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pauline.fiddler
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without doubt, purple flowering marjoram
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pauline.fiddler
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There are hundreds.
At Tatton last week the Allium sphaerocephalon was dripping with bees. Anything that is loved by bees just HAS to go in my garden
So many... Lavender in my garden.
Look for the RHS Bee logo when buying
Borage and ox eye daisy planted together. However not so gr8 when your in the middle dead heading and a bee gets a bit narked and starts buzzing angrily milimeteres from my nose ?!!
Lovely combo tho
'the supermarket beginning with M have a range with the wildlife logo on and they are very cheap (£1-£2) and working brilliantly for me, so many bees with completely different markings on them. Looking at the labels here....
AGASTACHE (orangey yellow shades) Seems to be easy to grow in my dodgy heavy clay soil....so far!
SALVIA pretty purple shades, same size plant as agastache, and flowers same time so good together.
Also the thorny PYRACANTHAS were covered in bees earlier in year when in flower(giving bees nectar when theres less in flower generally), (think also the berberis) and they have the advantage of giving bright red or orange or yellow berries in winter for the birds. Just dont put near children because they are seriously sharp - best trained up a wall or at back near fence out the way. Looking forward to seeing my berries for first time this winter woohoo.
Same for rosa rugosa, which is the other part of my burglar deterant barrier!
I am trying to put in plants that flower at times other than summer because the bees have a lot more choice at that time, its probably the rest of the year that they struggle, so need our help. I read ivy is good for that.
pulmonarias are good early in the year
In the sticks near Peterborough
ooo they look nice nutcutlet....Im making a note of those
Pulmonaria rubra, nice red with plain green leaves, always has a flower or two out for the New Year's Day flower count unless it's a very harsh winter.
In the sticks near Peterborough
One of the hardest things I've tried to do in gardening is to grow a range of plants which provide bees with nectar for the whole year but also thrive in my particular garden. The wonderful side-effect is that there is always something in bloom of course! Seeing a huge bumble bee appear on a sunny winter's day is magic.
my foxgloves are always buzzing with bees