LesleyK says:Centaura Montana is a magnet for beesSee original post
Centaura Montana is a magnet for beesSee original post
Agreed, mine is covered with bees. So are my geraniums, foxgloves, aliums and scabious.
In fact I was out this morning taking photos of bees in my garden...
Last edited: 19 June 2016 21:24:46
I was at Dobbies garden centre yesterday and I was amazed at how many bees were on a Budleja Globosa (orange ball tree). Butterflies also love them..
(not my photo)
Last edited: 19 June 2016 21:30:13
Oh I adore bees, up close they are just like little fat teddy bears
Gorgeous pics lead farmer and Lesley
i have lots of nepeta in my garden which is a new plant for me and the bees absolutely love it!
As many have said already, Catmint (nepeta).
Plus geums and angelica, if you have all 3 of these you will literally hear buzzing from quite a distance
Enjoy!
I compiled a (long) list of some bee friendly plants recently, to help me choose for my garden...
(I warned you it was long)
Aconitrum Carmichaelii
Agrimony (agrimonia eupatoria)
Angelica (angelica archangelica)
Anise Hyssop (agastache foeniculum)
Aubretia
Bergamot (monarda didyma)
Betony
Bird's Foot Trefoil (lotus corniculatus)
Black Horehound (ballota nigra)
Blackthorn (prunus spinosa)
Bloody Cranesbill
Bluebell (hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Borage (borago officinalis)
Bugle (ajuga repens)
Butterbur
Cardoon (cynara cardunculus)
Catmint (nepeta cataria)
Chicory (cichorium intybus)
Chives (allium schoenprasum)
Columbine (aquilegia)
Comfrey
Cornflower (centaurea cyanus)
Echium Blue Bedder
Foxglove (digitalis)
Germander Speedwell (veronica chamaedrys)
Geums
Globe Flower (trollius europaeus)
Globe Thistle (echinops ritro)
Grape Hyacinth
Greater Knapweed (centaurea scabiosa)
Greater Stitchwort
Gypsywort
Hedge Woundwort (stachys sylvestris)
Herb Robert (geranium robertianum)
Hollyhock (althaea rosea)
Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum)
Hyssop (hyssopus officinalis)
Ice Plant (sedum)
Lemon Bergamot
Lady's Smock (cardamine pratensis)
Lambs Ears (stachys byzantine)
Lavatera
Lavender (lavendula)
Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis)
Lesser Celandine
Lovage (levisticum officinale)
Mandora (Bee balm)
Marigold
Marjoram (origanum majorana)
Marsh Marigold
Meadow Clary (salvia pratensis)
Meadowsweet (filipendula ulmaria)
Myosotis Scorpioides (water forget-me-not)
Apple Mint
Mountain Mint
Mullein (verbascum)
Musk Mallow (malva moschata)
Oxlip
Painted sage (slavia horminum)
Pasque Flower (pulsatilla vulgaris)
Penstemon
Phacelia Tanacetifolia (Purple Tansey)
Poached Egg (limnanthes douglasii)
Poppy (papaver)
Purple Loosestrife (lythrum salicaria)
Ragged Robin (lychnis flos-cuculi)
Red Clover (trifolium pratense)
Red Valerian (centranthus ruber)
Rock Rose (helianthemum mummularium)
Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)
Sainfoin (onobrychis vicifolia)
Salvia Waverley greggii
Selfheal (prunella vulgaris)
Small Scabious (scabiosa columbaria)
Spiked Speedwell (veronica spicata)
Sweet Cicely
Sweet William (dianthus barbatus)
Teasel (dipsacus fullonum)
Thyme (thymus)
Tickewwed (coreopsis)
Toadflax (linaria vulgaris)
Valerian (valeriana officinalis)
Viper's Bugloss (echium vulgare)
White Clover
Wild Basil (clinopodium vulgaris)
Wild Clematis (clematis vitalba)
Wild Mignonette (reseda lutea)
Wild Privet (ligustrum vulgare)
Yellow Archangel
Yellow Flag Iris (iris pseudacorus)
Yellow Loosestrife
Zinnias
Last edited: 19 June 2016 22:49:21
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Agreed, mine is covered with bees. So are my geraniums, foxgloves, aliums and scabious.
In fact I was out this morning taking photos of bees in my garden...
Last edited: 19 June 2016 21:24:46
I was at Dobbies garden centre yesterday and I was amazed at how many bees were on a Budleja Globosa (orange ball tree). Butterflies also love them..
(not my photo)
Last edited: 19 June 2016 21:30:13
Oh I adore bees, up close they are just like little fat teddy bears
Gorgeous pics lead farmer and Lesley
i have lots of nepeta in my garden which is a new plant for me and the bees absolutely love it!
As many have said already, Catmint (nepeta).
Plus geums and angelica, if you have all 3 of these you will literally hear buzzing from quite a distance
Enjoy!
I compiled a (long) list of some bee friendly plants recently, to help me choose for my garden...
(I warned you it was long)
Aconitrum Carmichaelii
Agrimony (agrimonia eupatoria)
Aconitrum Carmichaelii
Angelica (angelica archangelica)
Anise Hyssop (agastache foeniculum)
Aubretia
Bergamot (monarda didyma)
Betony
Bird's Foot Trefoil (lotus corniculatus)
Black Horehound (ballota nigra)
Blackthorn (prunus spinosa)
Bloody Cranesbill
Bluebell (hyacinthoides non-scripta)
Borage (borago officinalis)
Bugle (ajuga repens)
Butterbur
Cardoon (cynara cardunculus)
Catmint (nepeta cataria)
Chicory (cichorium intybus)
Chives (allium schoenprasum)
Columbine (aquilegia)
Comfrey
Cornflower (centaurea cyanus)
Echium Blue Bedder
Foxglove (digitalis)
Germander Speedwell (veronica chamaedrys)
Geums
Globe Flower (trollius europaeus)
Globe Thistle (echinops ritro)
Grape Hyacinth
Greater Knapweed (centaurea scabiosa)
Greater Stitchwort
Gypsywort
Hedge Woundwort (stachys sylvestris)
Herb Robert (geranium robertianum)
Hollyhock (althaea rosea)
Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum)
Hyssop (hyssopus officinalis)
Ice Plant (sedum)
Lemon Bergamot
Lady's Smock (cardamine pratensis)
Lambs Ears (stachys byzantine)
Lavatera
Lavender (lavendula)
Lemon Balm (melissa officinalis)
Lesser Celandine
Lovage (levisticum officinale)
Mandora (Bee balm)
Marigold
Marjoram (origanum majorana)
Marsh Marigold
Meadow Clary (salvia pratensis)
Meadowsweet (filipendula ulmaria)
Myosotis Scorpioides (water forget-me-not)
Apple Mint
Mountain Mint
Mullein (verbascum)
Musk Mallow (malva moschata)
Oxlip
Painted sage (slavia horminum)
Pasque Flower (pulsatilla vulgaris)
Penstemon
Phacelia Tanacetifolia (Purple Tansey)
Poached Egg (limnanthes douglasii)
Poppy (papaver)
Purple Loosestrife (lythrum salicaria)
Ragged Robin (lychnis flos-cuculi)
Red Clover (trifolium pratense)
Red Valerian (centranthus ruber)
Rock Rose (helianthemum mummularium)
Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)
Sainfoin (onobrychis vicifolia)
Salvia Waverley greggii
Selfheal (prunella vulgaris)
Small Scabious (scabiosa columbaria)
Spiked Speedwell (veronica spicata)
Sweet Cicely
Sweet William (dianthus barbatus)
Teasel (dipsacus fullonum)
Thyme (thymus)
Tickewwed (coreopsis)
Toadflax (linaria vulgaris)
Valerian (valeriana officinalis)
Viper's Bugloss (echium vulgare)
White Clover
Wild Basil (clinopodium vulgaris)
Wild Clematis (clematis vitalba)
Wild Mignonette (reseda lutea)
Wild Privet (ligustrum vulgare)
Yellow Archangel
Yellow Flag Iris (iris pseudacorus)
Yellow Loosestrife
Zinnias
Last edited: 19 June 2016 22:49:21