For the love of bees🐝
Save the bees with your flowergarden
Bees provide us with an invaluable service by pollinating the plants we grow. Whether big or small, there are things every garden can do to help them. One of the simplest ways to attract bees to visit your garden is by growing flowers rich in pollen and nectarperennial plants are great, but don't discount flowering annuals, shrubs and trees, too. Once they start arriving, have a go at identifying the species with help from our feature on seven types of garden bees.
Grow plants with nectar and pollen
While this point might seem obvious, it's important to grow a range of plants that will provide a continuous flowering period, especially from March to September. You should also be sure to grow plenty of single flowers, many cultivars have extra parts that make the pollen and nectar inaccessible to bees and other pollinators.
To read more about creating a bee friendly garden, check out this article.
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