Providing flowers across the whole season, with an emphasis on early spring flowers, would make pro-pollinator schemes more effective. To supplement the “No Mow May” campaign, we need a “plant early spring flowers” drive. Or even better: make sure you have flowers blooming every month from March through October.
Now that I think about it, I should have pasted that to avoid the clickbait, thanks!
Neh i just do this sometimes when im tired and bored. And the article before it gets to the point took awhile.
So many gardens around me are barren, it’s pretty sad.
Barren as in not in bloom yet? Or as in m like a car park?
car parks, fake grass, no flower beds, or even planters/pots.
Ugh thats just sad.
Mine isn’t really in bloom yet :( I’ve had to mow selectively to avoid beheading the few dandelions.
Definitely time for me to read up on some flowers that will arrive next april.Usually have lots of dafs at this time of the year, but the slugs have eatern every flower in sight. Good for the birds at least.
I’ve heard that in northern climates, apple trees are one of the best providers of early-season bee food. Dandelions are another, and I’ve been actively dead-heading (plucking the flowers that have finished blooming and are about to produce seeds) the clumps in my yard to not only keep them from propagating out of control, but to also promote more flowers during the hunger gap. It’s a nice meditative activity to saunter around the yard for a few minutes daily picking spent flower heads.
