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Testimonial to the Meadow Hawks aka Dragonflies, who voraciously eat thousands of mosquitoes daily. They also dine on deer flies and horse flies. Want to attract them? Just stop mowing a portion of the lawn and they will perch in sunny tall grasses. If there are wet areas in the yard, they will lay eggs and devour mosquito larvae before they hatch.
Sometimes they will land on you like a butterfly and it’s an unexpected pleasure to watch.
Featured Project:
Broccolo Installed a wildflower corner in a hard to mow and underutilized area of this customers property. The client loves the end result and so do the bees, birds and insects.
Retraction:
Thank you to our client in Pittsford for pointing this error out.
Last week’s newsletter had promoted Hypericum as a native.
Hypericum is not native.
Native Americans used St. John’s Wort for medicinal purposes. It is native to Europe and was introduced here but it is not native. We pride ourselves on focusing on natives and wanted to clarify that we were wrong on this particular plant and will continue to research native options for our clients.
More Information: bushnellsbasinpittsfordkiwanis.org
Garden Center/ Broccolo Office:
2755 Penfield Rd.
Fairport, NY 14450
(585) 424-4476
Fax: (585) 292-0995