flowers

About Butterfly on Yellowflower

Developed from a native North American wildflower, this is an important source of food for Monarch butterflies. The plant forms an upright clump of narrow green leaves, bearing showy clusters of golden-yellow flowers in mid to late summer. Green fruit will develop after flowering which break open to reveal seeds with the same long silvery-white, silky hairs as its cousin, the common milkweed. The seedpods are excellent used in dried arrangements (pick and dry while still green). Great cut flower. Attractive to all butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other beneficial insects. Deadhead flowers to stimulate another bloom. Very late to come up in the spring, so plant daffodils or other companion bulbs to mark the spot. Requires well-drained sandy soil.

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Honey Bees Enjoying Beautiful Lily Flowers

Honey bees are generalist foragers, visiting a wide variety of flowers. They pollinate flowers of many different species and genera, benefiting not only crops but also gardens and wildflowers. Their value as pollinators is incalculable when you include not only the $14,000,000 worth of crops in the US, but also the seeds and fruit provided for wildlife to eat. Without pollinators such as honeybees, bats, butterflies, and moths, flowering plants would disappear from Earth in a few years.

All of these pollinators deserve our respect and protection, it is in our own self interest that they continue to thrive. Unfortunately, many species are disappearing at an alarming rate do the the over use of pesticides and habitat loss. One organization dedicated to the protection and conservation of pollinators is the Xerces Society.