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Plants for bees

6 replies

Nasa89 · 19/03/2020 10:27

I have a north facing lawn in my garden (probably 4m2) which probably gets 1 hour of sun a day if I am lucky! Its also muddy at best of times. Is there any bee friendly plants/flowers I can plant there? I was looking at some “bee bombs” pack of seeds but it says they need 6hours of sun a day.
First time I have a garden so I don’t know if I should leave as it is (as it looks nice with the lawn as long as you don’t step on it and realise it’s muddy!) or attempt to drain it to plant something and leave it worse than it is!!

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ThomasHardyPerennial · 21/03/2020 15:48

My pulmonarias are happily flowering in shade at the moment, they are a really important early nectar rich flower for bees. The foliage adds interest too. I have them planted around ferns in a particularly damp and shady bed.

DysonFury · 24/03/2020 09:47

Borage and lavender.

Pinkywoo · 25/03/2020 18:53

Foxgloves seem to grow anywhere and bees love them.

livingthegoodlife · 26/03/2020 12:46

We get hundreds of bees in our garden and they all love the lavender bushes

willowpatterns · 27/03/2020 14:49

Lavender won't do well in shade though.

Caramel78 · 27/03/2020 14:53

Fox gloves. We have them in the shaded part of our garden and the bees go mad for them.

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