Amateur Gardening

It’s a kind of magic

I’M one of those people who snuffles through late spring and early summer, because I suffer from a pollen allergy. I think it’s probably tree pollen, and lots of early flowering trees disperse fine dust-like pollen on the wind. Most plants aren’t wind pollinated. They produce larger, sticky pollen grains designed to stick to creatures visiting the flowers.

However, some plants hedge their bets), are primarily insect pollinated, but pollen can also travel on the wind if the weather conditions demand it.

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