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Pollinator-friendly gardens don't have to sacrifice style

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Pollinator-friendly gardens don't have to sacrifice style Gaby Clark scientific editor Robert Egan associate editor For gardeners who love colorful, tidy flower beds, helping pollinators doesn't have to mean going fully wild.

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Pollinator-friendly gardens don't have to sacrifice style Gaby Clark scientific editor Robert Egan associate editor For gardeners who love colorful, tidy flower beds, helping pollinators doesn't have to mean going fully wild.

Why it matters

A new study from plant biologists at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden found that some cultivated plants—bred for their vibrant blooms, compact forms and visually appealing uniformity—can still provide meaningful support for bees,…

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Among the tested plants, cultivated black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida "Goldsturm") and foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis "Husker Red") attracted pollinators at similar rates to their wild counterparts, while others, such as R.

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Claim 1: “The study included controlled experiments at the Chicago Botanic Garden and crowdsourced observations from volunteers across the eastern U.S. over five years.”
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Claim 2: “Others, such as R. fulgida "American Gold Rush" and P. digitalis "Blackbeard," performed less well.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a partial list of garden plants, plants that can be cultivated in gardens in North America, listed alphabetically by genus.
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Claim 3: “Paul CaraDonna is an adjunct associate professor at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and a conservation scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden's Negaunee Institute.”
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Claim 4: “Cultivars should not be used in ecological restoration projects because their interaction with wild species is unknown.”
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Claim 5: “The pollinator garden movement accelerated in the mid-2000s due to the alarming decline of honeybees.”
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Claim 6: “The study's publication details include the DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.70566 and the journal Ecosphere.”
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Claim 7: “Cultivars with 'doubled flowers' (extra petals) should be avoided in pollinator-friendly gardens.”
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Claim 8: “Wildtype plants are consistently the most attractive to insects, but some cultivars perform similarly.”
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Claim 9: “Nicholas Dorian is the lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research associate at the Chicago Botanic Garden.”
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Claim 10: “The study is published in the journal Ecosphere.”
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Claim 11: “Among the tested plants, cultivated black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida "Goldsturm") and foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis "Husker Red") attracted pollinators at similar rates to their wild counterparts”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In botany, the term perennial (per- + -ennial, "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Verticillium wilt is a wilt disease affecting over 350 species of eudicot plants. It is caused by six species of Verticillium fungi: V. dahliae, V. albo-atrum, V. longisporum, V. nubilum, V. theobroma…
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Claim 12: “A new study from plant biologists at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden found that some cultivated plants can still provide meaningful support for bees, butterflies and other pollinators.”
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