It's probably still a bit early for the borage. Mine are only just coming into flower, but for the rest of the summer it will be a magnet. Just need to be careful of it growing out of control.
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Cotoneaster and comfrey at the moment. Pulmonaria earlier in the year, Geranium Rozanne becomes increasingly popular as the summer goes on. French lavender and thyme as it comes in to flower are both particularly popular with the smaller bees - foxgloves for the bumbles.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Apart from the many and varied plants already listed by members, if any of you grow Box plants, [Buxus sempervirens], and would care for an alternative, may I recommend to you Rhododendron 'Bloombux', which can be used the same as Box, clipped and shaped if needed, and is lime tolerant - any soil - and flowers throughout June with small pink flowers, which bees swarm over, as I've noticed this warm month...
Surprised noones mentioned chives it's 2nd favourite to foxgloves in my garden at the moment, so pretty and you can eat them too but I've just left them for the bees
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
When in flower the buzz is so loud it's like standing next to a power sub-station.
When my Veronicastrum comes into flower the spikes bend over with the weight of the bees - they even seem to sleep in the flower heads
Agastache & salvias also have lots of bees as does the lavender, but the cotoneaster makes the most noise!
Billericay - Essex
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