Our Bee Cafe display at the Suffolk Show!

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Want to make your own bee-friendly hanging baskets and patio pots? The following plants fit the bill, provided you avoid varieties with frilly flowers.

Argyrantheum (bees)
Bacopa (bees)
Bidens (bees)
Brachysombe (bees)
Calibrachoas (Million Bells) (moths)
Diascia (bees)
Fuchsias (bees)
Heliotrope (butterflies)
Lobelia (butterflies)
Petunias (moths)
Osteospermum (Cape Daisy) (bees)
Sweet Alyssum (beneficial wasps)
Verbenas (butterflies)

Perfect for Pollinators plants used by us in the Bee Cafes include:

PERENNIALS
Anthemis punctata ssp cupaniana (Dyer's chamomile)
Armeria maritima
Campanula
Dianthus Doris (carnation)
Erigeron karvinskianus
Geranium Ivan (cranesbill)
Lamium maculatum White Nancy  (ornamental nettle)
Lavender Aromance White
Lavender angustifolia Munstead
Nepeta grandiflora Summer Magic (cat nip)
Parahebe Porlock
Phlox divaricata subsp laphamii Chattahoochee
Salvia nemorosa East Friesland
Salvia nemorosa Marvel Blue
Trifolium (clover)
Vinca minor Illumination (periwinkle)

ANNUALS
Argyranthemum Maderira Crested White
Argyranthemum Maderira Yellow
Bidens Firelight
Brachyscombe Magenta Delight
Cuphea Sweet Talk Lavender Splash
Lobelia White Sparke
Orlaya grandiflora
Petunia Easy Wave
Verbena

EDIBLES
Chocolate mint
Garden Mint
Golden Origanum
Sage (Salvia officinalis)
Strawberry
Thyme Silver Queen

Perfect for Pollinator plants used in the raised beds include:

PERENNIALS
Achillea Little Moonshine
Achillea Moonshine
Agapanthus Pitchoure White
Agastache Morello (giant hyssop)
Allium Christophii
Anchusa azurem Loddon Royalist
Campanula Mrs Resholt (bellflower)
Campanula Spring Bell Blue (bellflower)
Catanache caerula alba
Centranthus ruber (valerian)
Cirsium atropurpureum (plume thistle)
Delphinium Blue Bird
Dianthus barbatus Dash Magician & White (sweet william)
Dianthus Pink Kisses (carnation)
Digitalis Panther (foxglove)
Digitalis purpurea Dalmatian Peach (foxglove)
Digitalis purpurea Dalmatian White (foxglove)
Erigeron glaucus Seabreeze
Erysimum Leya White (shrubby wallflower)
Euphorbia Miner's Merlot
Helichrysum italicum (curry plant)
Iris sibirica Dreaming Yellow
Knautia macedonica (field scabious)
Lavender stoechas Great Adventure
Leucanthemum vulgare (ox-eye daisy)
Linaria purpurea Canon Went (toadflax)
Nectaroscordum scilium (Honey Garlic/Scilian Allium)
Nepeta racemosa Walker's Low
Persicaria microcephala Red Dragon
Phlomis fruticosa
Phlox subulata White Delight
Salvia Cherry Lips
Scabiosa Butterfly Blue
Scabiosa Flutter Rose Pink
Sisyrinchium striatum
Tanacetum niveum Jackpot (feverfew)
Tanacetum coccineum Robinson's Red (tansy)

ANNUALS
Antirhirrinum (snap dragon)
Argyranthemum Maderira Crested White & Pink Halo & Yellow
Borago officinalis (borage)
Cerinthe major purpurescens (honeywort)
Cosmos Apricotta
Cosmos Purity
Cosmos Sonata Carmine & White
Cuphea Sweet Talk Lavender Splash
Helianthus Sunsation (sunflower)
Lobelia Waterfall Blue
Lobelia Waterfall Purple
Lobelia White Sparkle
Nicotiana Perfume Mixed (tobacco plants)
Orlaya grandiflora
Osteospermum Akila Lavender Shades & White Purple Eye
Verbena

SHRUBS
Anisodontea elegans Princess
Deutzia x hybrida Mont Rose
Hebe Charming White
Hebe Garden Beauty Blue
Roses Ballerina and Marjorie Fair - only a small percentage of roses are bee-friendly.