An apple orchard, in USDA Hardiness Zone 6, has a wide array of plant families that bloom throughout the year, providing food for the bees and increasing pollination in the orchard.
Many orchards reserve acreage for desirable pollen producing plants to create a pollinator habitat. This habitat welcomes pollinators and provides a consistent source of food throughout the active seasons. This not only insures pollination but tends to increase pollination and productivity in the orchard.
Texas Sage (Salvia coccinea)
Pollinator Habitat Plants USDA Hardiness Zone 6 (Michigan)
COMMON NAME
BOTANICAL NAME
(GENUS/SPECIES)
FAMILY
Nodding onion or lady's leek
Allium cernum
(Amaryllis
family)
Dill
Bouquet
Anethum
graveolens
(Celery,
carrot or parsley family)
Golden
Alexanders
Zizia aurea
(Celery,
carrot or parsley family)
Purplestem
angelica
Angelica
atropurpurea
(Celery,
carrot or parsley family)
Laceleaf
Tickseed
Coreopsis
lanceolata L.
(Aster Family)
Michaelmas
Daisy or New England Aster
Symphyotrichum
novae-angliae (L.), formerly Aster novae-angliae L.
(Aster Family)
Rough
Blazing Star
Liatris aspera
(Aster Family)
Yellow
Coneflower, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower
Ratibida
pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart
(Aster Family)
Missouri
Ironweed
Vernonia
missurica
(Aster Family)
Riddellii's
Goldenrod
Solidago
riddellii
(Aster Family)
Spotted
geranium, Wild geranium, Cranesbill
Geranium
maculatum L.
(Geranium Family)
Bee
balm or Wild bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
(Mint Family)
Yellow
Giant Hyssop
Agastache
nepetoides
(Mint Family)
Texas sage
Salvia coccinea
(Mint Family)
Beaumont's
Culver's Root, Virginia Culver's Root
Leptandra
virginica, Veronica virginica
(Plantain
Family), (Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae))
Thimbleweed
Anemone
virginiana
(Buttercup
or crowfoot family)
Shrubby
cinquefoil
Potentilla
fruticosa
(Rose Family)
Wild
strawberry
Fragaria
virginiana
(Rose Family)
Meadowsweet
Spiraea alba
(Rose Family)
Purple-Throated
Mullein
Verbascum chaixii
(Fgwort family)
Hairy
penstemon, Hairy beardtongue
Penstemon
hirsutus (L.) Willd.
(Figwort Family)
Michaelmas Daisy (Aster novae-angliae)
Riddellii's Goldenrod (Solidago riddellii)
Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana)
Dill Bouquet (Anethum graveolens)
Planning Ideas for Pollinator Habitats Zone 7
A meadow or prairie is populated with grasses and shrubby plants.
The etymology of the word "prairie" is French from Latin and the english equivalent is meadow.
Horse Nettle, Solanum
Grasses and Forbs Growing in the Texas Blackland Prairie
The horse nettles are members of the nightshade family. A distinguishing characteristic of all horse nettles are prominent, bright yellow stamens. Confused with horse nettle sometimes, are purple ground-cherry (Quincula lobata). It is a purple flowered Nightshade member and very similar in appearance.
Many orchards reserve acreage for desirable pollen producing plants to create a pollinator habitat. This habitat welcomes pollinators and provides a consistent source of food throughout the active seasons. This not only insures pollination but tends to increase pollination and productivity in the orchard.
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