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Bees...butterflies...and moths....
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no problem...good luck.
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 ..the Borage bed......one of the top five plants to attract all types of bees and other pollinators...comes in a white version as well. Taken 30 June 0940. |
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 ...two Borage flowers...waiting for passers by. Taken 30 June at 1600. |
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 ..Honey Bee on a Borage flower..... ...taken 30 June at 1554. |
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 ..Meadow Buttercup (sadly about to go over) mingling with Ribwort Plantain (again bought 3 plug plants two years ago and now spreading) Taken 30 June at 1006. |
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I watching a bumblebee going into foxgloves recently, I noticed its back was a brighter colour than normal,
I had a look in the flower and you could see why. The flower has evolved to dab the pollen on the bees back when it's crawling in to get the nectar. Have a look next time you see the flower (it's tall with lots of bright bell shaped flowers hanging down at say a 45' angle). |
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...I have some white foxgloves in the back corner of the garden JC...
..I will have a go at some pics over the next few days.... ..all these little details...nature really is amazing. |
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 ..a Damselfly on the stem of a Geum (Totally Tangerine).... Taken on 30 June at 1513. |
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Bees love my French lavender.
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..great stuff Makybe.
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 ..a Small Skipper (I think ??!!) on yet to flower...but very close to flowering Compact Marjoram... ...have sections of this all over...once it starts to flower things will really kick off... ...almost everything loves it and it will be heaving with all sorts of things....  Taken on 30 June at 1553. |
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 ...a Hoverfly using the Valerian as a landing / take off pad and fast food joint!! Taken on 30 June at 1021. |
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 Phacelia Tanacetifolia flowers ( grown from seed) illuminated by the sun... One of the very best for attracting all sorts of things....Bees ..Butterflies ..Hoverflies...loads of things.. If you put Phacelia Tanacetifolia (smells of Lilac) and Valerian (smells of Vanilla) together you get an amazing perfume when wandering past.. |
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Taken 30 June at 1022.
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Oh people grow Valerian as a nice flower, I never knew.
Its used in herbal sedatives like sleeping aids etc. |
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Lovely pictures egner.
Thanks for posting them. Don't know much about flowers but love them, and the bees and beetles and butterflies who live among them. |
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..thanks parachute...
..will post some more tomorrow hopefully. |
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 ..an Echium Blue Bedder flower (grown from seed) illuminated by sunlight.... ..a dwarf version of Echium Vulgare. Taken 4 July at 1225. All Echiums...along with Borage and Phacelia are in the top five bee and other pollinator attracting plants you can have... ...excellent and consice information on Echium and the rest at this superb site.... http://www.seedaholic.com/echium-plantagineum-dwarf-blue-bedder.html#Flowers ..and for the other best Bee friendly plants you can get..... http://www.seedaholic.com/flowers/important-bee-plant.html#Flowers |
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 ..a Long Tongued Bumblebee drinking from an Echium Blue Bedder flower.... Taken 4 July at 1327. |
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 ...a Hoverfly feeding on an Echium Blue Bedder flower.... Taken 4 July at 0849. |
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Great thread . Well done egner for introducing the Natural world to the forum. Lovely photos too.
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...thanks facts.
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 ..a Bumblebee clambering into an Echium Blue Bedder flower... Taken 4 July at 1253. |
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 ..Bumblebee on a Cosmos Xanthos (grown from seed)..... Taken 4 July at 1246. |
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Wonderful thread egner.
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...thanks Evgeny.
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..anyway where was I before the Greeks gave the Eurocrats a bloody nose.................
 ...Hoverfly or small Honeybee on a simple Pink Cosmos (bought as plug plants) Taken 4 July at 1408. |
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 ...flowers on Wild Basil (3 plug plants bought 2 years ago...... now spreading) Taken 4 July at 1301. |
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 ..a Longhorn Beetle(I think!!) resting on yet to flower (in around 10 days I would guess) Oregano "Hot and Spicy" Loads of tall turrets with tiny white flowers up each one...bees go nuts for them |
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Taken 4 July at 0845.
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 ...a Caterpillar (not sure what type) on Strawberry Mint....smells amazing especially after it has rained. ...small pot bought for two quid 2 years ago.. now through division have eight to ten plants dotted around in pots...plus given loads of small plants away) I don't cut it back until spring in case anything is using to shelter over winter...that goes for all Herbs and everything actually except annuals like Cosmos which are taken up. |
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Taken 4 July at 1345.
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 Another Caterpillar on Strawberry Mint ..this one is starting to cocoon itself.....I think. Taken 4 July at 1356. |
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These last two pics...while not spectacular.....really are satisfying....
..creating little eco systems where nature can live and breed is the whole point. |
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 ...a Phacelia Campanularia (Desert or California Bluebell) flower. As blue a flower as you are likely to get. Unfortunately I am not going to get too many this year. My first year trying them and out of a tray of 40 only 4 survived....my only real disaster this year (along with Orlaya Grandiflora..about 6 out of 40) Most of them "damped off" ....the stems rotting away when they were relatively small....as the name suggests I think they need almost desert like sandy soil so next year I will add a load of sand to the seed compost to see if it helps. |
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Taken 4 July at 1321.
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 Geums (Totally Tangerine) mixing with Blue Cornflowers Taken 4 July at 1221. |
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 Geums (Totally Tangerine) mixing with Corn Marigolds. Taken 4 July at 1217 |
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 A tapestry of colour.....Geums (Totally Tangerine).....Cosmos Xanthos...and Echium Blue Bedder. Taken 4 July at 1215. |
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 Valerian with a backdrop of Phacelia Tanacetifolia Taken 4 July at 1219. |