AddictedToBees

Tag: Plants

  • Viper’s Bugloss

    Viper’s Bugloss

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    If you only grow one thing for your garden pollinators choose Viper’s bugloss. It’s easy to grow from seed, it’s hardy and it’s a native of the UK, plus it replenishes its nectaries regularly making it a magnet for garden pollinators.

  • Wool Carder Bee

    Wool Carder Bee

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    The Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) is an iconic summer garden bee. It’s a solitary bee and will sometimes nest in a garden bee house. If you grow the plant commonly known as lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina) spend some time watching the bees that visit. The male wool carder bee is very territorial. He knows…

  • Borage

    Borage

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    Many herbs, like borage are fantastic plants for pollinators. The flowers are generously rich in nectar. It’s easy to grow from seed and a great bee plant.

  • Emerging Queens

    Emerging Queens

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    The first bumblebees we see in late winter and early spring are the overwintered Queen bees setting up a nest

  • Snowdrops

    Snowdrops

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    Snowdrops are the harbingers of spring. As they start to poke their noses through the cold winter ground in November and December, it’s a message to gardeners that spring is around the corner. The little winter flowering bulbs push through the soil and start to grow tall, their elegant nodding flowers are soon a splash…

  • Ivy

    Ivy

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    Let ivy grow in the garden to support pollinators and other wildlife

  • Purple Cone Flower

    Purple Cone Flower

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    For a great bee plant in late summer look no further than the purple cone flower

  • Signs of Spring

    Signs of Spring

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    The garden is starting to stir. The light is growing, the buds are swelling and the plants are sprouting into growth