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UC Davis Plant Sale May 20-24: Just Add Pollinators

If you want to draw pollinators to your yard, think of the plants for sale at the teaching nursery maintained by the UC Davis Arboretum and...

A honey bee foraging on Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, proboscis (tongue) extended, takes a liking to the Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee, proboscis (tongue) extended, takes a liking to the Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee checks out the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee checks out the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flight time! The honey bee prepares to leave Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Flight time! The honey bee prepares to leave Salvia "Hot Lips." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nursery manager Taylor Lewis of the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, tends to plants in the nursery. An online public sale is set May 20-24. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nursery manager Taylor Lewis of the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, tends to plants in the nursery. An online public sale is set May 20-24. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These carts will be in use with the UC Davis Arboretum's online plant sales take place May 20-24. Delivery is curbside.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These carts will be in use with the UC Davis Arboretum's online plant sales take place May 20-24. Delivery is curbside.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, the Plants You'll See at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale!

Who doesn't love that "bolt of blue," the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor? A black butterfly with iridescent blue hindwings, it's a...

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, is like a bolt of blue. Here it heads for salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, is like a bolt of blue. Here it heads for salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nursery manager Taylor Lewis holds a California Dutchman's pipevine, one of the plants available at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's plant sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Nursery manager Taylor Lewis holds a California Dutchman's pipevine, one of the plants available at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's plant sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Volunteer Mary Patterson gets plants ready for the big sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Volunteer Mary Patterson gets plants ready for the big sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carts are all lined up--ready for customers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Carts are all lined up--ready for customers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22: Yes, There's Life After Lawn

Is there life after lawn? Yes. If you're looking for plants to attract pollinators, including bees and butterflies, then the UC Davis Arboretum's...

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Buddleia 'Purple Haze.' This will be one of the plants offered at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch butterfly nectaring on Buddleia 'Purple Haze.' This will be one of the plants offered at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. The milkweed plant is the host plant of monarchs; it's the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale on Oct. 22. The milkweed plant is the host plant of monarchs; it's the only food that monarch caterpillars eat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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