For details on how you can participate, visit. LEAF offers a subsidized Backyard Tree Planting Program for residential and commercial private property. The program is supported by The City of Toronto, The Regional Municipality of York, The City of Richmond Hill, The City of Markham, the Town of Newmarket, the Town of Ajax, Toronto Hydro and Ontario Power Generation. It is widely planted in North America as an ornamental tree due. Jillaine Yee is LEAF’s Communications and Fundraising Coordinator. The Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) is a deciduous tree that is native to Europe and Asia. Photos by Brenna Anstett, Erin MacDonald, Jackie Hamilton, and Janet McKay. Many have fine autumn colour, and some have ornamental stems. Since 2018, we continue to educate on native bees, pollinators and other wildlife through the #BackyardBiodiversity campaign, in partnership with the Toronto Wildlife Centre and Ontario Power Generation. Acer can be deciduous trees or large shrubs with paired, often palmately-lobed leaves and small flowers followed by characteristic winged fruits. The #BeesLoveTrees campaign is supported by the Ontario Power Generation Regional Biodiversity Program.
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However, they are best planted in partial to full sun as they often develop powdery mildew on their leaves if planted in full shade. Tip: Serviceberries can tolerate a wide range of soil and light conditions.
Due to their larger body size and amount of hair, bumble bees are able to fly in colder temperatures and even in the rain and are therefore among the first bees to emerge and take advantage of early food sources like the red maple.įlowers appear very early spring before the leaves emerge. This is especially true for native bumble bees.
With ample amounts of nectar and pollen, this early bloomer provides much-needed nutrition which helps stimulate brood rearing and colony building. Our native red maple is one of the first trees to produce flowers in early spring. Here are three native trees/shrubs that bloom early in spring – perfect examples of why #BeesLoveTrees
They emerge after a long winter’s sleep in need of a good meal! Trees and shrubs that bloom early in spring before perennials begin to flower give a boost to bees, supplying them with much-needed pollen and nectar. All of this burrowing and surviving takes a lot of energy! At the end of winter, bees have depleted their food sources and stored energy. Above is a photograph of Maple pollen, possibly Norway Maple 400X.
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