Best Pollinator Plants Colorado. Colorado gardeners get to enjoy the purple blooms of the santa fe aster nearly all summer long. (currently, there are about 700,000 registered pollinator gardens nationwide, with 419 in denver, and 1,600 in the greater denver area.)
This guide includes photos of 2,800 tropical plants (mostly ornamentals), with a list of those attractive to butterflies and to birds at the back. As you do so, consider your climate and growing space. Several of them are also attractive to predators and parasites of the infamous brown marmorated stink bug.
It is important to have plants that bloom from early spring through summer and as late into the fall as possible to provide continual resources for pollinators.
Native perennial plants form the foundation to my pollinator garden. We share best practices, research, resources and knowledge to support this mission. But the sante fe aster certainly does! “the colorado pollinator network was established in 2016 with a mission to bring organizations together to work collaboratively to conserve, protect and create pollinator.