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☀️ Growing Requirements:
• Sun: Full sun to partial shade
• Water: Moderate, drought-tolerant once established
• Soil: Well-draining, tolerates various soil types
• Spacing: 18-24 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits:
• Bees: Excellent nectar and pollen source for native bees
• Butterflies: Attracts various species including Monarchs
• Birds: Seeds provide food for goldfinches in fall
• Beneficial Insects: Attracts ladybugs and predatory wasps

🌱 Plant Care:
• Spring: Remove dead foliage, divide if needed
• Summer: Deadhead spent blooms to extend flowering
• Fall: Leave some seedheads for winter bird feeding
• Winter: Cut back to 4 inches above ground or leave for winter interest

🤝 Companion Planting:
• Perfect paired with:
- Purple Coneflower
- Native Grasses
- Blazing Star
- Butterfly Weed

✨ Unique Characteristics:
• Self-seeding perennial
• Excellent cut flower
• Deer resistant
• Long blooming period
• Disease resistant

💚 Finding Nectar Difference:
Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips:
Plant in spring or early summer. Space adequately to allow for good air circulation. While Black-Eyed Susans can tolerate some crowding, proper spacing will promote better blooming and disease resistance.

Blanket Flower - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

$10.99

Blanket Flower - Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) $10.99 | 4-inch pot

🌿 Quick Facts: • Colorado Native: Yes • USDA Growing Zones: 3-8 • Height: 12-24 inches • Spread: 12-18 inches

🌺 Bloom Details: • Season: Summer to Fall (June-October) • Colors: Red with yellow tips • Flower Size: 2-3 inch daisy-like flowers

☀️ Growing Requirements: • Sun: Full sun • Water: Low • Soil: Well-draining, tolerates poor soil • Spacing: 12-18 inches apart

🦋 Pollinator Benefits: • Native Bees: Major nectar source • Butterflies: Frequent visitor • Beneficial Insects: Pollen source • Birds: Seed source in fall

🌱 Plant Care: • Spring: Remove dead foliage • Summer: Deadhead for continued blooming • Fall: Leave some seedheads for birds • Winter: Cut back dead foliage

🤝 Companion Planting: • Perfect paired with:

Blue Grama Grass
Penstemons
Prairie Coneflower
Native Sages

✨ Unique Characteristics: • Long blooming period • Drought tolerant • Self-seeding annual/short-lived perennial • Heat tolerant • Easy to grow

💚 Finding Nectar Difference: Grown from seed in living soil without systemic pesticides, ensuring healthy root development and safe nectar sources for pollinators. Our 4-inch pots promote strong root systems over forced blooms, giving you plants that will thrive in your garden.

🌿 Planting Tips: Plant in spring after frost. Excellent for prairie gardens and hot, dry areas.

Blanket Flower - Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

Burning Bush (Dictamnus fraxinilla)

$14.99

Burning Bush, scientifically known as Dictamnus fraxinella, a captivating perennial that will add a touch of magic and beauty to your garden. With its clusters of star-shaped flowers and citrus-like fragrance, this plant exudes a sense of allure and charm. Growing up to 2 to 3 feet tall, it forms lovely mounds of blooms, creating a stunning visual display.

The Burning Bush is a favorite among pollinators, attracting bees and butterflies with its nectar-rich flowers. Additionally, this plant is known for its intriguing phenomenon called "self-ignition." Where its aromatic oils can produce a brief, harmless flame upon warm summer evenings, hence its name "Burning Bush." Ideal for sunny to partially shaded areas and well-drained soil, this unique species adds a touch of intrigue to any garden landscape.

Embrace the allure of Burning Bush and create a pollinator-friendly haven in your garden while enjoying its captivating beauty and aromatic surprises.

Fun Facts: Burning Bush (Dictamnus fraxinilla)

Botanical Name: Dictamnus fraxinilla
Height: 24-36 in
Life Cycle: Shrub
Color:
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Hardiness Zones: 3-8
Non-Native Colorado Shrub

More importantly here is what you get!

At Finding Nectar, you can purchase Burning Bush (Dictamnus fraxinilla) in a 4 inch pot, grown from seed, without the use of systemic pesticides, and are nurtured in living soil. We prioritize the root health of our flowers rather than forcing them to bloom, giving them the best chance to flourish in your yard within the first year.

Here is why it's important

At Finding Nectar in Arvada, Colorado, we highly value pollinators' vital role in ecosystems and food supply. Therefore, we thoughtfully select plants, like the Burning Bush (Dictamnus fraxinilla), to support them.

These nectar-rich and pollen-filled plants nourish bees, butterflies, and more. By using our pollinator-friendly species, you actively preserve essential beings and create a thriving garden. Moreover, as a dedicated nursery serving the Front Range, you can shop worry-free about climate suitability.

Join us in creating a sustainable environment for both plants and pollinators! So, choose Finding Nectar for a greener future. Act now and make a difference with Finding Nectar!