Re: question about non-native plants and pollinators

**C* U* <c*@gmail.com>**

Thanks. I really appreciate all the solid information that you folks are tossing my way. 
Carolyn 
On Jul 10, 2016, at 12:04 PM, Graham Rice wrote:

> I blogged about the RHS research when it was published last year.  
> 
> http://www.transatlanticplantsman.com/transatlantic_plantsman/2015/08/new-research-native-non-native-plants-pollinators.html
> 
> They’ve had great success publicizing their Perfect for Pollinators button which is now seen everywhere in Britain on plant tags and on catalogs and websites to highlight plants - native and non-native - which are especially good for pollinating insects.
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>> On Jul 10, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated13@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> This looks very interesting. Thanks. Carolyn
>> On Jul 10, 2016, at 9:10 AM, James Allison wrote:
>> 
>>> In response to Carolyn's question, the RHS in the UK has been 
>>> sponsoring research into this subject, and the first results released 
>>> last year, seemed to suggest that having a mix of natives and 
>>> non-natives in gardens could increase the flowering season length, to 
>>> the benefit of pollinators. 
>>> 
>>> https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/science-blogs/plants-for-bugs/august-20
>>> 15/first-paper-is-published
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> James Allison
>>> Cheltenham UK
>>> 
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