This vigorous climber needs good drainage and is much hardier than people realise. If dead headed regularly it will flower all summer encouraging all sorts of different beasties! Passiflora caerulea – ‘Passion Flower’ Plant it near a pathway so that when you rub past, it releases a lovely minted scent from its foliage, some people dislike this smell but I love it. If you have not got a garden then it is just as happy in a container as long as it has good drainage.Īttractive to bees, this lovely herbaceous perennial needs full sun and well drained soil to perform well. It is a compact growing form only reaching about 1ft in height and spread, and so is ideal for the front of a border or in a more open spot where winds can damage taller perennials. This is a great source of nectar and pollen for many insects including butterflies, bumble bees and hoverflies. As the flowers age, the cone in the centre develops as each individual flower opens. Like all ‘cone flowers’ this beautiful form prefers full sun in any fertile well drained soil. With this in mind I have decided to look and some of the plants that you could grow in your garden to attract insects and hopefully keep them visiting for years to come. Some, of course, are not welcome but everything has its place and so I have decided that this autumn I am going to re-think some areas of my garden and try and make them more insect friendly. I have always been fascinated by insects and just love to have them flitting about the garden. We hear on the news often that bees are in decline and I have seen a lot fewer butterflies this year than I have for a long time. However this has been a bumper year for certain insects and there are some great plants out there if you want to attract an array of different creatures into your garden. It has been one of the driest summers for a while and the gardens are all looking a bit parched.
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