Which plant in *your* garden do bees best like?

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• wild edges Posts: 10,497

  July 2018

  fidgetbones said:

  Mine are fighting over the eryngium.
  

  Same here, along with loads of wasps, flies and other miscellaneous mini-beasts. It's heaving with life. If the flowers didn't smell so bad I'd plant a load more of them all over the garden.
  

  If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  

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• RoddersUK Posts: 537

  July 2018

  Echinops currently

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• RaspberryKiller Posts: 156

  July 2018

  Hostas and Salvias.

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• BenCotto Posts: 4,718

  July 2018

  Mine are partial to echinops as well.

  Rutland, England

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• Mary370 Posts: 2,003

  July 2018

  Thanks for doing up the list of plants the bees love........I will have lots of new plants for next year

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• Jason-3 Posts: 391

  July 2018

  Without doubt  the most bees in the last month is my white veronicastrum. I counted at least 40 bees on it at the weekend.

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• Bagpuss57 Posts: 256

  July 2018

  Fire said:

  Looking at your garden this spring/summer, what is your bees' favourite flower(s)?

  
  

  Is there one they go nuts for?
  

  I've had heaps of bees on purple scabious  and my blue lobelia. They do tend to go more for all my purple flowers. 

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• FlowerNewbie Posts: 153

  July 2018

  My giant alliums! Always 5-6 bees on each them when I went to the garden. 

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  July 2018

  "I've had heaps of bees on purple scabious  and my blue lobelia."

  
  

  Lobelia?! Wow. I never had a bee on mine. Ever! Is it a special type? I thought most bedding plants were pretty rubbish for pollinators? I will have to think again.
  

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• moragb1 Posts: 291

  July 2018

  My Bush fuschia is covered with bees. Wonderful x

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