Earlier in March, Lorraine attended a fascinating talk by Richard Rickitt on “Gardening for Bees” as one of the University of Bath Gardening Club’s meetings. Richard has produced an information sheet with some tips and recommended plants to attract bees into your garden and this PDF is now attached. It...
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Category Archives: Bee-friendly plants
Flowers looking lovely this Bank Holiday weekend at Downside
Here are a few plants at the Nursery which look particularly lovely this weekend all taken by Christina on 24th except for the LabLab which was taken on 9th. Floribunda Rose ‘For your eyes only’ An award-winning floribunda compact shrub rose which flowers throughout the summer and grows to approx...
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Plants to help bees through the winter
An interesting article from Alice Bowe giving details of some of the best plants to grow to help bees during the winter months. See the Times article here Her suggested plants include: Winter clematis –Clematis cirrhosa** Mahonia – Mahonia x media Winter heather – Erica carnea Cornus mas – Cornelian...
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