Tag Archives: Native Plants

Master Gardener Input Needed!

Posted on July 16, 2018 by andeaaro

We are soliciting Master Gardener feedback on the attractiveness of the native wildflowers that Aaron Anderson is studying for pollinator plantings. More detail on the study can be found at: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/gardenecologylab/native-plants-2/ As we mention, not only are we interested in … Continue reading →

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Garden Ecology Lab News, January 2018

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

It’s been a busy month in the Garden Ecology Lab. Gail’s manuscript on bees in home and community gardens has been published in Acta Hort. Briefly, the results of this literature review are that: 213 species of bee have been collected … Continue reading →

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Research Update: Studying Willamette Valley’s Native Plants

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Gail Langellotto

The post below comes from Aaron Anderson, a M.S. student in the OSU Department of Horticulture, and a member of the Garden Ecology Lab. ************************************* This past summer, we conducted the first field season of a study screening native plants … Continue reading →

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Plant of the Week: Showy Milkweed

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Gail Langellotto

Now that our lab group is working on native plants and native bees, I thought it would be fun to do a ‘Plant of the Week’ and ‘Bee of the Week’ series.  This second entry is from Lucas Costner, an undergraduate … Continue reading →

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