Links to information on native plants, pollinators, etc.

Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Mar 30, 2014

The weather is thwarting outside gardening today, so in case anyone else is looking for gardening-related things to do, I thought I'd share a few links with useful information:

"Attracting Beneficial Insects with Native Flowering Plants" - includes a chart with bloom times and a page on predator and parasitoid insects: http://nativeplants.msu.edu/uploads/files/E2973.pdf

Native plants for the Chesapeake Bay watershed area: http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/toc.htm - and - http://www.wildflower.org/collections/collection.php?collection=usfws_ches

Seed germination instructions for perennials, not just native: http://tomclothier.hort.net/page02.html#B

Native groundcovers for shade/part-shade: http://vnps.org/download/VNPS%20Brochures/Alternatives-to-English-Ivy.pdf

Plants in the Aster and sunflower families (also has info on other plant families): http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Asteraceae.htm

Info on a range of native plants: http://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/category/native-plants/

Good site for identifying wildflowers: http://mywildflowers.com

Something I should look at before posting pics on the Plant Identification site:
http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/plants/plantsystematics/Identifying_50_major_plant_families.pdf

CatMint20906 Silver Spring, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 31, 2014

thanks, Muddy! :-)

Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Apr 02, 2014

You're welcome! Having the links in one place will make it easier for me to find them too.

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