2 MILLION BLOSSOMS Although anthocyanins do not appear toxic to


invertebrates, some insects avoid them, probably because of   the leaves of the wild type but avoids the nativar, the plant is   unusual amount of red or purple in the leaves of a potential 


Cross-Country Distribution        Sometimes they are selected, bred, and propagated in one part of the country but sold in another part outside their         scenario, it may have little value as a pollinator plant because it didn’t coevolve with the local pollinators, who may  Plonked into a new habitat, the plant may not even


survive in its new home where the soil, climate, weather, and competing plants are completely        or mammals that may mow it down 


from known, related plants by at least one distinguishing characteristic, which is more than a difference caused by  


     who sell these plants try to convince the public that native                 whether the changes—both the ones you can see and ones 


“In an ideal world, we


Plant Patents and the Law Controversy has always surrounded the        dislike the idea believe that plants are a product of the natural world and individuals should not have    incentive for developing new plants, he has no motivation to            


could buy all the wild-type plants we desired to attract the pollinators we love.”


What We Don’t Know Sadly, we can’t see everything we get—or don’t get—with            pollinators are attracted to the blooms, but we can’t easily detect nutritional and other chemical changes within the  Research into some of the crucial questions is beginning to provide        trials to see what characteristics affect       He looked at changes in leaf color, leaf variegation, growth habit, disease      


      insect behavior were those in which leaf color was changed  displace chlorophyll and replace it with chemicals that are  Another researcher, Annie White of Nectar Landscape


            patents to be granted for new varieties of plants that are                    


  over varieties that are sexually reproduced or tuber          period, the breeder has sole rights to sell, reproduce, import,  What does this mean if you are looking to buy native


 prove that his plant is substantially different from those found  


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           But because genetic changes are complex, White believes 2


The Work in Progress at BudBurst         for pollinators, the question of what to plant is ever more  best, wild plants are still not readily available, and no one    


 led by a team of scientists, gardeners, educators, and 


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