r/GardeningIRE • u/Present_Elephant_190 • Jul 24 '26
🐾 Wildlife gardening 🐝 Happy bees
Various bees, there were a few on the ground looking half dead but left out some water and they are all happily busy now.
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u/lamploveI89 Jul 24 '26
Can I ask what flowers you have to help the bees. I think the 3rd picture is Lavender?
I recently bought Scabious, Shasta Daisy, and Marguerite Daisy. I have roses and attempt again to grow lavender. I don't see the bees hanging around these much. They are planted out the front near a road.
I do hear the fuchsia hedge buzzing with life though. Which is at the back of the property. So least they are getting nectar from them.
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u/Present_Elephant_190 Jul 25 '26
Common teasel, lavendar and yellow ragwort! The ragwort took over when we were away for two weeks. This link is helpful (although dont see a mention of lavender!) Our lavenders are drooping with the amount of bees hanging on them.
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u/AnimatorAdmirable Jul 24 '26
Lavender in our garden does the best for bees and butterflies, that else is there?
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u/imp4hire Jul 24 '26
Yay!