With the world population projected to exceed 8 million by year 2025, we’re going to need a little help from our winged friends and those glorious gusts of wind. Pollinators sustain life and do their part to keep our mouths fed and bellies full. In the US alone,
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pollinating vectors produce $40 billion worth of products annually via the process of pollination—did you know that 75% of the world’s food crops depend on, at least in part, pollination? Join us in a moment of self-reflection for what we as an industry are advocating for, fueling, and Aster ‘Bluebird’
hopefully perpetuating well into the future—a movement in the direction of greater awareness of why plants are so important to life on our planet. Improving pollinator health, the habitats they rely upon for survival, and a deeper human connection—or reconnection—fosters the well-being of our environment. How is your plant palette poised to keep native plants, pollinator health, and the health of our environment at the forefront of market demand? Are you ready to meet the needs of your customers? Peace Pollinator Garden Installed summer of 2018, North Creek’s Peace Pollinator Garden helps support pollinators by providing nectar, pollen, and habitat for specialized insect hosts to eat, breed, and slumber. A circular garden delineated by three paths meeting at the center, together these three garden segments forms a peace sign. A peaceful reminder that a mix of different pollinator species will not only keep your garden looking beautiful throughout the seasons, but will also can provide a diverse range of insects and butterflies with the food they need.
TOP PERFORMERS Achillea Agastache Allium Amsonia Andropogon Anemone Antennaria Aquilegia Asarum Asclepias Aster Baptisia Bouteloua Callirhoe Caltha Carex Chelone Echinacea Elymus Erigeron Eryngium Eupatorium Gentiana Geranium Geum Helenium Helianthus Heliopsis Hibiscus
Iris Liatris Lobelia Lonicera Lupinus Monarda Oenothera Packera Panicum Penstemon Phlox Physostegia Pycnanthemum Ratibida Rudbeckia Ruellia Salvia Schizachyrium Sedum Silene Solidago Sorghastrum Thermopsis Tiarella Tradescantia Verbena Vernonia Veronicastrum Zizia
Genera in BOLD are featured in the Peace Pollinator Garden. Asclepias verticillata
Peace Pollinator Garden
Aster ‘Purple Dome’
Perovskia ‘Little Spire’
Agastache sp.
Phlox ‘Jeana’
Rudbeckia laciniata