I let the poppies run wild this year and bees love it...albeit short period!
I can confirm that! Here there are three of them on one flower.
I never planted poppies on purpose, one day they just appeared and keep coming back every year. Tall, beautiful plants, a real pleasure for people and bees 🐝
Which cotoneaster? I used to have C. horizontalis, which was good in summer, but not spring. Might depend on the cultivar? I also had C. lacteus, which I don't remember attracting bees at all.
Actually I have no idea which type! It flowers in spring, tiny red buds that open to pink. Bees go crazy and try to get in even before they're open. Phaeum geraniums too, geums, convolvulus, verbenas right now. They adore my chives too - bumbles sit on top with their wee legs spread out so they don't fall off, completely blissed out
I planted it in the front garden and went to the back to get the watering can ... when I came back ... less than a minute ... there were already three bumbles on it feasting away 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
At the moment the rhododendrons, and my conservatory, (theres no plants in there, they are all outside) stood on one the other day, someone said "did it sting you", what do you think!!! Didnt half hurt, then for the next few hours I felt like I was drunk!
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Here there are three of them on one flower.
I never planted poppies on purpose, one day they just appeared and keep coming back every year. Tall, beautiful plants, a real pleasure for people and bees 🐝
Phaeum geraniums too, geums, convolvulus, verbenas right now.
They adore my chives too - bumbles sit on top with their wee legs spread out so they don't fall off, completely blissed out
I planted it in the front garden and went to the back to get the watering can ... when I came back ... less than a minute ... there were already three bumbles on it feasting away 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.