Garden Bee Design Amp
Bee garden design and fruit trees when it comes to growing fruit trees and gardens our results are better when we work together with beneficial insects.
Garden bee design amp. And planting especially if you re creating a new garden means you are thinking about design. The mid sized flowering basils african blue and. While the bees are sipping nectar and collecting pollen you ll enjoy a colorful garden that produces flowers in every season spring through fall.
Learn more about pollinator and bee garden design with lorraine johnson co author of the free ebook. Shades of red pink lavender white or purple. A flower patch for the rusty patched bumble bee.
The larvae then hatch pupate and emerge from the stems. Solitary bees lay their eggs in the hollow cavities leaving a small supply of food for the larvae to eat. In this series of posts i will cover various aspects of garden design such as color texture shape and size from the perspective of what bees need.
Instead of mulch which tends to wash away consider pine needles or other types of mulch material. Local nurseries have varieties in a wide array of colors textures and heights as well as those that flower and bring bees into the garden here is a prime example of an explosion of color and varying heights. Always position bee hotels in full sun.
Gucci gave them buzz but bees have been a design motif for millennia. Throughout history the insect has been used in decorative arts to symbolize healing and to legitimize power. Also spotted bee balm with pale yellow petals spotted with purple with showy pink bracts.
Tall pineapple sage with red trumpet flowers and chartreuse leaves. We help you bring your dream garden to life. Put out the welcome mat for honeybees native bees and other beneficial insects.