Birds aren’t the only animals that help move seeds to new places. Julie Michaelson shares how many plants actually have a secret seed-carrying partnership with ants!
Wildflowers
Inspiration for Pollinator Conservation: Wildflowers on Rangelands
Sarah Hamilton Buxton shares her path to pollinator conservation, and her work to promote more diverse plant communities on rangelands of the Great Plains!
They Go with Everything: Even a Small Patch of Native Wildflowers Makes a Difference
Jennifer Hopwood shares how adding even a few plants is the perfect complement to the other habitat features of your yard, garden, or balcony.
Standing Up for Native Thistles
Native thistles are beautiful, important wildflowers and yet, are frequently treated as weeds. In late 2018, we had an opportunity to give native thistles a boost in Iowa by urging changes to state noxious weeds code. Six months later we heard that the weed laws had been rewritten.
Community Scientists Take on the Cultivar Conundrum
The Xerces Society’s blog post “Picking Plants for Pollinators: The Cultivar Conundrum” highlighted the lack of research on this topic. To help address this knowledge gap, Budburst launched the Nativars research project in 2018.
Fall Garden Tips to Benefit Bumble Bees All Year
The growing season may be winding down, but fall is an important time to create habitat. The work you do now will help support overwintering pollinators and the next generation of bumble bees.
Bringing Back Native Thistles
Native thistles are a largely misunderstood and wrongly maligned group of wildflowers. In reality, they are some of the most important pollinator plants in the landscape. It's time to re-think these plants and bring them back!
Wildflowers, Harbingers of Spring
Spring wildflowers are an important first food of the season for pollinators. Jennifer Hopwood discusses the importance of these harbingers of spring.
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