Yes lol. People are often surprised when I mention it... doesnt flower as long as the blue (though my blue borage will flower from May through to September/October), and flowers a lot earlier. VERY easy to grow from seed. I can recommend it highly
I've not seen one bee all summer. Tomatoes are covered in flowers but I've not got one fruit. Peppers have flowers on but, despite watering & giving them plenty of TLC, flies are just knocking the flowers off the plants Nothing is setting - WHY?
I have bumble and honey bees a plenty, but yet to see one on the toms. I always hand pollinate every other day. As a test I left the outside ones to be bee/wind pollinated and the trusses are 50% down on the same varieties I hand did in the greenhouse. Just an observation .
Hi all, Last year I would happily sit and watch the bees helping themselves in the garden. But this year everything seems to have vanished in the last few days, even if I have more flowers for them than ever. I have spent tremendous effort Planting more bee friendly plants in my garden in the last year. Now all of a sudden my garden is like a ghost town , with no bees in sight. It just feels like such a waste and I’m not sure what has gone wrong. My foxgloves and erysimum (Bowles mauve) plants are empty. I bet when my many lavender plants bloom that will all be left untouched too. This is not normal is it? Anyone else noticed this lately?
There is a disease been reported and I’ve seen loads of dead bees over the last few weeks in fact over the last few years no one is planting nectar plants is was in the news last year about the bees people ain’t noticing this and the food chain will be effected I’ve planted wild life plants front and back to help the bees
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