Gardening For Bees & Other Pollinators

According to the British Beekeepers Association - Woodland, hedgerows, meadows and verges have been disappearing at an alarming rate and parts of the countryside are now green deserts with very few wild flowers so bees need your help!  

You can help the bees, all the bees, honey bees, bumblebees and solitary bees, by planting more flowers for them to feed on. It doesn't matter if your garden is a balcony, allotment, window box, pots and tubs or a swathe of green open space; with a bit of thought pollinators can benefit from a banquet of pollen and nectar right throughout the year.  Choose plants with single, open flowers for easy access to the pollen and nectar.

Top Ten Flowers You Should Plant To Attract Honeybees:

Hellebore species and hybrids

Helleborus species are tolerant of most conditions, they prefer moist, well drained alkaline soil in dappled shade.

Salvia Species

Salvias are sun-loving plants and good drainage is essential. They look very striking in a mixed border. 

Echinacea

A long-flowering border perennial which is easy to grow. It is an excellent plant for pollinators, rich in nectar through late summer and autumn.

Rudbeckia laciniata

Striking larger plant. Easy to grow if given full sun or partial shade and a moderately fertile soil.

Lavandula species

Lavender is ideal for a mixed border, but it also makes a fantastic edging plant. Lavender really needs sun, well-drained soil. 

Galanthus nivalis Common Snowdrop

A delicate little flower often covered in snow, but a vital source for pollen and nectar.

Crocus species (winter-flowering)

Easy to grow and look beautiful in containers or in groups on a lawn. An early source of pollen for the bees. 

Cosmos

Cosmos have edible flowers. Simply scatter the seeds and these freely flowering annual plants will spring up.

Sedum species

Sedums are hardy, easy to care for and make great cut flowers.

Verbena species

Verbena will thrive in full sun, well drained soil and relatively dry conditions and will attract many pollinators.

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