A Hypericum curiosity
Not sure if this should be on this section or the problem solving one. But anyway I have what appears to be 2 different varieties of Hypericum in the front & back garden. And I have an odd thing going on. The one in the front garden is always covered in bees...the one in the back garden has never seems to see a bee at all. Now the front garden has a lot of other bee attracting flowers in it and the back garden not really, but that will change once I've got the raised flower bed finished and planted.
I'm assuming they are 2 different varieties as the flowers are different. Here is the one in the front garden.
And here is the one in the back garden
Why is it the bees don't seem to be attracted to the one in the back garden??? Is it because it doesn't produce any nectar or is it just because there isn't much else to attract them into the garden???
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I can see them Jo, they're hypericums, Hidcote or similar style
I have heardthat bees like a large area of flowers to send their mates to so it may be down to what else is there
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They both look like Hidcote to me.