How important is it to help consumers with pollinator - friendly horticulture ? This , and much more , was discuss at yesterday ’s virtual International Home Garden Conference . The result was host by Fleuroselect , who distinguish the calendula the plant life of the yr 2021 . The event looked back on this year ’s calendula trial , and discussed research on the importance of pollinator - favorable horticulture . Sally van der Horst , Secretary General Fleuroselect“Rains flooded the tribulation site”As mentioned , the 2021 plant of the year was present to the calendula . Therefore , this class several trial website were dedicate to this blossom . Mr. Fothergill ’s Seeds , for example , recently had a division dedicated to the Fleuroselect calendula test , and they showed the results of their colorful blooms . Ian Cross and Dave Carey of Mr. Fothergill ’s SeedsIan Cross and Dave Carey of Mr. Fothergill ’s Seeds share that they were capable to make their trials blossom beautifully , but had to go through many challenges . Because of the cold weather , everything was growing much later that it was supposed to . In improver , the unco heavy rain in the UK even inundate their trial site this yr . Still , they were able to produce some bright calendulas , and many more sort . For 2022 , Mr. Fothergill ’s Seeds will be supporting Selecta ’s young plant of the class as well , the poppy . “Good news : we can do something”Professor Dave Goulson , Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex , then shared some of his findings on pollinator - friendly gardening . Goulson said that gardening is n’t necessarily a green action , as there are many ways to make it harmful for insects . Even some little habits , such as mowing the grass or even using plastic forage , can have a big impact on insects . as luck would have it , by school consumer Goulson think that we can make a variety for the in effect . For good example , he shared that there are about 70,000 varieties of 14,000 plant mintage in UK garden center , making it difficult for consumer to know which ones are better for the wildlife . In his research “ Quantifying the attraction of garden flowers for pollinators ” he found these plants are the top performing artist : Calaminta nepeta , helenium autamnale , andgeranium rozanne . Professor Dave Goulson“Visitors are directly attracted”At the oddment of the event , Peter Seabrook shared a virtual sojourn to the calendula tribulation at the RHS Garden Hyde Hall . They had over 80 unlike varieties of cultivar at their trial garden , and Seabrook shares that their visitors were directly attracted to the promising coloring and multifariousness of the calendula flowers . Peter Seabrook
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