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PolliNation Podcast: Spring native pollinator plants

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A brown belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis) pollinating a silver lupine (Lupinus albifrons) grown from Klamath-Siskiyou Native Seeds in a native planting project along the Klamath River. Silver lupine is one of the native plant species discussed in the PolliNation Podcast interview.

Listen to an interview with Suzie Savoie of Klamath-Siskiyou Native Seeds in a new episode of the PolliNation Podcast – a pollinator health podcast. Interviewed by OSU’s Pollinator Health Extension Specialist, Andony Melathopoulos, also of the Oregon Bee Project, Suzie discusses growing native plants for the benefit of pollinators.

You can listen to the PolliNation Podcast or read the transcript by clicking on the link below.

http://pollination.libsyn.com/135-suzie-savoie-spring-native-pollinator-plants

“Southern Oregon has some of the most amazing pollinator species, in large part because of the unique native plant communities. In this episode we learn about the best spring blooming plants for pollinators and how to grow them.” -PolliNation Podcast

  • Agastache urticifolia bumble bee
    Horsemint (Agastache urticifolia)
  • rudbeckia glaucescens - waxy coneflower
    Waxy coneflower (Rudbeckia glaucescens)
  • symphyotrichum foliaceum - leafybract aster
    Leafybract aster (Symphyotrichum foliaceum)
  • West coast Canada goldenrod (Solidago elongata)
  • Coyote mint (Monardella odoratissima)
  • Oregon sunshine (Eriopyllum lanatum)
  • California lomatium (Lomatium californicum)
  • Sulphur flower buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum)

The photo gallery above features some of the native plant species mentioned in the PolliNation Podcast interview.