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    Growing a Bee-Friendly Organic Garden

    May 10, 2019 5 minutes
    By Shawna Coronado

    1. Grow a Bee Flower

    Hardy perennial geraniums are flush with flowers and pollinators all through the early spring season. They rebloom consistently and love shade and woodland sites, which makes them perfect for supporting bees of all types. Hardy perennial geranium is not the tender pelargonium geranium we remember from our grandmothers’ gardens. There are many types of hardy geraniums: some are lowgrowing and make perfect groundcovers for tight spaces; larger varieties can easily stretch to 4 feet tall and wide. While most geraniums prefer sun to part sun, a number of them will easily perform in the shade. Choose the planting site based upon the variety of geranium you have chosen and its sun exposure preferences.

    Although geraniums do not like standing in water, they do like a consistent medium moisture and a humus-rich soil with lots of natural items mixed in: Rotted

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