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A few trailing plant suggestions to try Flower focus: Viper’s bugloss

Flowering from June to August,

most beautiful wildflowers. It’s tall
spikes of blue flowers, with red
Photo: Les Moore Photo: www.bloomsforbees.co.uk Photo: Helen King Viper’s bugloss is one of Britain’s
tongue-like stamens will attract lots
of thirsty pollinators throughout the
summer months. This bumblebee
superfood deserves a place in every
bee-friendly border, but will work best
Nasturtiums Bacopa (also known as Chaentosoma) Trailing fuschias in a sunny and well-drained location.
Or try Snapdragons (trailing varieties), Bidens, Clematis (try Chelsea, Edda and Piccardi This beautiful plant can grow up to
varieties) or Tomatoes (smaller fruiting varieties only). one metre in height and spread up to
half a metre within a couple of years,
Some short growing plant suggestions to try so ensure you have some space for it
to expand.

Photo: Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Photo: Laura Shakespeare Photo: Les Moore

Bird’s foot trefoil Sedum Aubrietas
Or try dwarf varieties of herbs like lavenders, thyme, rosemary, salvias and catmints,
marigolds (open flowered types only) and Viper’s bugloss.

Call for photos
The next edition of Buzzword
will be during the darker months and
we would love to brighten it up with
some photos of your bee-friendly
gardens, containers and hanging
baskets. Please send your photos to
media@bumblebeeconservation.
org

6 Photo: Fuschia hanging basket 7
for bees by Jenny King