The summary: Pollinators need food, water and shelter. (via thknwco)
One of the core principles of permaculture is to observe and interact, according to Jax McCray of Remedy Permaculture Designs, who conducts a Planting for Pollinators webinar hosted by People and Pollinators Action Network . Observing your yard through the seasons shows sun patterns and other unique microclimate considerations to best plan out where and what to plant. It also helps you design a structure in three vegetation layers mimicking nature. Trees offer nesting, shelter, shade and food.
If you want a ground cover to replace grass, creeping Oregon grape is a holly-like native flowering shrub. Or if you like the look of native grasses, Aaron Michael, founder and CEO of Earth Love Gardens, suggests blue gram grass as a full-sun ground cover . Buffalograss is another native warm-season grass that similarly goes dormant during droughts, although both it and blue gram grass have higher resistance when unmowed.
Native plants are necessary to support local pollinator populations because they have specific needs for smells, flower shapes, nectar and pollen flavors not found in the typical box store varieties. Native plants tend to be more drought tolerant and less reliant on herbicides or synthetic fertilizers. Given rapid climate crisis weather shifts, we all need to select plants and trees that can tolerate less rain and warmer temperatures.
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