Ladybug Blog

• Protecting the Pollinators: Why Connecticut’s Native Bees Depend on Healthy Soil
  When we talk about saving the bees in Connecticut, the conversation usually stays above ground. We talk about planting milkweed, avoiding pesticides, and the plight of the honeybee. But if we want to understand the true health of our local pollinators, we also have to look down. For the vast majority of our native bees, […]
• Propagate houseplants to use as summer annuals
  Many houseplants are easily propagated by stem cuttings, division, or air layering. The original plant can stay put in your house and the propagules can be used to bulk out your summer annual displays. Late winter or early spring is a good time to propagate your houseplants because lengthening days will encourage growth. Propagating in […]
• Native Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers
  “Blossom by blossom, the spring begins.” –Algernon Charles Swinburne Spring ephemerals are herbaceous perennial plants that complete their above-ground life cycle—growing, flowering, and setting seed—in a fleeting window of a few weeks during early spring. Many of them supply a critical source of food for bees and other insects that emerge early in spring. When […]