Bee Friendly Garden Plants Uk

Uk wild plants for bees.

Bee friendly garden plants uk.

Suttons have a range of shrubs for bees beautiful and hardy escallonia deciduous shrubs such as weigela wine and the fabulous addition to any border the buddleja black knight. Easy to grow if given full sun or partial shade and a. They look very striking in a mixed border. You re on page 1 2.

I recommend you bag yourself some. Bee happy plants seeds is a not for profit uk company number 8899290 organic grower of plants to encourage conservation and proliferation of plants beneficial to all pollinators. Certified for plant passports by defra number 109891 and organic certification by soil association grower number g8492 and seed merchant dmo8492. In return for getting your garden buzzing pollinators will help your plants too.

That said many flowers in other colours will still attract bees so don t pull them up. It is an excellent plant for pollinators rich in nectar through late summer and autumn. What shrubs attract bees. Seed for pollinator cover crop.

Wild bees and other pollinators are in decline. Our ultimate list of bee friendly plants for a garden allotment or window box buzzing with activity. This year 2020 it s impossible to buy as a plant and only seeds are available for next year. Bees can see the colour purple more clearly than any other colour and some of the best bee plants such as lavender alliums buddleja and catmint have purple flowers.

This plant is unusual not so commonly grown but another bee magnet. Seed for bee garden plants. Vegetable and culinary herb seed. Here are our top tips to help you entice bumblebees to your garden.

Rudbeckia laciniata striking larger plant. Bonus points for choosing flowers with an asterisk they re native to the uk so they are great at interacting with local wildlife and insects. Salvias are sun loving plants and good drainage is essential. Top bee friendly flowers in the uk.

Wildlife friendly garden plants for bees and butterflies plants for butterflies. The lives of bees. But there are things you can do in your garden to help make your garden bee friendly.