Best Pollinator Plants For Vegetable Garden. Pollination occurs when pollen from a flower’s male sexual organ (stamen) comes into contact with a flower’s female sexual organ (stigma). They bloom all summer long.
Vegetables that we grow for the leaves like lettuce & spinach and vegetables that we grow for their roots like carrots and radishes don’t need pollinators. Top 8 native shade pollinator plants for maryland piedmont region. Basically, your garden needs pollinators like bees and butterflies to transfer the pollen from the male part of your vegetable to the female part in order for fruit to develop.
Anise hyssop (agastache foeniculum) produces lovely flowers that can be appreciated by gardeners and pollinators alike.
Thanks to the large size of its compound umbels (a fancy way of describing a certain kind of flower cluster which is characteristic of the parsley family), the cow parsnip is one of the best sources of nectar and pollen for a wide variety of pollinators, especially small bees and wasps. Basically, your garden needs pollinators like bees and butterflies to transfer the pollen from the male part of your vegetable to the female part in order for fruit to develop. The role of pollinators in the vegetable garden. Take care with pesticides that might harm your pollinator friends.