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  Picture Credit: Aaron Burden Best Plants for Bees Introduction Bees are essential to the pollination of many plants. They help us grow our food, and they also produce honey, which is a sweet treat that we use for cooking and baking. Bees need flowers to make honey—and also nectar and pollen to feed themselves! If you want to keep bees happy, then you need the right plants in your garden or yard. Here are some of my favorite plants for bees: Asters Aster is a hardy annual plant that can be grown from seed or transplanted. The flowers of aster are white, purple, yellow and orange. These flowers attract many types of bees to their nectar source. Asters are good nectar sources for bees in the fall because they bloom then and provide them with food until winter comes again. Borage Borage is a perennial plant that grows in USDA zones 5-9. It’s an annual in colder zones, but when it does flower, it produces large flowers with purple centers and white petals. The flowers are edible and m...

Credit: Michael Five Ways to Grow Better Roses Introduction Roses are fascinating plants that can be grown in almost any climate, and there are endless ways to grow them. In this article, we'll cover the basics of growing roses so you can get started right away with your own beautiful flower garden! Location, location, location. Roses need full sun, but they also require protection from cold winds. In the winter months, you should plant your rose in a sheltered location that gets some shade and has good drainage. If you live in an area where temperatures stay above freezing for much of the year, consider planting your rose in a container as well as placing it near an east-facing wall or fence where it will receive morning sun exposure during spring and fall seasons. Roses also need protection from hot winds blowing off nearby mountains or deserts; this can occur if there are no trees around to provide shade (and thus prevent excessive heat build-up). While this might seem like an u...