Companion Planting: Lupine Russell's Hybrid Mixed Colors- Annuals

I just learned tonight by researching that you can companion plant these flowers with squash, cucumbers, spinach, or broccoli. Apparently these flowers can pull nitrogen from the air and supply/distribute nitrogen to these vegetables which are all heavy nitrogen feeders! Hmmm you learn something everyday! And to think I just picked up the package because they were pretty and I though bees would like them. I wanted to plant them near my squash, but hey I can plant with my squash. Hope the bees like them, so I can get a two for one deal: a nitrogen factory & bee attractor? Anyway, I picked up Poppy Oriental Red Perinnial, & Shasta Daisies (also a perinnial).

Gotte get some stuff done around here, so Savannah can go to parent's day out tomorrow. She loves going and playing with the other kids and doing crafts :D

I've also begun researching how to attract bees to my garden to help polinate my vegetables like squash. I know how to hand pollinate, but if nature can do the job let 'em do it!

The below information was copied and pasted from this website.
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Attracting More Bees And Pollinators to Your Garden

Plant Lists for Bees

By Marie Iannotti, About.com Guide

http://gardening.about.com/od/attractingwildlife/a/Bee_Plants_2.htm

*Native plants should be your first choice to help our native bees.

Use a wildflower guide or contact local nurseries to find your local species.

• Aster Aster
• Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia
• Caltrop Kallstroemia
• Creosote bush Larrea
• Currant Ribes
• Elder Sambucus
• Goldenrod Solidago
• Huckleberry Vaccinium
• Joe-pye weed Eupatorium
• Lupine Lupinus
• Oregon grape Berberis
• Penstemon Penstemon
• Purple coneflower Echinacea
• Rabbit-brush Chrysothamnus
• Rhododendron Rhododendron
• Sage Salvia
• Scorpion-weed Phacelia
• Snowberry Symphoricarpos
• Stonecrop Sedum
• Sunflower Helianthus
• Wild buckwheat Eriogonum
• Wild-lilac Ceanothus
• Willow Salix

Garden plants for beesFlower beds in gardens, business campuses, and parks are great places to have bee-friendly plants. Native plants will create a beautiful garden but some people prefer "garden" plants. Many garden plants are varieties of native plants, so this list only includes plants from other countries--"exotic" plants--and should be used as a supplement to the native plant list. As with the native plants, this list is not exhaustive.

• Zinnia Zinnia

Gotta get those Zinnias planted!


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