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<DIV>This is the fourth year of our meadow, and the Echinacea is plentiful this
year, spreading over half of the meadow. However, the echinacea is mostly past
and faded looking. It’s too early for the birds to want the seeds. I’ve been
deadheading some of the echinacea to see whether they will grow new flowers. I’m
researching to find out how to turn the dried out heads into seeds. </DIV>
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<DIV>Bees love Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) and Joe Pye Weed (<SPAN
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purpureum</SPAN>), which are also abundant. In fact, we planted one Vervain
three years ago, and we found that it fills in every empty space in the garden.
I love its flower structure—like a candelabra—and beautiful, bluish purple
intricate flowers, and I recommend planting it anywhere, including open, grassy
fields where it could spread all over in a few years.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Joe Pye Weed is a late-season plant, but this year its flowers are
starting to go by three weeks early.</DIV>
<DIV>I hope that we can find ways to satisfy the dietary needs of birds and
bees. </DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lisahorth@gmail.com
href="mailto:lisahorth@gmail.com">Lisa Horth</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 20, 2017 10:33 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=bpassero@meadowmaking.org
href="mailto:bpassero@meadowmaking.org">Barbara Passero</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pollinator] pollinator food
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style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif; COLOR: #666666">We have not found ways,
but i do also notice that here in VA some of what were later season flowers
(e.g. Rudbeckia, Echinacea) are getting burnt in August and not lasting through
fall like they used to....</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Barbara Passero <SPAN
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Richard
Primack, <FONT face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10.8pt" color=#660099><FONT
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's
Woods</FONT></FONT></FONT>, and his Boston University research team, examined
Thoreau’s and others’ records to show that many plants are blooming earlier in
the spring.</DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Similarly, we
are observing in our pollinator-friendly urban meadow in Waltham, MA, that the
flowering season is speeding up. For example, some native goldenrod, milkweed,
asters, and other plants, which have been September-November bloomers, are
blooming now and presumably will be going by sooner. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Many
species of pollinators frequent the meadow. Has anyone found ways to ensure
that sources of food will be available for bees and butterflies later in the
season? </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Thank
you!</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'; COLOR: #000000">Sincerely,
Barbara<BR><BR>Barbara Passero, Director<BR>MEADOWSCAPING for
Biodiversity<BR>174 Moody St. #244<BR>Waltham, MA 02453<BR>Office: <A
href="tel:(781)%20209-0052" target=_blank
value="+17812090052">781-209-0052</A> Cell: <A href="tel:(617)%20999-9546"
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