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Pollinator Learning Center

Pollinators need our help! You can create a pollinator garden or meadow that's buzzing and humming with life. Learn more about the best pollinator plants for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with our helpful guides. Meadowscaping can help support pollinators and wildlife - every garden makes a difference.

Pollinator Plants & Garden Design Ideas

How To Identify Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds In Your Garden

Use these images to identify some of the pollinators visiting your yard

Monarda (Bee Balm) Flower and Bumblebee

Whether you're planting on a patio, a big meadow, or any space in between

Bumblebee and Echinacea (Purple Coneflower) bloom

Tips for what flower characteristics each pollinator likes best

Growing Host Plants and Nectar Plants In Your Butterfly Garden

Nectar-rich flowers offer a meal, while host plants send an invitation to stay a while

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How To Help Monarch Butterflies

Best Wildflowers For Attracting Monarchs To The Garden

These are their favorite flowers from spring through fall

How To Create A Monarch Waystation Garden

Help support the endangered Monarch Butterfly, right in your own backyard

How To Germinate & Grow Milkweed Seed

The best techniques for starting Milkweed plants from seed

How To Grow & Care For Milkweed Plants

Where to plant different Milkweed species & how to care for these long-lived perennials
 

Native Plants For Pollinators

All About Native Plants

Native plants have relationships with pollinators, and they are essential for a healthy web of life

Native Plants By State

Find recommendations for some of our most popular native plants and wildflower seeds in YOUR state

How To Choose Keystone Native Plants For Your Ecoregion

Find out which native plants provide the maximum resources for the pollinators in your area

All About Our Ecoregion Native Plant Collections

Collections make it easy to grow keystone plants - wherever you garden!