Pollinator Week is an annual celebration held each June to raise awareness about the essential role that bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, moths, bats, and other pollinators play in healthy ecosystems and food production. These species help pollinate more than a third of the crops we eat and support the reproduction of many native plants, making them critical to biodiversity, agriculture, and natural landscapes.
In Northern New Mexico, pollinators are especially important because they help sustain native wildflowers, acequia-side habitats, orchards, gardens, and local farms in a high-desert environment. As drought, habitat loss, and climate change put increasing pressure on pollinator populations, Pollinator Week encourages residents to plant native flowers and create pollinator-friendly spaces that support both wildlife and the region’s agricultural heritage.
Here are some pollinator plants that Payne’s has in stock:
Penstemon – Summit Sweet and Blackbeard
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) – pink and red only
Blanket flower (Gaillardia aristata)
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) – no purple, but red and yellow in stock
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia)
Salvia (native and ornamental sages) – Salvia Maynight
Catmint (Nepeta)
Agastache (hummingbird mint) – Arizona Sunset
Sunflowers (Helianthus) – we are growing different varieties of annual sunflowers
Maximillian Sunflower
Coreopsis
Curtis Seed native wildflower seed mixes
Botanical Interest wildflower seed packages