Learn about what plants to grow to attract a variety of pollinators throughout the season, including native bees, honey bees, butterflies (such as the Monarch), and other insect and bird pollinators.
Check out our lists of books and websites where you can learn more about native plants, pollinators, landscaping and places to buy seeds and plants.
Learn about the Kerr Center’s experience in establishing native plants organically on a working ranch and horticulture farm as well as in an office landscape.
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This presentation describes the Kerr Center’s experiences and lessons learned from efforts to establish wildflower plantings on the Kerr Ranch using organic methods.
This fact sheet contains information on planting and growing celestial lily (aka prairie iris), Nemastylis geminiflora.
Use this guide to help you plan your milkweed garden – picking native milkweeds that match your location and soil.
This table lists a variety of trees and shrubs that grow in Oklahoma, including time of bloom, mature height, water requirements, commercial sources, and more.
This publication describes our project to establish native pollinator plants using organic techniques.
This beautiful full-color guidebook is overflowing with information on 38 Oklahoma native plants and the pollinators that visit them.
This is a list of books covering techniques for starting and establishing native plants.
This is a list of books that contain information on landscaping with plants, emphasizing native species, that provide pollinator habitat in Oklahoma.
This is a list of books that are useful for identifying native plants that provide pollinator habitat in Oklahoma.
These books cover identification, ecology, and management of native pollinator species relevant to Oklahoma.
These seed suppliers and nurseries sell plant material useful in establishing native pollinator habitat for Oklahoma.
These websites offer background information on both Oklahoma native pollinators and the plants that form important parts of their habitat.
This fact sheet contains information on planting and growing Illinois bundleflower, Desmanthus illinoensis.
Extensive list of books, websites, and organizations with information about native plants and pollinators.
This fact sheet contains information on planting and growing rattlesnake master, Eryngium yuccifolium.
This fact sheet contains information on planting and growing purple prairie clover, Dalea purpurea.
Flowering Periods for Select Oklahoma Wildflowers
Native Plants for Native Pollinators on the Kerr Ranch
This fact sheet contains information on planting and growing Maximilian sunflower, Helianthus maximiliani.
