A quick update on some of the flowers in the garden this summer. A few might seem to be weeds to some, but I find them to be useful as pollinator foods and very pretty as well. (A lawn with white clover smells gorgeous and is good for common blue butterflies and bees.) I admit, due to the very wet spring, the bindweed is ferocious this year but autumn pulling and digging will get it back under control for next year and for now, the white flowers are appealing. The very wet Spring seems to have triggered a profusion of flowers with everything flowering all at the same time... these are some that caught my eye today.
Self-Heal (butterflies and bees)
Snapdragon (bumblebees)
Crocosmia (pollinating insects)
Valerian (all insects plus moths like the hummingbird hawkmoth)
Bindweed (pollinating insects)
Buddleia (pollinating insects, in particular moths and butterflies)
white clover (bumble bees, common blue butterfly)
lawn flowers!
roses (good for this human!)
fox and cubs (bees)
Love in a mist seed heads (for next years' garden!)
Buddleia
Chicory (bees)
Sweet William (bees)
Cornflower (pollinating insects)
Calendula (pollinating insects)
