"Be a planner, not a plopper," says Cydney Ross, outdoor education program manager for Deep Roots KC, a Kansas City, Missouri nonprofit.
Ross suggests taking photos at different times of the day for at least one season to find out how many hours of sunlight each part of your yard receives. Pollinators forage in areas with six to eight hours of full sunlight a day.
I planted patches of pollinator habitat in my yards in Nebraska and Iowa, learning to pay attention to the hours of sunlight after trees fully leaf out.
Soil and moisture are other crucial considerations when selecting native plants for pollinator habitats, emphasizes Ken Parker, a western New York-based native plant grower.
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