Florida Hemp, Attracting Pollinators

We spread FDOT type wildflower seeds along roadside here last fall. Despite drought they are blooming beautifully. The yellow Coreopsis is a Florida native species (and the state wildflower). Phlox (Phlox drummondii) are naturalized here. Wildflowers attract pollinators, increase biodiversity and add to our hemp's entourage effect. This wildflower mix is the same type FDOT used along highway rights of ways and is low maintenance & drought tolerant.  #pollinator #arendellhillnursery #tallahassee #fdotwildflowers #wildflowers https://t.co/GdsdysHetk

Flowers Are A Must For Permaculture Garden Success

Florida Permaculture Garden, Pollinator Plants a Must

Survival garden pollinator plants & plants pollinators pollinate. You have to have flowers to attract pollinators. You have to have pollinators to grow food. 

Natives & wildflowers are good choices. Passiflora (Passiflora incarnata) & cross vine (Bignonia capreolata) shown here, both Florida natives. 

If your garden doesn't grow food well it may be lacking flowers to attract the needed pollinators.

Try wildflowers!

Florida Native Plant & Wildflower Poetry, Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis

Florida Native Plant & Wildflower Poetry, Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis

Florida Nature Haiku Poetry, Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis

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slough bush quiet rustle 

loud cicadas hush as wood

duck leaves her nest,

gliding across still pond,

below bees busy with sweet

buttonbush blooms

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#floridanativeplants #florida #pensacola #pensacolaart #arttherapy #haiku #buttonbush #wildflowers #poetry #natureart #cephalanthus #wetlands #waterbirds  #swamplife #pollinators #bees