The garden is just buzzing today. Some bees have latched onto the new Buddleja globosa as if they are trying to eat them like marshmallows
A surprise to me was the attraction of the Stachys byzantina for this bee.
But top attraction for weeks now has been Cotoneaster horizontalis.
Allium Purple Sensation has an undeniable appeal for the bees as well as the human eye.
Just as the foxglove which is a more conventional source of attraction.
Also in contention for novel source of nectar is another allium, Nectaroscordium. (The name is a giveaway)
Even more common or garden plants like sage put on an enticing display just now.
Even more fun is to watch the bees in fall after the pyracantha berries have fermented.
ReplyDeleteYes the birds are like that with the crab apples in winter.
DeleteYour garden will be buzzing! We have foxgloves self seeding but I planted some specially in a shady position and they have disappeared. Then one has appeared in a gap in the paving right up against the house wall.
ReplyDeleteThey won't be told, will they!
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