If you are hiring a landscape contractor, you should consider adding a pollinator garden to your landscaping. A pollinator garden attracts pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies. Keep reading for two reasons you should do this, as well as the types of flowers that work well for this type of garden.

Help Honeybees

One of the best benefits of adding a pollinator garden to your yard is that you will get to help honeybees. Without honeybees, there will be a food shortage which will only get worse over time. Honeybees are on the decline due to more people using pesticides, climate change, and a lack of food, among other reasons.

You can help provide the nutrients honeybees need to thrive by planting a pollinator garden. This type of garden has flowers and plants that provide nectar and pollen to honeybees, as well as other insects like butterflies. Nectar is needed to keep the honeybees healthy, and pollen allows the honeybees to pollinate other plants and crops. 

Helps Control Pests on Vegetables

If you plant vegetables, such as tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and eggplants, you have likely seen insects invade them. Some insects will kill the vegetables, costing you money and a lot of time. For example, hookworms attack tomatoes, which can cause a lot of problems. 

A pollinator garden attracts insects that kill these pests, such as the braconid wasp, which is also commonly called the parasitic wasp. This wasp leaves larvae that kill dangerous pests on tomatoes, potatoes, and other plants. 

Plants to Include in a Pollinator Garden

The landscape contractor that you hire can help you choose the type of flowers that will work best for a pollinator garden. They can also help you choose the best area of your yard to have this type of garden. 

Native wildflowers work well for this. This includes things like witch hazel, coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, milkweed, and yarrow. Adding native grass to the pollinator garden also works well and makes the garden look more interesting. The landscape contractor will ensure you choose flowers that grow best in your hardiness zone. 

The landscape contractor can help you learn how to care for your pollinator garden. Many native plants are easy to grow, and you only need to ensure they get enough water and provide them with nutrients. 

The landscape contractor that you hire can give you more information about pollinator gardens. Contact a service such as C & J Landscaping to learn more.