Aster Nursery

Native Pollenizers for Native Pollinators

Melissodes (Heliomelissodes) desponsus Smith, 1854
Melissodes desponsus
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.
Field Thistle
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) hirticincta Provancher, 1888
Andrena hirticincta
Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom
Frost Aster

Pollen Gardening

  • Around 30% of native bee species are pollen specialists
  • Most specialists only eat pollen from the Aster Family
  • Many specialists have unique relations with flowers
  • Over 60% of specialist bees are rare and need help
  • Feed all bees by pollen gardening

2023

Aster Nursery grows pollenizers for pollinator conservation and conservation biocontrol. Plants for both pollen specialists and generalists. Nomadic: Nipmuc Territory. Site-specific selections: Availability mutable. Contact: j@jarrodfowler.com.

Photos from The USGS BIML

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