Links to resources mentioned in the video:
Pollinator Garden Books at the Powell River Library
David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyway Project
Selecting Plants for Pollinators – BC Lower Mainland
(includes Powell River specifically)
Plant Flower Seeds for Bees (West Coast Seeds)
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Wildlife Preservation Canada – Native Pollinator Initiative
Selection of pollinator-support plants with uses for people too (there are many more as well!):
Pollinator plants with human uses | (Annuals and perennial forbs only: trees and shrubs can contribute too) | |||||||
Medical herb | Culinary Herb | Tea | Edible flowers | Dried flowers | Food | Cover crop | Predatory Insects | |
Agastache/Anise Hyssop | Y | Y | ||||||
Bergamot/Bee Balm/Monarda | y | |||||||
Borage | Y | |||||||
Calendula | Y | |||||||
Centaurea/cornflower/bachelors buttons | Y | |||||||
Buckwheat | Y | Y | ||||||
Cardoon | Y | Y | ||||||
Chives | Y | Y | ||||||
Ammi (false QA Lace) | Y | |||||||
Cukes and Squash | Y | |||||||
Echinacea | Y | Y | ||||||
Phacelia | Y | |||||||
Sunflower | Y | |||||||
Mint | y | y | Y | |||||
Oregano | y | |||||||
Parsley | y | |||||||
Lavender | Y | y |