Surveying the resident plants

It's likely no coincidence that the year we had our most successful harvest, we also had a very wide variety of flowering plants to attract pollinators.  While this property isn't completely devoid of flowering plants, there is a lack of diversity or volume considering it's 3.25 acres in area.

When we purchased the property, it had lilac, butterfly bush, azaleas, camelia, roses, rhododendron, and crepe myrtle.  The butterfly bushes and crepe myrtles are largely in good shape.  The rest are either very leggy due to fighting for light at the woods-line (azaleas, camelia, rhodo) or grossly overdue of pruning (roses, lilac).  Most greenery on the property has been neglected for quite some time.

We have since added three varieties of apple trees, four varieties of highbush blueberries, and two daylillies.

We want to add a considerably larger number of flowing plants to what we intend to keep.   

Planning, planning, planning.....