Bailey from TN Nursery explains why sycamores are worth planting: they provide massive shade, host dozens of native insects and birds, and some live over 300 years. Hummingbirds nest almost exclusively in them, and they clean toxic minerals from soil while controlling erosion.
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Hey guys, it's Bailey with TN Nursery, and today I want to show you our sycamore trees. Sycamore has many, many good qualities, and here's just a few. It provides massive shade. It cools yards naturally and reduces AC costs. It releases clean oxygen while taking toxic minerals out of the soil. It supports native pollinators. It attracts bees to its spring blooms. Uh, the flowers offer early nectar for the early risers in spring. It's a vital food source for hoverflies. It supports native wasps. It hosts many moth caterpillars. It's essential for the Luna moth larvae. It supports Tiger Swallowtail and the caterpillars that they produce. It attracts the Sphinx moth and the sycamore Tussock moth. It provides food for silk moths. Hummingbirds love to use these branches for nesting. Most hummingbirds use only the sycamore for nesting sites. The shelter provides homes for many mammals and pollinators. They prevent soil erosion. And they improve water quality. They can adapt to wetland environments. They provide habitat and homes and foods for wildlife. The seeds feed goldfinches. The redbird loves these trees. They're a long-lived native species. Some is even recorded to live over 300 years old. They add history to landscapes. They thrive in wet sites. And we're having a, uh, buy one get one deal. You can get two for the price of one, and I'll give you a promo code at the bottom of this Paul said a way y'all can get yours for this coming fall. They're beautiful and you can't go wrong planting a sycamore in your yard. There's all kinds of benefits to them.