To have a more successful vegetable garden, try planting companion flowers for vegetables. Growing pollen-and-nectar producing plants near your edibles will provide nesting and food for pollinators such as bees, flies, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Studies show the addition of pollinator friendly plants to your landscape can increase vegetable and/or fruit yields. Some good pollinator plants for vegetable gardens include echinacea, rudbeckia, monarda, and butterfly bushes. Pollinator-Friendly Companion Plants for Vegetables Crop plants pollinate by insects or wind. If the plant produces separate male and female flowers, a bee carries pollen from the male flower to the receptive female flower. If the male and female structures are located within each flower, visiting insects will help to move or shake the pollen loose. To avoid problems with fruit set, bring pollinators to the garden with companion plants. Good pollinator plants for vegetable gardens include native plants and cultivated plants that provide nectar […]
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