A Selection of Plants that Attract Insects
These are usually sun-loving plants, which will provide food for butterflies, pollen for bees. Encourage natural predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies, who keep the numbers down of less welcome visitors to the garden.
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CAMPANULA 'Crystal'
Our introduction. Palest icy amethyst bells, almost white, and shaped like pixie hats. Same parents as C. x burghalti, but in our opinion is stronger and taller.
75cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Patricia'
From a customer, who found it as a seedling in his garden and named it in remembrance of his wife. Rose-pink daisies in a good spread of flowers. It has a good shape, and a fresh, bright appearance!
1.20m £5.00
NEPETA nuda
Narrow upright habit, with attractive rich violet-blue flowers in summer. Sun.
75cm £5.00
PERSICARIA campanulata
An enthusiastic, spreading plant with tall branching sprays of pink flowers all summer, in sun or shade. Lovely grey-green foliage. Well worth trying if you have room!
1.00m £5.00
LAMIUM orvala
Strongly-veined dead-nettle leaves with rich strawberry-pink lipped flowers.
60cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Hot Lips'
A wonderful plant for containers or front of a sunny border. Red and white flowers from May to November. Can be hardy, but take cuttings.
AGM 90cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Joan'
Shrubby, taller salvia with rich purple-pink flowers in summer and autumn. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
PHLOX paniculata 'Wendy House'
Spectacular deep magenta flower clusters, sweetly-scented, over contrasting dark leaves.
60cm £5.00
ANTHEMIS tinctoria 'Wargrave Variety'
Pale yellow daisies in summer over dark green foliage. Sun.
90cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa 'Chatto'
A compact grower, forms a low mound of silver leaves and spikes of white bottlebrush flowers in summer.
45cm £5.00
LIGULARIA 'The Rocket'
Long black stems and dramatic toothed foliage. Slender racemes of yellow flowers July-August. Moist soil in sun.
AGM 1.80m £6.00
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