Borage
Borage is a great pollinator plant. It’s so easy to grow from seed and has nectar rich flowers.
Borage is a great pollinator plant. It’s so easy to grow from seed and has nectar rich flowers.
The small tortoiseshell butterfly is fairly widespread in UK gardens
Image: Jean Vernon
Look out for this extraordinary moth in your summer gardens. It hovers like a hummingbird but is actually a moth.
A really good late summer plant for pollinators is the globe thistle, Echinops ritro.
If you grow one thing for the pollinators choose Viper’s bugloss
Would you like to learn a bit more about the bees in your garden? This summer I’ve been taking bee walks at some very special gardens around the UK. It can be a bee talk, with an illustrated presentation, or a bee walk or bee safari or a mixture of all of these. To be
Look out for the buzzy bee fly this spring. It’s an important garden pollinator.
Leave a few dandelions to flower in your garden. They are a vital source of pollen and nectar for pollinators