Fruit Trees: It Usually Takes Two
For many fruit trees, you need more than one cultivar in order to ensure a good harvest. Photo: Murtagh’s Meadow,Continue Reading
Category: Pollination
Yew Suffering From a Sexual Identity Crisis
Hey, Taxus × media ‘Densiformis’! Are “yew” a male or a female? Photo: springmeadownursery.com Question: Could you tell me if the hybrid yew ‘Densiformis’ (Taxus × media ‘Densiformis’)Continue Reading
My Squash Plants Only Produce Male Flowers
Squash plant with male flower. Photo: extension.unh.edu Question: I think something is wrong with my squash plants. They produce only maleContinue Reading
Grow a Pollinator Garden!
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The Crime-Solving Powers of Pollen
Ill.: www.pngfind.com, www.hiclipart.com & Pixy.org Shades of CSI! Did you know that plant pollen is slowly becoming a basic tool in crime investigation?Continue Reading
One Million Pollinator Garden Challenge: Goal Reached!
The National Pollinator Garden Network (NPGN) has announced that it has met and exceeded the goal of the Million Pollinator GardenContinue Reading
The Surprising Senses of Pollinators
What draws pollinators to flowers is more complex than it seems. Ill.: netclipart.com We humans tend to think that theContinue Reading
10 Fascinating Facts About Bees
Photo: www.insauga.com Bees are so ubiquitous that gardeners tend to take them for granted. Whether they’re the ever-busy honeybee (ApisContinue Reading
Separate Beds for Vegetables and Flowers?
You may get better vegetable pollination when flowers are grown in a separate bed. Photo: urbanpollinators.blogspot.com Two generations of gardenersContinue Reading
Matchmaking for Lonely Fruit Trees
Most fruiting trees (and shrubs) need cross-pollination, that is, pollen from another cultivar, in order to produce fruit. Even thoseContinue Reading