Videos & Podcasts with Slideshows
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Edible Natives: Spotlight on Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
Many of our native plants are edible and nutritious. Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus is a native ground cover that offers a tasty treat for humans and pollinators. Learn more about Opuntia humifusa with Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial!
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Pollinators of Native Plants with Heather Holm
Kim Eierman of EcoBeneficial! talks with Heather Holm about her terrific new book: Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants.
Anise Hyssop & Pollinators – Native vs. “Nativar”
Anise Hyssop is a great pollinator plant, but is a cultivar equal to the true native? Annie White’s research examines these plants, and many other native perennials, for their value to pollinators.
Nectar Collection & Analysis
Not all flowering native perennials produce nectar, the same amount or quality of nectar. Watch how Annie White collects and analyzes nectar for her research on native perennials vs. native cultivars and their respective value to pollinators.