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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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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