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Plant These to Attract Bees
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Plant These to Attract Bees

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CapeCoddess- Posts : 6824
Join date : 2012-05-20
Age : 67
Location : elbow of the Cape, MA, Zone 6b/7a
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Thanks CapeCoddess. This came across my Facebook a few days ago and I couldn't figure out how to grab it to post here.
I suppose with the herbs (sage, cilantro), you'd have to let them bolt to be any good for the bees. Easy enough with cilantro that's for sure. Haven't grown sage before.
I suppose with the herbs (sage, cilantro), you'd have to let them bolt to be any good for the bees. Easy enough with cilantro that's for sure. Haven't grown sage before.
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Hopefully there are pollinators in your neighborhood.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Haha, I typed my reply on my phone before. Didn't realize I'd changed font sizes. Sorry for yelling everyone!

Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
super love it thier are many other plants that attract bees,
what is nice about this is all stuff we need
check out the Pollinator site below for a guide Below
http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
this is one of the best site they will have a zip code guide with recommendation and it is Free
Covers every thing you need to know maybe even way more then you may want to Know
myself i'm inthe eastern broadleaf forest
what is nice about this is all stuff we need

check out the Pollinator site below for a guide Below
http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
this is one of the best site they will have a zip code guide with recommendation and it is Free
Covers every thing you need to know maybe even way more then you may want to Know

myself i'm inthe eastern broadleaf forest
recoush-
Posts : 105
Join date : 2014-03-01
Location : United States, Illinois, zone 5
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Love that poster chart, capecoddess!
Just want to add in that I saw catmint there -- but our bees and pollinating flies loved our apple mint and peppermint too. So they probably love all mints ... and mints have tons of flowers when they flower, kind of like foxgloves -- many on a stalk, and every mint plant has lots of stalks.
Just want to add in that I saw catmint there -- but our bees and pollinating flies loved our apple mint and peppermint too. So they probably love all mints ... and mints have tons of flowers when they flower, kind of like foxgloves -- many on a stalk, and every mint plant has lots of stalks.
Marc Iverson-
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Age : 62
Location : SW Oregon
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Marc, I found mint seeds but had to buy a spearmint plant. I just love the smell when brushed against. Wouldn't you know it, my cat loves Borage!
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Spearmint is very popular. I only know it from the gum, I think.
The only ones I've grown are peppermint and apple mint. So far peppermint is my favorite. Even just picking up the containers to water them, or being close by when the wind blows, I get a jolt of their smell, and it's just so clean and pure and fantastic!
Hmm, borage is another thing I gotta get to ... so many chores and classes and things lately that I'm hardly planting a thing.
The only ones I've grown are peppermint and apple mint. So far peppermint is my favorite. Even just picking up the containers to water them, or being close by when the wind blows, I get a jolt of their smell, and it's just so clean and pure and fantastic!
Hmm, borage is another thing I gotta get to ... so many chores and classes and things lately that I'm hardly planting a thing.
Marc Iverson-
Posts : 3638
Join date : 2013-07-05
Age : 62
Location : SW Oregon
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
thanks for the link.....I printed out the picture of all the plants/herbs for the bees....it will make a great teaching tool for our kids
we can take it with us when they go to pick out some flowers to plant in their garden spots!
happy gardening
rose

happy gardening
rose
FamilyGardening-
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Join date : 2011-05-10
Location : Western WA
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
LOVE this link! I am in the Prairie Parkland (Temperate). Saved the file and am printing it out now!recoush wrote:super love it thier are many other plants that attract bees,
what is nice about this is all stuff we need
check out the Pollinator site below for a guide Below
http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
this is one of the best site they will have a zip code guide with recommendation and it is Free
Covers every thing you need to know maybe even way more then you may want to Know![]()
myself i'm inthe eastern broadleaf forest
GG
Goosegirl-
Posts : 3435
Join date : 2011-02-16
Age : 58
Location : Zone 4A - NE SD
Thanks for sharing
recoush wrote:super love it thier are many other plants that attract bees,
what is nice about this is all stuff we need
check out the Pollinator site below for a guide Below
http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
this is one of the best site they will have a zip code guide with recommendation and it is Free
Covers every thing you need to know maybe even way more then you may want to Know![]()
myself i'm inthe eastern broadleaf forest
This is really cool. Thank you for sharing recoush! I am Pacific lowland mixed forest province.
LilGreenNewbie-
Posts : 19
Join date : 2014-03-03
Location : seattle zone 7b
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
I love using Borage as it is a great companion plant, attracts pollinators, and it tastes great. The blue flowers it has is also a plus.
milt48-
Posts : 28
Join date : 2016-01-29
Age : 75
Location : indiana zone 5/6
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Pretty, is it annual?
Scorpio Rising-
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Age : 61
Location : Ada, Ohio
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
SR, I think it is an annual everywhere. However, it seeds so you can almost consider it like a perennial as you may get lots of little seedlings the following spring. I've got a lot coming up in the front yard flower bed. I won't plant it in the beds anymore. Takes up a lot of space.
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
It reseeds itself to the point that I have never had to reseed my bird/bee/butterfly garden, which is now ten years old.
I won't put it in my flower gardens either.
I won't put it in my flower gardens either.
milt48-
Posts : 28
Join date : 2016-01-29
Age : 75
Location : indiana zone 5/6
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Milt, I just pulled 5 volunteers of borage out of one of the veggie beds. I dread how many will be sprouting like "weeds" where i don't want them.

Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Be glad it is Broage and not mint. 

milt48-
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Join date : 2016-01-29
Age : 75
Location : indiana zone 5/6
Re: Plant These to Attract Bees
Mint is in a pot! Here are borage volunteers in the front flower bed. A little thinning needed, you think?


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