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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SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Foxbrook Fairy'
From John Williams. Lots of pale mauve daisies on a later-flowering plant, from Sepember-October. An ericoides cross, but clump forming.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Nineteen'
Sprays of small lilac daisies September-November, on maroon stems and dark foliage. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
COREOPSIS verticillata 'Moonbeam'
Bushy perennial with fine foliage and lemon-yellow daisy-like flowers.
AGM 45cm £5.00
SALVIA 'Tutti Frutti'
Same parents as 'Dyson's Joy', and very floriferous! Deep pink flowers May-November. Sun.
60cm £5.00
CYNARA cardunculus
Cardoon. Forms an epic, architectural mound of silver-grey foliage up to 1 metre long. Large, purple, thistle-like flowerheads tower above in late summer and autumn. Loves the sun.
AGM 2.50m £5.00
SOLIDAGO 'Foxbrook Fountain'
From John Williams. Statuesque, tall and tidy, its golden-yellow flowers are closely clumped and outward-facing at the top of thick stems. Suspend your prejudices, this golden rod is wonderful!
2.00m £5.00
HELENIUM 'Luc'
Very similar to 'Sahin's Early Flowerer', but darker and bigger flowers from early July. A current favourite.
90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Les Moutiers'
Also known as A. 'Vasterival'. Mauve flowers September-November on wiry purple-black stems. Very delicate, much admired in the display garden.
1.50m £5.00
ERYNGIUM x zabelii 'Donard Variety'
Silvery-blue flowerheads, bowl-shaped and very feathered, June-September.
75cm £7.00
SALVIA 'Love and Wishes'
Stunning new hybrid, has large, reddish-purple flowers with dark burgundy calyces and stems, June-November. Tidy habit, great for a container.
PBR 80cm £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
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