Nectar Sources and Insects: For Non-Human Users

An urban planting strip designed for pollinating insects. The plant selection is not for aesthetics but for continuous flowering—something blooming every month from early spring to late autumn; species are native herbaceous plants and shrubs, single-petaled rather than double-petaled, with colors primarily purple, yellow, and white; planting method is in clumps rather than scattered single plants, each clump at least one square meter, so insects do not have to travel long distances. The planting strip also includes several patches of bare sandy soil for ground-nesting bees, a pile of dead branches, and an insect hotel. Bees, hoverflies, and butterflies can be seen visiting flowers in the image. Adjacent is a hard-paved sidewalk. Avoid: using double-petaled horticultural varieties, scattering plants as single specimens, covering all ground without leaving bare soil, or using high-chroma, neatly arranged flower beds.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一片為傳粉昆蟲設計的都市植栽帶。植物的選擇不是為了好看而是為了花期接續——從早春到晚秋每個月都有東西開花;種類是原生的草本與灌木,單瓣而不是重瓣,顏色以紫、黃、白為主;種植方式是成叢而不是單株散布,每一叢至少一平方公尺,讓昆蟲不必長距離移動。植栽帶中還有幾處裸露的沙土地供地棲蜂築巢、一堆枯枝與一支昆蟲旅館。畫面中可以看見蜜蜂、食蚜蠅與蝴蝶正在訪花。旁邊是硬鋪面的人行道。避免:使用重瓣的園藝品種、把植物單株散布種植、把地面全部覆蓋不留裸土、使用高彩度的整齊花壇。