team tractor Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 The bees certainly seem to love my sunflowers. It’s nice to see so many for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 I have a dwarf one in a pot with multiple flowers. Not seen lots of bees on to be honest. They are preferring the salvias and begonias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 33 minutes ago, figgy said: I have a dwarf one in a pot with multiple flowers. Not seen lots of bees on to be honest. They are preferring the salvias and begonias. These have a big flower then lots of small ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) Looks a good tall one. Edited August 7, 2019 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 9 hours ago, figgy said: Looks a good talk one. The kids love planting them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 Yes great for kids if you get them all to plant one then see who's grows the tallest. If you manage to get the heads full of seeds the birds love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 This border has a buddleia in it as well just past the seat, it's damp out now but it's normally crawling with bees butterflies and other insects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 48 minutes ago, Mice! said: This border has a buddleia in it as well just past the seat, it's damp out now but it's normally crawling with bees butterflies and other insects. Those yellow flowers are Heleniums which bees love. As far as your Buddleia is concerned, when the flower on the leading shoot dies off cut the shoot off to the next pair of shoots and this secondary growth should flower within a month thus extending the length of time the butterflies can benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted August 7, 2019 Report Share Posted August 7, 2019 31 minutes ago, JDog said: Those yellow flowers are Heleniums which bees love. As far as your Buddleia is concerned, when the flower on the leading shoot dies off cut the shoot off to the next pair of shoots and this secondary growth should flower within a month thus extending the length of time the butterflies can benefit. Thanks for that, the Heleniums were in when we moved in, we cut them back to the ground every year and they regrow every time, a cracking perennial, little effort maximum benefit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 We used sunflowers as one of our cover crops last year, brilliant for holding birds and everything else benefits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 8, 2019 Report Share Posted August 8, 2019 Despite the summer not being as good as last year in terms of pure sunshine there seems to be more bees about. In my garden the bees are loving the Stachys byzantina and the Echinops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodeer Posted August 9, 2019 Report Share Posted August 9, 2019 https://www.beebombs.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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