Posts Tagged: buckwheat
Buckwheats, June Bee Plant of the Month
Some of the best all-around plants for bees and beneficial insects in the California garden are the buckwheats, Eriogonum spp. Native to California, a selection of just a few species will provide bloom for most of the spring and summer in even the hottest and driest of gardens. These durable plants...
Open House at the Haven June 20
To mark National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, 2014, join us for an open house at the Honey Bee Haven on Friday, June 20, from 5:30 to 7pm. Here's your chance to talk to experts about bees and bee gardens; all visitors will take home a free pack of zinnia seeds while they last. Our best...
Pollinator Week flyer
In the Pink
You gotta love that red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens).Attractive to honey bees, native bees and butterflies, red buckwheat is flourishing in the garden. Okay, it's called red buckwheat, but the clusters are rosy pink. They're about the same size as ping-pong balls. We watched the bees work...
Honey Bee on Buckwheat
Bottoms Up
Seeing Red--On Buckwheat
Butterflies, honey bees and hover flies can't get enough of red buckwheat. Tight clusters of pink blossoms, coupled with gray-green foliage, grace red buckwheat (Eriogonum grande rubescens), a California native. It's good for the insects and good for the gardener. It's drought-tolerant. We...
Hover Fly
Looking for Nectar