Create a pollinator garden at your nursery: An emphasis on monarch butterflies

Thomas D. Landis; Kas Dumroese; Matthew E. Horning

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Create a pollinator garden at your nursery: An emphasis on monarch butterflies

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Thomas D. Landis, Kas Dumroese, Matthew E. Horning

Year:

2014

Type:

Other

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

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Abstract

We realize that this type of article is a departure for FNN readers but feel that it is important for forest, conservation, and native plant nurseries to be good environmental stewards. In addition, establishing a pollinator garden at your nursery can be good for business, too. Demonstrating the role and beauty of native plants and their pollinators, particulary in a small garden setting, might be a way to improve sales. The plight of pollinators has been in the news a lot lately, and many species of bees, butterflies and other insect pollinators, as well as bats and birds that pollinate, are in serious trouble.

Keywords

pollinator garden, monarch butterflies, native plant nurseries

Citation

Landis, Thomas D.; Dumroese, R. Kasten; Horning, Matthew E. 2014. Create a pollinator garden at your nursery: An emphasis on monarch butterflies. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Forest Nursery Notes. 34(1-2): 2-13.