Posts Tagged: red buckwheat
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