What flowers do Bees NOT like, but Hummingbirds LOVE? - Dave's …
2014年5月12日 · Pineapple sage has such narrow, red flowers and mine attracted humming birds, not bees, even though I had hives in my back yard at the time. The smallest variety would work in a container. There are many sages, look for the narrowest, longest flowers, preferably red to orange. Verbenas and Lantana attract butterflies. I have not seen many bees ...
Beginner Gardening:Flowers that do not attract bees. - Dave's …
2007年1月25日 · All surrounding plants are covered with bees but this plant they pass by. I actually gave the plants to a friend who is also allergic. My other thought is try finding plants that use other ways to reproduce, flys pollenate certain plants, for example Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey Tea, but I'm not sure if bees are also attracted.
Ornamental Oreganos - For Butterflies, for Bees, for Beauty...But …
2013年7月9日 · It flowers slightly later for me than Herrenhausen and has a paler flower, which is more abundant and billowing. A beautiful addition to the herb or ornamental gardens and perfect for cutting. Although some do, I do not cook with the laevigatum oreganoes, preferring to use the more choice culinary varieties of Oregano hirtum instead.
Mason Bees for Pollinating Your Fruit Trees - Dave's Garden
2012年4月26日 · I worried that the bees would die of starvation before the flowers opened, but again I need not have bothered - I don't know where they found it, but they were coming back loaded up with pollen the very first day they hatched. I do wish they'd get their fuzzy butts over to the fruit trees now that the flowers are starting to open.
Growing Cannas in for a Splash of the Tropics - Dave's Garden
2019年6月22日 · Butterflies and bees visit them regularly and hummingbirds adore them. Since they enjoy a sunny location as do many plants preferred by pollinators, plant them in your perennial beds along side other blooming plants and deadhead regularly to prolong the blooms. When the flower stalk fades, cut back to the next joint to promote another flush.
Cynoglossum, the Blue Beauty - Dave's Garden
2017年3月6日 · According to research, it is particularly attractive to bumble bees. It blooms from early summer to frost, grows 1 to 2 feet tall, and spreads about a foot. It can handle anything from full, baking sun to partial shade, is not demanding in terms of water or fertilization, and is completely adaptable in terms of soil, except for hard packed clay.
Ligustrum Species, Japanese Privet, Waxleaf Privet - Dave's Garden
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Phacelia Species, Fiddleneck, Lacy Phacelia, Purple Tansy - Dave's …
The flowers are very attractive to hover flies and other beneficial insects, however this plant is also excellent when used as a green ma...Read More To use in this manner the plants are turned into the soil before they reach the flowering stage, adding goodness and humus.
Bees started hive in my compost bin! Can they be removed?
2012年3月12日 · pbyrley - honeybees, bumble bees, native bees - they're all good for pollination. Honeybees NEVER nest in the ground. I don't know enough about native bees to say whether or not they nest in the ground, but I think bumble bees nest in, or close, to the ground. We've had severl bumble bees come and go through our house this past week.
Beetles and Their Role in Pollination - Dave's Garden
2015年4月23日 · Bees appeared a few million years later (30 to 50 million years according to some estimates). Many beetles today still prefer to pollinate the descendants of the early angiosperms. Beetles that pollinate these flowers are called Coleopteran pollinators, and the flowers that depend on them are called cantharophilous flowers.