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FREE Flowering Plants -- Great for Bees!!

 
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Hello!

I've potted up many Anise Hyssop, Motherwort, Catnip, and Comfrey plants that I'm eager to share. Anise Hyssop is a native, perennial, wildflower that bees love. According to the Rodale's Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening [1969, pp. 522-523] one acre planted in Anise Hyssop can support *100 Honeybee Hives*. Furthermore these plants make beautiful purple and white flowers, and are very low maintenance. Motherwort blooms a bit earlier than Anise Hyssop and is much beloved by the bees. Ditto with Catnip and Comfrey. All of these are low maintenance, spreading perennials.



As such I'm delighted to share these wonderful plants, for free, with folks that may want to plant them, either for their own hives or to simply help provide pollinators with more food.   To make it all the more convenient here is a link to the craigslist ad: https://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/grd/d/russell-free-flowering-plants-great-for/6923755248.html
 
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