Tuesday, November 17, 2009

What are some plants/flowers that are bee-friendly and would look awesome in a garden?

I would like to know certain types of plants that are bee-friendly and the season they bloom/die and if possible, the price of the seeds.





Thanks.

What are some plants/flowers that are bee-friendly and would look awesome in a garden?
Bees are attracted to about every flower that blooms.


However favorites are daisies.


I'll try coreopsis it blooms all summer long and comes back every year. Seeds cost 1.00 to 2.00 depending on stores.


other daisies are Rudbeckias, Purple Coneflowers and Gailardias


An adorable spring flower is the Columbine bees love those and also members of the pea family like lupines and a plant called the false indigo. The mainly bloom in the Spring to Early Summer. Also any kind of clovers.


Bees also like flowers related to Hollyhock and Mallow family. They fall asleep in side of them some times lol


Annuals include plants like California bluebells, Purple tansy, and Gillia species. These plants are called bee food.
Reply:Try planting Bee Balm (spring/summer), Wisteria (spring) and Butterfly bush (summer). All three of these plants attract bees. See sites below for some ideas.
Reply:You don't state where you live! In Australia we like the native plants %26amp; bushes/shrubs for bringing the bees. Calistemons, Banksias %26amp; Grevillias are all good for the purpose %26amp; a bonus is the birds they attract. Birds eat insect pests--- need I continue?
Reply:i am sorry but you cannot have flowers without bees but you could try to make a tropical garden which means they have no flowers but they look good unless you find some flowers that grow in winter then there is less chance of bees comming to get pollen

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