Rugosa rose is very attractive to native pollinating insects and, presumably, parasitoid wasps. It smells very pretty, produces hips that are rich in Vitamin C and has a long bloom period.
My rugosa roses started blooming on June 6 at 420 GDD b50 and may be the "bridge" species I am looking for between horseradish and motherswort. The horseradish was blooming hot-and-heavy on June 6.
Now I have to figure out where I am going to squeeze in a few specimens in my orchard.
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| Picture taken approximately June 3, 2019, 370 GDD b50 |
Cleavers, on the right side of image, have a long bloom period and tiny white flowers that might be attractive to pollinators. I will have to put out some sticky traps to find out. Cleavers are still blooming.
your growing season is a couple weeks ahead of mine. This is giving me a nice heads up on whats probably in my future. Thank you and keep up the good work and interesting writing.
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