We were establishing a home bee yard and looking to enhance the plant and tree diversity of the site. With Latin, botanical name in hand, we purchased trees and shrub stock from our local nurseries. Within years a good portion of these trees and shrubs had died. Our first hard lesson was learned – a Latin, botanical name just ensures you are getting that specific plant. The Latin name does not indicate the origin of the seed. A plant grown from a seed collected in your area will have a superior survival rate than a plant imported from outside your growth zone or from the States.

This is why we started the Bee Sweet Nature Company (previously Puslinch Naturally Native). It was next to impossible to find Carolinian or native stock from seed collected in our area at our local nurseries.

Learn more at www.beesweetnature.ca