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Plants To Attract Bees And Butterflies

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Latest photos of plants to attract bees and butterflies

  • budlea
    Cristina
  • Love Dandelions
    Beelady
  • Buddleia
    Wagger
  • Peacock Butterfly sat on Inula Helenium
    Oliveoil

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We have 118 photos of plants to attract bees and butterflies

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • Our fragile fauna and flora
    Terratoonie
  • Bee in thistle 1
    Bonkersbon
  • Bees on thistle 2
    Bonkersbon
  • Honey Suckle
    Amy
  • budleja buzz
    Sanbaz
  • Peacock Butterfly sat on Inula Helenium
    Oliveoil
  • geranium (Geranium cinereum (Hardy geranium))
    Nancym
  • Verbena bonariensis (Verbena bonariensis)
    Spritzhenry

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Gardeners' thoughts

♫ ♩ ♬ KISS ME, Honeysuckle ... ♫ ♩ ♬

Inspired by the Shirley Bassey song ... ................................................................... ♬ Kiss me, honeysuckle,...

75 comments

terratoonie

27 Jun, 2011
Terratoonie

My Honeysuckle

After my usual morning perusal of the garden I noticed the Honeysuckle I planted last year has its first bud.

5 comments

aygo

6 Jun, 2010
Aygo

Butterfly plants

This morning I went to the village for my paper and there were trays of plants outside the P.O. I thought they were for sale,...

19 comments

neellan

22 May, 2010
Neellan

Gardening for Bumblebees

~ just had this booklet in the post and some of the advice I hadn't thought of~ like...

25 comments

Arlene

3 Feb, 2010
Arlene

The Ivy League

Just checking on the garden the other day, when most of the snow had melted, I noticed I had many Ivies growing and all different...

50 comments

Janey

14 Jan, 2010
Janey

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Questions & advice on plants to attract bees and butterflies

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If I plant lavender

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guest

18 Jun, 2010
Guest

Our honeysuckle does not flower

1 reply

guest

17 Jun, 2010
Guest

Plants to attract bees

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whiteorchid

14 Jun, 2009
Whiteorchid

Sweet williams

2 replies

sasmi

5 Apr, 2009
Sasmi

Planting a bluebell wood

3 replies

sparkly

3 Mar, 2009
Sparkly

Getting rid of clover

2 replies

roger

10 Jul, 2008
Roger

sunflower

6 replies

M4RK78

10 Jul, 2008
M4rk78

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