Some stem-nesting bees don't emerge until the summer

If you can LEAVE the leaves and stems permanently. Your plants will produce new growth and blooms around the old stems.

Click on the links for some very good information about this: https://sites.tufts.edu/pollinators/2021/04/the-right-way-to-leave-stems-for-native-bees/?fbclid=IwAR2OiNJJgDF9mN_QsY0hdxheDHlsM7xu7OBtAQBeVb-ZlJapX0PlcKL1nP4

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1723&context=extension_curall&fbclid=IwAR1Tk9-id6B_REalHrHasdkJODOWoJ8vCUEqncp8j--r5-Cc9a_27xACjUQ