11 MUST Grow Pollinator Garden Plants 🐝

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Get 15% off your ProFlowers order with code EPIC or just click the following link: bit.ly/3rrcseD - Huge thank you to ProFlowers for sponsoring this video. I used to think, "If I can't eat it, I'm not growing it." Oh, how wrong I was. The aesthetic beauty of flowers is undeniable, but most of them also bring in a whole host of pollinators that help improve the results you get out of your edible garden.
In this video, I planted a pollinator strip at the edge of my front yard edible garden as an attractant and have already noticed increased activity in the veggie garden.
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Sponsor
01:13 - General Intro
02:15 - Blue Lobelia
02:50 - Echinacea
03:33 - Heliotrope
04:19 - Milkweed
05:17 - Alyssum
05:41 - Agastache
06:29 - Yarrow
06:53 - Daisy
07:23 - Pentas
08:02 - Salvia
08:32 - Delphinium
09:28 - Outro
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@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to ProFlowers for sponsoring this video! Get 15% off your ProFlowers order with code EPIC or just click the following link: bit.ly/3rrcseD

@vlong7112 3 жыл бұрын

So that's why you asked about birthdays for San Diego subs.. nice 🙌🏽

@valamaas 3 жыл бұрын

Omfg u scared me! Haha no.

@333333joshua 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. I am waiting for mine. Where do I email my address? I am using my son's phone. This is his mom. Seems to me you are missing some Marigolds in that mix.

@1Lightdancer 3 жыл бұрын

Your BD deliveries were so sweet! One of our lovely local plant biz Incahoots growes some flowers locale in the community Gardens, and I think donates some of those ...

@jamieflint2550 3 жыл бұрын

You crack me up jumping out from behind the raised bed, and then lying down in the garden to go over each plant 😂 Love it!

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

LOL you gotta get IN the garden

@zellafae 3 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening become the garden

@rhylcollins9724 2 жыл бұрын

when he went at the door with the flower he looks like if he want a girl😂 and😊

@amberevol 2 жыл бұрын

I fkn lost it 🤣🤣

@bethdibella550 Жыл бұрын

Lol that was 🤣

@puddsmax863 2 жыл бұрын

The absolute best pollinator plants are the Wildflowers that are native to YOUR area. Some of these aren't native to the entirety of the US but it's certainly a great list for your area. :)

@iahelcathartesaura3887 Жыл бұрын

Thank you that's a very important point I noticed immediately upon seeing this video before I clicked on it. Then I checked to see if he was addressing this and he did not. Your comment is very crucial and important!

@vlong7112 3 жыл бұрын

Milkweed was my gateway plant at the beginning of COVID! I got really into supporting Monarchs and moved to indoor gardening. Thank you for mentioning the difference between native and tropical! It matters

@wildheart5086 3 жыл бұрын

I just purchased 28 houseplants of all varieties I do not normally grow. My outside veggie garden is growing. My Butterfly- Hummingbird Garden is in process. Milkweed is growing everywhere for the butterflies. Sunflowers( a row of each, 9 different colors/varieties) covered in bees! Teddy bear, dwarf Incredibles, paquita Colorado, 4-6ft gold, velvet, lemon Queen, pale and burgundy, light to dark sunbursts and 14ft single and multihead gold's! They look wonderful beginning to open and seeing all the varieties swaying in the breeze! Love it.

@ccrusat 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Hawaii so I have butterflies year round and my plants are always just sticks cause it never has time to establish itself. I'm going to have to cage it or something so it's not naked year round

@andresibarra9914 3 жыл бұрын

I live in jalisco (mexico) as such i do have tropical milkweed since it is my native variety, i didnt know they sold it in the USA, i thought everyone would just sell their local variety.

@diamondmoonwolf 3 жыл бұрын

Color is very important. I’ve been gardening for 9 years now. And threw research and experience, blue and purple colors is what will attract bees. Reds and oranges will attract your hummingbirds and butterflies because bees will take all the pollen and nectar, but they can not see red colors so bees and hummingbirds have adapted to understand this, and will aim for red flowers. So happy you mentioned milkweed. What’s super important to note, is that you should 100% plant butterfly host plants, because they will actually attract more butterflies than any flowers would ever. One of my top favorites that seems to attract butterflies, bees, and moths (at night) is Cleome/spiderflowers

@icouldjustscream 3 жыл бұрын

I have Borage everywhere. The bees adore it.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

I'll check out Cleome!

@1Lightdancer 3 жыл бұрын

Butterflies like mallows as well, marshmallow, mallow zebrina, okra, Sidalcia ... Oh, yes, Borage! And mint! Bumblebees often spend the mint in my mint flowers! And bees love the mint ...

@RE-xv9fp 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not so sure about this color thing. I have lots of bumble bees in my garden (Sweden) and they surely do land on and eat from red flowers for example red poppies, red roses etc. They don't only rely on their eyes, they also use their scent organs.

@jmessenger919 3 жыл бұрын

Cleome is such a fun plant! A little stinky and the leaves look a lot like something else, lol. but they are so cool! The blooms look like fireworks!

@DaNortWoods 3 жыл бұрын

Finally!!!! I think planting pollinator plants are super important especially nowadays.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@zaria5785 3 жыл бұрын

I agree as well. After all the fires out west over the last year, creating a pollinator sanctuary is best. I just planted a garden for pollinators in a 24 sq foot area outside of my garden where the public can walk by it along the sidewalk. It’s become a conversation starter with my neighbors. Very refreshing to socialize after this whole lockdown business this past year.

@DaNortWoods 3 жыл бұрын

@@zaria5785 love the idea. I have a huge pollinator garden in my backyard near my veggies. I’ve had all sorts of different bees and butterflies and dragonflies. My back yard was just grass and nothing else but an old raised bed that was overtaken by weeds when we first bought it last July. Now it is a thriving ecosystem that will be my project for years to come!

@meganmackenzie5993 3 жыл бұрын

This is my first year growing Purple Tomatillos, and I almost don't care if I get a harvest because it's so pleasing to come near it as the whole bushed-out plant buzzes with bumblebees and other pollinators. It's a song of life with all the flowers and the pollinators it's brought in.

@firefly5247 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, 100%!!! I put down some kale and radishes last year; no real use for either of the vegetables, so I decided to let them bolt to seed just so I didn't have to buy more. (Heirloom seeds, so hopefully they won't be duds.) 100% worth it just to help out my local microecological zone :)

@andreee123123 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds wonderful! My purple tomatillo seeds just sprouted today :)

@333333joshua 3 жыл бұрын

I have some dragon fruit plants that are growing very long... I don't know what type I have because it has not flowered as yet. Is there any easy way I can identify them?

@rogerfeenstra9496 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking along the same lines while sitting in my garden in the cool dawn this morning. It’s been so hot here (Fresno, CA) that nothing is producing (except some peppers). But, as you said, the bees are buzzing their song and everything is so lush and pretty. That’s satisfaction in and of itself at the moment. Thanks for the positive post.

@Talkingdaisy-no6nu 3 жыл бұрын

Same! I planted 2 sad tomatillos in pots on my deck. I saved them from the clearance section of the garden center. They are huge now and covered in bees! I don’t even care if I get tomatillos as long as I can keep watching the bees every morning.

@christinawong7093 3 жыл бұрын

Great video on the importance of flowers. I used to think they were a waste of space vs edibles.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Same - glad I changed my mind!

@nellgwyn2723 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the video. But I want to say it would be important to mention that the choice of which flowers to plant really depends on your country and area. Local plants are always the better choice, because many animals specialise on the plants native to their region. A lot of people import and many exotic plants look really nice, but are rather invasive in the wrong area and don't feed all those specialised pollinators (a lot of wild bees do in fact only visit a small list of plants, some only visit a single type, so you can have beautiful exotic flowers in your garden that end up feeding nothing and potentially spread and replace the local flora that the pollinators actually rely on.) So, I really enjoyed the video, but I hope everyone knows that instead of taking this as recommendations, depending on where they live it is better treated as inspiration to find beautiful local plants that offer the same benefits :) Lovely though and I have never heard of milkweed before, living in northern Europe, so now I'm gonna go read up on monarch butterflies and then hummingbirds, because oh my god I wish we had those here

@PrincessTS01 3 жыл бұрын

for my garden i buy large bags of seeds to grow wildflowers for the pollinators there is a special mix just for them

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic idea

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@TheCorporalCreampuff 3 жыл бұрын

As a new beekeeper, this is super helpful! Other plants I have recorded as great for pollinators are: -Anise Hyssop -Dogsbane/catsbane -lavenders (of course) -snapdragons -thyme+oregano+rosemary -queen annes lace/wild carrot/parsnip (if you get to one before the bees do, you can actually see the nectar glistening on the flowers) -Borage/Vipers Bugloss (makes the best honey in my opinion) -lemon trees -wattle trees Note: I am from NZ, so hopefully I haven't listed any unsuitable for anyone; I did try to do non nz natives

@mybiz1006 2 жыл бұрын

I second the anise hyssop. Plus, it makes a delicious, healthy tea. And, queen anne's lace grows wild here in Illinois. Thank you for the post.

@TheRealHonestInquiry 2 жыл бұрын

I love the taste of Star Thistle honey :)

@thegerblinradio Жыл бұрын

Do you have any for Queensland? I seem to be in a pollinator dead zone even through spring…

@adamross2208 Жыл бұрын

Russian sage is my go to. You can plant it in horrible soil, never water it and it blooms all season long. Its like lavender on steroids.

@TheCorporalCreampuff Жыл бұрын

@@thegerblinradio actually, I'd recommend looking at the shop Melbourne Bush Food, they also have a questionnaire to help you find what plants are good for your zone and garden space. Added bonus of all being edible! Otherwise I'd look into hardy herbs like rosemary (tuscan or prostrate are my favs) and any type of thyme (especially creeping carpet types) as the bees love them when they flower. Also look into your native wildflowers for your local area, and sprinkle seeds around wherever you can!

@TheFragrantBunch 3 жыл бұрын

I was like you and only grew vegetables, but once I started planting flowers, I couldn't stop. Now I have more flowers than veggies lol

@jaedyncall8212 3 жыл бұрын

You were already one of my favorite KZfaqrs, but I love that you delivered those flowers to subscribers. That was seriously so sweet of you.

@dianabolla5765 3 жыл бұрын

Bees love lavender. Smells good and drought tolerant too :)

@eSheeep 3 жыл бұрын

Also edible, so can be used as a spice or medicinal herb. Dried flowers in teabags hung between clothes gives a nice scent and keeps moths away. Gotta love lavender.

@donavinnezar 3 жыл бұрын

@@eSheeep some people also smoke lavender in herbal smoking mixes If its a plant you bet some human has dried it and tried smoking it XD

@csn583 3 жыл бұрын

@@donavinnezar Not even limited to plants! 🐸😅

@cravenlunatic1 3 жыл бұрын

rosemary too!

@Myshka331 3 жыл бұрын

"It's rare to find plants hardy to zone 3." *Cries in equivalent to USDA zone 3a* For real though, I want to recommend bee balm as a great pollinator plant. There are many species native to many parts North America and not only to the bees love them, but they smell amazing too!

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it's so good!

@1Lightdancer 3 жыл бұрын

Just gave my 10 year old grandson a taste test between bee balm and Agastache flowers - he enjoyed them both! (As do my pollinators) Agastache and Echinacea air also NA natives and Yarrow is circumpolar.

@jmessenger919 3 жыл бұрын

I came here to recommend bee balm as well! lol it's really my best pollinator plant! It brings in the hummingbirds every day, along with hummingbird moths and tons of other pollinators! Plus its super easy to grow and a fast spreading perennial that looks beautiful!

@Myshka331 3 жыл бұрын

@@1Lightdancer I've come across the local native species of Agastache growing about, but never knew what it was called. This video and your comment led me to the answer. I live in an apartment and garden in a tiny plot in a nearby community garden (damn only having a very shaded north-facing balcony and window!), but I dream of one day having a space to grow a native species garden (along with everything else I want to grow). It's so great that your grandson is getting the opportunity to try and enjoy new plants! Many of my own best childhood memories with my grandmother are of learning from her as I helped her in her huge garden and enjoying the produce

@Myshka331 3 жыл бұрын

@@jmessenger919 Yes! One of my all time favourite plants both for it's pollinator attracting abilities and just to smell the flowers and leaves every time I pass by. Plus it can be tasty too! Apparently it's a classic with venison, but as someone who mostly eats vegetarian, I personally love it as a herbal tisane or an accent in shortbread cookies.

@KoolaideIsBallin 3 жыл бұрын

African Blue Basil attracts Bee's, Butterflies, Hornets or Wasp, and Flies in my garden. I love it.

@JohnSmouseFilms 3 жыл бұрын

Have several. Absolute champion plant.

@j.m.7056 3 жыл бұрын

Thai basil too!

@jamesmcinnis208 3 жыл бұрын

Bee's what?

@Qrow022 Жыл бұрын

Now that Monarch Butterflies are endangered, make sure to grow extra Narrow Milkweed!

@sherry2836 3 жыл бұрын

Best pollinator plant (shrub) for summer thru fall, I always plant in my garden is Mexican Sunflower. Butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and then yellow chickadees feast on the seeds. Beautiful vibrant orange blooms! Also, Liatris really attracts the honey bees.

@thegrynne 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't mention perennial basil. They're so easy to grow, doesn't self-seed, and the bees love them.

@themusenextdoor 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree on the salvia and agastache for perennials! As far as annuals go, I've been getting a lot of visitors to my sunflowers, bachelor buttons, and buckwheat.

@Seleste777 3 жыл бұрын

This is right on time! I haven't seen any pollinators in my vegetable garden and I've been trying to figure out how attract more.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@wildheart5086 3 жыл бұрын

Sunflowers are covered in bees. Zinnias are attracting Butterflies. But June bugs are eating my Zinnias. I am attempting to grow a Butterfly- Hummingbird Garden. Perennials being planted. Milkweed grows like grass around here. We have been letting it grow wherever it wants to. We love butterflies and hummingbirds!

@tracycrider7778 Жыл бұрын

Basil is a huge one too❤

@tracycrider7778 Жыл бұрын

@@wildheart5086buy some milky spore. Treat your property 2/3 times a year for 2-3 years. Kills the Japanese Beetle grubs and supposedly lasts 10-20 years❤

@tracycrider7778 Жыл бұрын

@@wildheart5086so do I love hummingbirds and butterflies and bees ❤

@janetlisagonzalez1278 3 жыл бұрын

I planted lavender and the bumblebees and honey bees love it! It’s also the easiest plant I have as far as care goes which is great for me lol

@tennesseenana4838 3 жыл бұрын

I started a Pollinator garden this spring and am loving the different butterflies, humming birds and bees that are in it now. Thanks for recommending those plants. I wrote down the ones I don't have yet and will add them next year. I'm in zone 6b/7a so a lot will work in my yard. I've learned a lot from your many videos - THANK YOU!

@tracycrider7778 Жыл бұрын

Some you can start from seed it’ll be a lot cheaper ❤

@nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden 3 жыл бұрын

Some great ideas there Kevin! I find that herbs are often one of the best pollinator magnets. Sage in particular puts on an immense show and seems to draw in all the bees. Anything from the mint family, thyme, rosemary, oregano, chives etc. We get to eat and so do the bugs :)

@wildheart5086 3 жыл бұрын

I am growing those all over my garden beds.

@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118 2 жыл бұрын

Those herbs are my best and easiest pollinator attractors as well.

@hillaryburdick9313 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m already planning for my spring garden for next year and this is really helpful.

@elroySF Жыл бұрын

Another great one is borage, which the bees will absolutely work to exhaustion, and it does well in hot, dry areas. And I found out that rabbits really love it :( - so I start mine in wire cages. :)

@lindam9018 3 жыл бұрын

I love how you popped up out of nowhere in the beginning! 😄 Good video on these pollinator flowers!

@giovanniortiz4913 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is amazing. I used to garden and deliver my plants while I was younger. And met amazing people . I’m 24 now and starting my garden again & this channel is awesome!

@landon5370 3 жыл бұрын

I bought tropical milkweed at lowes before knowing this :( but I did find online that if you chop it down to 6 inches later in the year it doesnt disrupt the monarchs

@emilytaylor5744 3 жыл бұрын

I planted borage (which have blue purple star shaped flowers) this year and I have never had more bees! Plus you can use the leaves to make delicious tea :)

@tracycrider7778 Жыл бұрын

Planted about 20 seeds and so far only one has sprouted 😢hopefully it will grow well ❤

@drofumidragon5580 3 жыл бұрын

Dill is great for attracting parasitic wasps as well as many other types wasps. Once the dill starts blooming, most caterpillars and bugs seem to disappear. Of course the down side is if you are not a fan of wasps, Dill might not be a great idea. Nothing like looking for a cucumber only to find it is located near a Dill flower covered in bald faced hornets.

@kristydoman3434 3 жыл бұрын

I just got narrow leaf milkweed. I used to have tropical. If you have any tropical, I read you are supposed to run around and cut any and all tropical milkweed to the ground on 11/1 of every year.

@GR-bo5zt 3 жыл бұрын

You’re the “bees knees” Kevin. 🙌🏻🐝

@Gardeningchristine 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another helpful and informative video! You’ve inspired me to cover my porch with container flowers and vegetables and they’re doing great!

@MicaelaSkyeB 3 жыл бұрын

Something the bees seem to love in my garden is catmint!

@chrissingh7210 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 🌼.Those bouquets are quite lovely. 💐🌹. Looking forward for more of your videos.

@marksmall7790 3 жыл бұрын

Great tips about having a mix to attract a variety of pollinators. Just learned marigolds attract Japanese beatles which is a good way to save your veggies and efficient to pick them off without chemicals.

@sleeplessinthecarolinas8118 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I didn't know that. Thank you!

@indoorIvan 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you included some native flowers and not just exotic ones 🙂

@PorchGardeningWithPassion 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff Kevin! I only have a few of these ready to plant and it looks like I may need to add some of these later this year or next year 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

@steph8079 3 жыл бұрын

I was so happy to see bumblebee in my cucumber, this is my first garden (raisebed) on my balcony in a big city so I was worry about polinator but they are here! Definitly planting flower when I have a bigger garden.

@godonlylovesme1638 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, enjoy gardening 🌻🍅🍍

@j.m.7056 3 жыл бұрын

Pentas are fabulous! They come in reds, pinks, and whites. (Maybe more?) Pentas do very well in containers as well as inground.

@melissarecord7102 3 жыл бұрын

I love Salvia and it loves my garden. Just this morning I saw a humming bird drinking from mine. Mint also attracts a lot of pollinators. I let mine bloom this year and it was fun seeing what came to eat from the flowers.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

I've noticed WAY more hummingbirds in the garden since I started planting salvia as well

@Nikki-mx5my 3 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening There are so many different varieties of Salvia that bloom at different times it’s great! The Hummingbirds really do love them and they’re great to have in the garden. Not only are they pollinators, but they can eat something like 2-3 times their weight in small, annoying insects like misquotes and gnats. Plus, Hummers are just beautiful, fascinating birds! :)

@kacie-jobradford2632 3 жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening Pycnanthemum californicum!!!

@bobjolly7795 3 жыл бұрын

Salvia is wonderful.... so many different varieties and the butterflies and bees love it

@berri5769 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I have two varieties and they tend to flower year round so everyone has something to eat.

@jbigfeather 3 жыл бұрын

Wow Eric that’s was a lot of great information in a short video, thank you. This I can do next summer.

@farmerchick3040 Жыл бұрын

Flowering perennial herbs are another great choice. Sage chives oregano lavender thyme. They flower early and come back every year.

@abigail.j8500 2 жыл бұрын

9:55 your spot on with the color, beautiful deep blood red! 💐🐝

@helenperalta3555 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin for getting down and dirty to show us the best pollinator plants. This is very helpful.

@garyjoannaday6553 Жыл бұрын

Thanks we have and are learning so much from you ! Keep growing ! 😊

@noelfisher1829 Жыл бұрын

This EPIC narrative filled me with inspiration for flowering the existing garden of the property here in The Bluebells of Santa Cruz Ca. I'm door 7, Noel-Heather, Thank you!!!

@OldMotherLogo Жыл бұрын

Here in Missouri, common milkweed is the native one. I have some I started from seed last year and now have some volunteers. I bought some heliotrope today on your recommendation and oh, it smells so lovely! I’m keeping it near the back door so I can smell it when I go in and out. Thanks so much!

@moresnacksplease526 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Super helpful! I don't appreciate having flowers in my garden enough because I'm always like, "Give me fruits and vegetables!!"

@madlynbarileau1114 2 жыл бұрын

I just want to commend you for all your planting information you provide. Thank you

@VirginiaMoonMusic13 2 жыл бұрын

You’re so informative! Ty!!! Loving your videos and I’m happy to have found your channel!!!

@LG3295 3 жыл бұрын

Aww love this video, thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge! I especially enjoy that you mention how introducing non native plants can mess with local species! And that you lay in your garden... one day I will also lay in my garden haha.

@xxnattxx93 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I’m from zone 3 and excited to try growing some delphiniums, I’ve started some from seed a few months back

@holisticheritagehomestead 2 жыл бұрын

We are definitely looking to attract more pollinators. Great video. Thorough. Thank you.

@RE-xv9fp 3 жыл бұрын

I planted Scabiosa columbaria "Dwarf pincushion flower" and the Japanica version in my garden and the bumble bees and butterflies loves them so much! They are all over the flowers constantly and can't leave them! I also have woodland sage and Salvia × superba, they go crazy over. Almost every night at dawn one or two bumble bees sleep on the pincushion ones. And also squash, the flowers are amazing because the bumble bees loves to crawl inside the cozy squash flowers during dawn/night. They have direct access to nectar/pollen all night and can keep warm aswell. I have gotten such cute videos and images of the bumble bees in my garden this year

@toniprioleau1155 2 жыл бұрын

Love the background music. Perfect for the piece. 😉💜

@pennyleuthard5823 3 жыл бұрын

Another great flower that butterflies and all types of bees flock to later in the summer is autumn joy sedum. At times every bloom bunch on mine will be loaded with a variety of insects and butterflies. It's wonderful! Bee balm (mondaria) is also great.

@candacevivas5147 3 ай бұрын

Would you guys mind doing a video on your Hummingbird Haven Flower Mix? I’d love to see how best to sow the packet, care, & what the flowers look like.

@BeardedTechGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Things for me to consider next year!

@ceceliaedic2265 3 жыл бұрын

LOVED the video. Thanks for teaching about the various flowers you have planted to attract the pollinators. I have a couple of pots of wildflowers, plus a bunch of petunias. I let my spearmint bolt and I’ve never seen the assortment of pollinators coming to partake of the flowers such as carpenter bees, bumbles, honeys, moths, flies, and leafcutters. Absolutely amazing. Now if it would cool down a bit for my tomatoes to start producing again…

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@vee5032 3 жыл бұрын

I been adding many flowers in my garden, and I like the way you explain and described the plants is very helpful, it make it easy for me to add different ones 👍🏼🌺🌼🌸🌷🌹🌼🌻

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@devonbradley4372 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video and so lovely to see all your different plants which you recommend for pollinators. My little native bees (stingless) really love my basil flowers and my big honey bees like the lavender, I have heliotrope growing and the scent is so lovely. It does smell like cherry vanilla and it is a warm scent very reminiscent of warm milk with vanilla. Your large delphinium was breath-taking! Thank you. Well done!

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Devon! Glad you agree on the heliotrope...such a good smell

@natalieharrison4318 3 жыл бұрын

So beautiful and so very useful information that I needed to see

@chababannour 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful share my freind thank you very mutch.

@Fourteener 3 жыл бұрын

Haha I liked the creative walkout at the beginning! I like your sense of humor in your videos ☺️

@kellyklapp1232 3 жыл бұрын

It makes me crack up every time you come out from behind things to start videos 😂 puts a smile on my face!

@melanieallen3655 Жыл бұрын

Love your red fabric pots!! Great video.shared.💚

@Kaytreenz 3 жыл бұрын

This was great! Very glad to hear you mention finding native plants to your area. Our milkweed here up in Toronto, Canada that monarch caterpillars grow up on is very different from your native milk weed. Cool to see how plants have adapted.

@diamondmoonwolf 3 жыл бұрын

Canada is mostly native to large leaf milkweed right? I’ve been raising butterflies for many years now, but it’s very difficult to find something that ISNT tropical milkweed here in zone 9. Tropical milkweed is not ideal...

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

I'll have to look it up!

@SolitudeAcres 11 ай бұрын

My wife and I love this video we are trying to create a pollinator friendly garden and this gives us great ideas

@randyo6019 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin! Love the content. I have 8 different colors coneflowers blooming lol n the front yard right now along with Mexican daisies. Beautiful butterflies and bees come over every day. I do it for them😁

@deoko1 3 жыл бұрын

damn, I lost this round of "where is Kevin popping up from?" haha

@icouldjustscream 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say the Pentas is blood red as well. I have lots of pollinator favourites all over. Baskets of annuals, dozens of perennials, flowering veg. I sowed little patches of crimson clover and sweet alyssum here and there. Borage everywhere, I LOVE it! I bought an amazing new coneflower seedling 'Sombrero', it is the most vivid red, it looks surreal. I hope you are visited by sweet bees and happy hummingbirds!

@Goot253 3 жыл бұрын

Nice variety in your arrangement. I may have to try and duplicate your awesome pollinator garden! Nice job! Epic job!

@willdriskill429 3 жыл бұрын

I have been growing purple bee balm and catnip 4 pollinators for the veg garden. Hummingbirds love the bee balm.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Hard to beat bee balm!

@borracho-joe7255 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. Thanks!

@hsk696 2 жыл бұрын

Man, the recipients of the flowers were so cool and collected. If Kevin showed up at my door, I would’ve been jumping up and down and squealing in crazy joy, LOL!! You’re #1 on my fave celebs list!! :) Super sweet of you to personally deliver, and this video is awesome - I’m just getting into planting flowers with my veggies, perfect timing as usual!

@potatopotatoeOG 3 жыл бұрын

Awww. That was great to deliver the bouquets.

@Garden_sunshine 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Up here in Nor Cal. Plant hollyhock!!! Pollinators LIKE NEVER BEFORE! It’s been an epic pollinator season thus far. 🐝 Also Chinese long noodle beans. The bees & hummingbirds won’t leave the blossoms alone!

@beverlyfraser4080 3 жыл бұрын

Pentas are perennials in zone 9b and warmer. I have beds of them in many colors that flower year round. Bees are always around them.

@davidhoward2412 Жыл бұрын

Your correct with the Pentis color observation.

@nickoyler8639 3 жыл бұрын

I swear every time you post a video it's always something I've been thinking about for the last few days!

@doyalaundry Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video!!! 💐

@EDLaw-wo5it 3 жыл бұрын

You keep teaching and I keep learning. Thank you! Havagudun and stay safe.

@epicgardening 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@MsSiguiente 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! We need to talk more about this!

@SunshineCountryChickens 3 жыл бұрын

Just suscribed! Love your ideas thanks for all the great information! 💖 💘 💝

@ValienteMusic888 3 жыл бұрын

Love all d flowers And love how u know so much of all of them.. keep em coming pogi 😘😘😘

@sandrakulikowski6305 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. I am learning so much from you. I have been gardening for decades. I am binging your videos looking forward to next spring. I live in Chicago. I am a retired teacher. So I am spending most of my time wrapped around my little Homestead. I lost my son to Covid. You remind me so much of him. You look so much like him and act so much like him. It brings me so much joy to watch your videos. You are epic keep doing what you’re doing. 💖

@henrydavid8450 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sandra

@XCsoccerTRACKmom 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, been adding flowers for bees, wasnt sure which one is good.

@1970fontenot 3 жыл бұрын

your channel is EPIC love watching it very informative thanks

@charlottegurnell2628 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool vid! Here in NZ our monarchs eat Swan plants which is a different variety of milkweed with spiky seed pods (sometimes called hairy balls plant 😅) and white flowers. Our favorite pollinator in marigold 😊 definitely trying echinacea this year too ✌

@tracygrey8781 Жыл бұрын

I'm in Auckland, NZ... When's the best time of year to plant marigolds for you? Do you think they make good cut flowers or is the stem too short?

@JuJoa 3 жыл бұрын

Wow such beautiful bouquet 💐

@backtoplants609 3 жыл бұрын

Great video epic garden I love pollinator plants I have a butterfly gardening down here in Florida i’m recently starting a vegetable garden I’ll be doing it soon Great video Love it looking forward to see more 🪴🦋🌺🥭🌴🌻🌿

@julseabate4173 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Please do a detailed herb video, I am having a hard time with oregano, dill, cilantro, chives, parsley, tried from seeds and starters, learning slowly, marjoram and green onions are good but I have to spray a neem/peppermint/dishsoap mixture at least once per week.

@reginahutchinson4057 2 жыл бұрын

I am 2 week new into learning how to garden. I am in zone 8 in Texas. I started my Herb garden in my APT.

@samiam159007 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great video! You're very articulate and funny too!

@sylviahufer7019 Жыл бұрын

I have started gardening in the last two years (in my 70’s ) I plant my flowers between my veggies and now have then only have started to plant edible flowers