Butterfly & Bee Friendly Plants
Bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects are an essential part of a garden’s ecosystem. They not only help to pollinate spring and summer flowering plants, but they bring movement and colour into our gardens. It’s important to grow the plants that they like to feed on to encourage them to visit. That’s why I curated this collection of the most bee friendly plants available to purchase from our online plant shop. These hardy perennials will have local pollinators flocking to your garden. To save confusion, please take a note of the plants in this collection, as by the time you receive them they may have changed. Featured plants run approximately from tallest (top left hand corner) to shortest (bottom right hand corner).
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Helenium 'Moerheim Beauty' (9cm)
Height x spread: 90cm x 75cm -
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Jo and Guido's Form' (9cm)
Height x spread: 90cm x 90cm -
Aster 'Little Carlow' (9cm)
Height x spread: 90cm x 75cm -
Knautia arvensis (9cm)
Height x spread: 120cm x 45cm -
Anchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist' (9cm)
Height x spread: 90cm x 75cm -
Eryngium planum (9cm)
Height x spread: 90cm x 45cm -
Geranium 'Orion' (9cm)
Height x spread: 75cm x 75cm -
Achillea millefolium 'Lilac Beauty' (9cm)
Height x spread: 70cm x 45cm -
Centaurea montana 'Carnea' (9cm)
Height x spread: 45cm x 60cm -
Sedum telephium 'Purple Emperor' (9cm)
Height x spread: 60cm x 45cm -
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen' (9cm)
Height x spread: 45cm x 60cm -
Pulmonaria 'Opal' (9cm)
Height x spread: 25cm x 30cm
Space required
1 of each (12 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 120cm long. 2 of each (24 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 240cm long. 3 of each (36 plants) requires a space of around 90cm wide x 360cm long (All measurements are approximate)
Soil Required
Well-drained soil in sun or part shade
Flowering Period
April to October