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Balcony plants for summer

FeeBee67FeeBee67 Posts: 4
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Already thinking of the summer!

I have a small, very sunny balcony with 2 large containers and would like to have flowers/plants that are bee friendly AND highly scented.

In particular, I would be looking to try and attract bees & hummingbird hawk-moths.

Took advice from my garden centre last year and planted a large container with Mirabilis Jalapa.  Looked absolutely fabulous but no scent whatsoever and totally ignored by the bees.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    sweet peas for height. Don't forget night scented stock too. 
    Devon.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Nemesia - white for moths, pink/purple best for bees etc.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Phlox in all its forms, chrysanthemums, shrubby and annual salvias, alyssum, agastache, antirrhinum, verbena bonariensis, sweet rocket, hyssop, herbs such as rosemary and lavender, nepeta.

    If you want to extend the season for pollinators think of winter pots with snowdrops, crocuses, bergenia.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited March 2020
    Feebee was asking for "scented" flowers though, @Obelixx
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    According to the RHS those plants have some perfume and are all good for pollinators.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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