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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SANGUISORBA obtusa good form
Lovely silver leaves, and bright pink bottlebrush flowers June-August. Sun.
50cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Betel Nut'
Vibrant pink flowers with a golden eye. A tall variety, from Great Dixter.
1.80m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM laeve 'Glow in the Dark'
Our introduction in 2010. Masses of luminous lilac-pink daisies contrast with black stems and dark foliage. A. 'Calliope' x A. 'Fellowship'.
1.20m £5.00
ALCALTHAEA suffrutescens 'Parkrondell'
Deep pink flowers, darker in autumn, from June-November
2.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia var. alba
Narrow white drooping bottlebrush flowers more like catkins!
1.80m £5.00
MONARDA 'Squaw'
Narrow-petalled, tufted red flowers July-September. Leave monarda stems after flowering, look great all winter!
1.00m £5.00
CENOLOPHIUM denudatum
Syn. Seseli libanotis. Forms a clump of ferny dark green leaves, topped in summer with umbels of white flowers. A garden designer's favourite!
1.00m £5.00
SANGUISORBA 'Pink September'
Bigger and better flowers than 'Big Pink'. Lots of stems closely grouped. Stands well. New in 2013 from us.
2.00m £5.00
PHLOX paniculata 'Wendy House'
Spectacular deep magenta flower clusters, sweetly-scented, over contrasting dark leaves.
60cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Weinheim Big Blue'
Thick spikes of deep violet-blue flowers on robust stems, June-September. Deadhead to keep it flowering. Much requested in our garden!
75cm £5.00
SALVIA 'African Sky'
Masses of mauve-blue flowers May-November, on a bushy plant. Sunny, sheltered spot.
80cm £5.00
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