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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

5 native plants for nocturnal pollinators – these North American blooms will attract moths, bats and beetles under the cover of darkness

A candle-lit backyard with seating and flowering star jasmine.

When darkness falls and you are sleeping, there is still lots of activity going on in your garden. Night-time pollinators are hard at work going from plant to plant doing valuable work, and they could do with a helping hand. That starts with having flowers that fit their schedule, such as with these native plants for night-time pollinators.

Moths don’t appear in lots of headlines, but they are important pollinators. There are thousands of species of moths, and they spread pollen as they go from plant to plant in search of nectar. These efficient night-time pollinators are joined by the likes of bats, nocturnal bees, and beetles that are active during evening and darkness.

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