Shrubs For Bees

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Shrubs for bees. 25 plants for bees in your garden. You may feel a little intimidated by the idea of planting trees or large shrubs introducing these plants into your garden needn t be labour intensive. 5 heather calluna. Rosemary is a perennial evergreen shrub.

Crocus hyacinth borage calendula and wild lilac provide enticing spring blooms in a bee garden. 3 white clover trifolium repens 4 cotoneaster. Blueberry shrubs for bees blueberries are another bush that attracts bees. Plenty of pollen all on one flower and plenty of flowers on one shrub.

Berberis darwinnii darwin s barberry. When it blooms in early spring the blue flowers call bees from far and wide. Trees and shrubs for bees. The orange flowers of berberis provide food in spring.

One of the best bee friendly shrubs the blueberry has a lot to offer. Native plants for bees. Campanula comfrey delphinium foxglove hardy geranium honesty hollyhock potentilla snapdragon stachys teasel thyme verbascum. Top 30 flowers for bees.

They dislike too much wet so a well drained soil is best. They vary in height are mosly blue or pink and tolerate most soils. Plant at least three different types of flowers in your bee garden to ensure blooms through as many seasons as possible. 1 lavender lavendula honey bee.

20 flowering shrubs for bees flowering shrubs for bees and other pollinators a few notes. This will provide bees and other pollinators with a constant source of food. Spring help feed queen bumblebees as they establish new colonies in early spring by growing this small. Hebe hh hs this extensive group of shrubs have wonderful flowers for bees.

Fruit and veg for bees.