I have just got some purple veronica longifolia and they are covered in every kind of insect - they are positively fighting over it. Salvia, Rozanne, borage doing pretty well but veronica is winning at the moment for the bees.
At the moment the bees are loving the cosmos purity and single dahlias from the free seeds I got with GW. I feel guilty deadheading them, always seem to disturb a bee when I'm going it.
Today, it's the Oregano - currently being visited by about 5 or 6 types of bee, a couple of butterflies and who knows how many types of hoverfly and other small flies! The whole mass of flowers are 'trembling', if you know what I mean.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I grew Agastache Blue Lavender from seed in the hope of pleasing the bees and it definitely worked, unlike the Achillea which they are not interested in at all.
At Tatton show on Thursday, Eryngium 'Big Blue', on an outside stall was absolutely covered in bees and other insects, totally buzzing. Sold it to me, even if it hadn't been on my list!
Busiest (buzziest? 🤣) here at the moment are the Linaria purpurea (species and Canon Went) Anthemis tinctoria and allium sphareceohalon with all sizes and types of pollinator. The Buddleja, Calendula trachelium and persicifolia are also popular.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham