These 10 common herbs are among some of the best plants in providing bees with valuable nectar and pollen throughout the year.
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Mint - a plant I really like
24-03-2019
This year I got two new variations of mint, Chocolate mint and Swiss mint
Annual, Perennial, and Biennial Flowers
24-03-2019
Flowers are plants known for their aesthetic values. They are useful for very important occasions such as meetings, weddings and condolence visits. When used as gifts, they usually send more heart warming messages to the recipients than other valuables such as money and jewelry. There are many kinds of flowers for different occasions. Flowers also...
Lobelia
27-12-2018
Lobelia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.
Borage: Brilliant blooms for busy bees
27-12-2018
Planting Borage in your garden or allotment is a great way to attract pollinators and especially bumblebees and honeybees find the nectar-rich flowers irresistible.
Mentha spicata
27-12-2018
Produces Nectar in abundance for Honeybees, all Bumblebees and Solitary bees
Tickseed
26-12-2018
Coreopsis species are used as nector and pollen for insects. The species is known to specifically provide food to caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species. In this Mid-Atlantic region insects as bees, hover flies, wasps are observed visiting the flowers.
Garden Cosmos
26-12-2018
The flowers of Cosmos bipinnatus attract birds and butterflies. It can be part of butterfly gardening and pollinators-honey bee habitat gardens.
Common Bird's-foot Trefoil
25-12-2018
The flowers are mostly visited by bumblebees. The plant is an important nectar source for many insects and is also used as a larval food plant by many species of Lepidoptera such as six-spot burnet and the silver-studded blue. It is a host plant for the wood white butterfly Leptidea sinapis.