Every garden needs pollinators, including bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies & many others. Without them there would be limited flowers & even fewer fruit & vegetables, so youre doing them a real favour growing a selection of plants that will provide them with a good source of nectar & pollen. Both honey bees & bumble bees are active from February until September/ October, & its important that they have suitable plants in flower throughout that period. Bees have good colour vision, so choose several colours of flowers. & the more flowers you have the more attractive to pollinators your garden will be! Collection contains 8 plants (1 of each variety) supplied in 9cm pots: Doronicum Little Leo
- Bushy, well-branched plants producing lush foliage & masses of large single flowers composed of quilled yellow petals & pale orange centres. Vase life of up to 8 days. Flowers April-May. Height 30-40cm (12-16). Ideal for beds & borders, patio pots & containers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Suitable for cut flowers. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Knautia Melton Pastels
- These superb plants provide a long succession of colour, producing large flowers in soft shades, held above bushy clumps of mid green leaves. Flowers late May-September. Height 90cm (3'). Ideal for beds & borders, patio pots & containers. Suitable for cut flowers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Scabiosa Snowmaiden
- Fully double, clean white blooms. Flowers June-October. Height 90cm (3'). Ideal for beds & borders. Suitable for cut flowers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Lavender Hidcote
- A compact variety of the popular English lavender. Its dense, intensely aromatic, silver-grey foliage is covered, in summer, with spikes of fragrant, deep violet flowers. Height 60cm (24). Ideal for beds & borders, patio pots & containers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Lantana Miss Huff This exotic-looking variety can withstand temperatures as low as -12C (provided it's grown in well drained soils). Blooms open orange, fading to yellow & pink as they age, creating a beautiful effect against the deep green leaves. Flowers June-first frosts. Height 75cm (30). Ideal for beds & borders, patio pots & containers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Potentilla Gold Sovereign Rich golden, saucer-shaped flowers provide colour throughout the season, set off against narrow, oblong, soft green leaves. Flowers June-September. Height 15-25cm (6-10). Ideal for beds & borders, patio pots & containers. RHS perfect for pollinators. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Agastache Red Fortune
- Rich cerise-red with a hint of violet. Flowers July-October. Height 60-90cm (2-3'). Echinacea Lilliput
- Flowers are deep rose violet & fragrant, mounding habit, dwarf form, attractive to pollinating insects. Height 30cm (12).