Posts Tagged: Ellen Zagory

Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22: Yes, There's Life After Lawn

Is there life after lawn? Yes. If you're looking for plants to attract pollinators, including bees and butterflies, then the UC Davis Arboretum's Plant Sale on Saturday, Oct. 22 is the place to "bee." A public fall clearance sale will be held from 9...

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Buddleia 'Purple Haze.' This will be one of the plants offered at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Buddleia 'Purple Haze.' This will be one of the plants offered at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. The milkweed plant is the host plant of monarchs; it's the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. The milkweed plant is the host plant of monarchs; it's the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking for Bee Plants?

If you're thinking about adding more bee friendly plants to your garden but you're concerned about the drought, the UC Davis Arboretum has the answers. The arboretum will host its public spring clearance plant sale on Saturday, May 17, from 9 a.m....

A honey bee, loaded with pollen, heads for Kniphofia "Christmas Cheer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, loaded with pollen, heads for Kniphofia "Christmas Cheer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

A finch likes the Christmas Cheer, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A finch likes the Christmas Cheer, too. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey

Bumble Bees at Bodega

If you're on your way to Bodega Bay in Sonoma County, stop at Bodega Head and see all the yellow-faced bumble bees on a yellow coastal plant, Eriophyllum, commonly known as the woolly sunflower. The bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, are back and they...

Bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenski, on woolly sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenski, on woolly sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of bumble bee, vosnesenski. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of bumble bee, vosnesenski. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This yellow-faced bumble bee is packing red pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This yellow-faced bumble bee is packing red pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sounding the Trumpet (Vine)

If you're looking for a good bee plant that offers a little bit of an obstacle, try the violet trumpet vine (Clytostoma calystegioides). It's one of the UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars.What's an Arboretum All-Star? The UC Davis Arboretum horticultural...

Honey bee slides into a a violet trumpet vine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee slides into a a violet trumpet vine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee leaves a violet trumpet vine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee leaves a violet trumpet vine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Yule'll Like This One

If you're growing a tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) in your yard, you won't need a stop sign or a traffic light to encourage vehicles to slow down--they will automatically when they see this spectacular plant.it's a traffic stopper.The plant,...

Honey bee foraging in a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging in a tower of jewels. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee gets down to business. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee gets down to business.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Upside down honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Upside down honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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