Planting a Caribbean Wildflower and Pollinator Garden

The benefits of wildflower and pollinator gardens are so huge that farmers have started using strips of wildflowers between conventionally grown crops. The wildflowers don’t just help with pollination, they also attract predatory insects and wildlife that help keep crop-damaging insects under control. Creating a Caribbean wildflower and pollinator garden can be a great way to brighten up your space!

Celosia growing wildly in a St Maarten vegetable garden after Irma.  The flowers attracted local pollinators and thinnings fed the chickens.
Celosia spicata (wheat celosia) growing wildly in a St Maarten vegetable garden after Irma. The flowers attract local pollinators and chickens love the young plants or dried flower heads full of seeds. Related to Amaranth, some varieties of Celosia are edible.
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