Bugs

Attract Pollinators and Repel Pests

Presented by
The Webster Groves Herb Society
at Missouri Botanical Garden
July 22, 2017

A pollinator garden has flowers that provide nectar or pollen.
Pollinators are bees, butterflies, birds, and bats.
Pollination is the process of moving pollen from one flower to another
of the same species, which produces fertile seeds.
To attract pollinators, use flowering plants that bloom from early
spring to fall.
Spring: dogwood, willow, violet, mayapple
Summer: asclepias, herbs, wild flowers, rudbeckia, daisies, hollyhock
Fall: asters, chrysanthemum, joe-pye weed, goldenrod
Bees prefer blue, purple, and white flowers.
Butterflies prefer red, purple, or yellow flowers.