Nectar plants for "Bees"!!!
Wild flowers, trees, flowering herbs and cover crops provide nectar sources for beneficial insects and honey bees which pollinate the plants in our ecosystems, farm crops and gardens. Studies have shown that 80% of food crops are pollinated by wild bees worldwide. Pollinators are worth billions in the human food chain and plant diversity.
We have chosen nectar sources based on our own bee colony (apiary) observations here on the farm.....meaning that the bees have chosen these selections...for YOU!
Anise Hyssop (Organic)
$4.95
Grow like regular Hyssop. This variety is anise scented, almost smells of licorice. This perennial plant can be used medicinally...
Basswood (Linden)- seeds
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Basswood, also called Lindenwood are indigenous to this area making it through the toughest of winters and summer droughts. Germination...
Bee Bee tree-seeds
$9.95
Korean Evodia daniellii, also called Bee Bee tree is a deciduous tree covered in late July with massive flat heads...
BEE-friendly seed mix
$9.95
Our exclusive bee pollinator seed mix contains 17 different varieties of flowering species that start blooming in 30 days through...
Black Elderberry-seeds
$9.95
Black Elderberry "Sambucus canadensis" is our native elderberry that thrives here in ditches and swamps. It is also tolerant of...
Blackhaw-seeds
$9.95
Blackhaw "Viburnum prunifolium". Fruits are edible, and a great pollintor magnate. Small enough shrub for the back yard. Fruits can...
Blue Elderberry-seeds
$9.95
Blue Elderberry "Sambucus caerulea" is our Western Elderberry, used in the same way like our native Black Elderberry. Cooked fruit...
Buckwheat-Heritage (Organic) 1 pound
$14.95
This variety is grown by the Amish and produces nectar for honeybees and pollinators. Used as a microgreen/sprouts or flour. ...
Catalpa- seeds
$9.95
In Chinese medicine, the tea from the bark was used as a sedative, vermifuge and a laxative. The leaves are...
Cornus mass-seeds
$9.95
Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mass) is a small shrub that blooms very early late winter. Lovely in urban settings. The ripe...
Echinacea-Prairie Coneflower
$9.95
There are many varieties of echinacea cone flowers, this species can be found on the Prairie grass savannahs. A drought...
Echinacea-Purple Cone
$9.95
A super lovely large flowered perennial species that can be used as a cut flower and also medicinal applications. This...
Mustard-Nigra
$19.95
Traditionally, mustard has been used as a condiment. On our farm, we use it as a bio-fumigant for persistent crop...
Northern Olive-seeds
$9.95
Family: Oleaceae This is "Chionanthus virginicus". This is an olive substitute because the Italian variety is not hardy here in...
Pollinator Nectar mix-1 lb.
$19.95
This is a very colorful and high nectar producing cover crop mixture. 5 different varieties of crimson clover, white Dutch...
Spider flower-seeds
$9.95
A rare edible ornamental plant, unavailable commercially. more information here: Cleome gynandra - Wikipedia Leaves are edible in salads...
