Bee friendly flowers

Wild medicinal plant from the carnation family with large beautiful, purple flowers on long stems. An undemanding beauty for natural gardens. Note: All parts of the plant are poisonous.

An old cottage garden biennial plant. The flower stems grow from a rosette of leaves and can reach 200 cm in height. Cut back in winter. It is ideal for planting along walls and fences or towards the back of a flower border. Hollyhock typically germi...

A tall mixture of this delicately fragrant, well-loved cottage garden plant in many vibrant colours! Snapdragons are relatively slug resistant and in protected areas can last many years. It is ready for cutting when 3 to 5 flowers on the lower part o...

An old medicinal plant which in the wild is a protected species. Mountain Arnica with its attractive, golden yellow flower heads, is a striking addition for every sunny flower bed. It likes a thin, porous, sour, humus-rich soil with a low lime conten...

Favourite mixture of single unfilled flowers in yellow and orange tones. An uncomplicated and undemanding free flowering cut flower. After the first flowering the seed heads should be cut off, then they will continue flowering until well into the aut...

Semi-tall bright and colourful annual aster with unfilled flowers. Asters are susceptible to a type of soil fungi that causes wilt. They should therefore have a break of between 5 and 8 years before being planted on the same ground again. They are re...

Cornflower with radiant blue, filled blooms that attract bees. Easy, undemanding summer flower. Seeds can even be sown in autumn, the first flowers will then already appear in May. Ready for cutting as soon as the uppermost flower has opened....

Beautiful flower of summer with exuberant floral abundance. The flowers in lilac, salmon and pink tones are reminiscent of almond flowers and are much enjoyed by bees. These otherwise undemanding flowers like a good soil and plenty of watering. The l...

The flowers of Morning Glory glow expressively in sky blue and pink and have a yellowish white eye in the centre. The plants are straight forward to grow in sunny borders with light unimproved soils and rapidly cover the ground. It is also suitable f...

Golden tickseed is a long lasting bed or border plant with warm, yellow to red coloured flowers. It can grow in the sun or half shade. Once it has flowered it can be cut back for a second flush. For cutting the flowers must be well opened.

Large violet coloured, pink and white flowers grow from finely ramified, very vigorous and branching plants. Removing spent blooms will considerably increase the flowering period. Ready to cut when the first flowers have opened. Old cottage garden pl...

The glowing head of orange blossoms is a very pretty but little known summer flower whose colourful abundance our honey and bumble bees cannot resist. The plant flowers continuously until the first frost. It is therefore a ready source of food for in...

Larkspur forms long, lace-like, and beautiful flower spikes in blue, white or pink tones. It grows on sunny and half shaded sites. Shorten to 10-15 cm after it has flowered to produce a second flush. Particularly loved by bumble bees. Note: All parts...

Low growing ornamental poppy species with flowers of bright orange and yellow colours and fine blue-green and very decorative feathery leaves. The chalice-shaped flowers only open properly in full sunlight. Loose, sandy, porous soils in a sunny site ...

Sunflower 'La Torre' has more than one stem, a branching habit and grows up to two metres high. The flowers tend to be small, around 15 cm in diameter and appear in pale yellow, yellow and red tones. It is an excellent cut flower. Sunflowers need ric...

A pretty, tall growing Strawflower mixture whose warm, sunny colours range from orange, yellow, white, pink, salmon through to violet. A traditional dry flower that makes a colourful and long-lasting show in the sunny flower border. Ready to cut as s...

A nicely coloured mixture for making small posies! Candytuft produces many parasol-like flower heads in violet, pink and white. Iberis umbellata like it dry and in full sun. Seedlings are susceptible to flea beetle. After flowering they should be cut...

A very special, silkily glistening, brilliant red in the summer flower border! The Scarlet Flax is sown directly from April to July. The plants which like to grow in full sun, are undemanding and thrive in every normal garden soil. It is also suitabl...

The name Chamomile originates from the Greek and means 'earth apple' after the smell of its flowers. It is a medicinal and preparation plant that presents few demands on the soil. It does grow slowly though in the early stages.

Fast growing, feathery summer flower with sky blue blossoms and finely divided leaves. Outdoor cultivation is straight forward and it is avoided by slugs. After flowering it develops pretty seed capsules. Ideal for cut flower growers.

A red, white and pink mixed, large flowered poppy which blooms throughout the summer. Seeds should be sown where they are to flower and be only lightly covered with soil. Fairly slug resistant. When cut the upright buds can be observed unfolding in t...

Golden yellow, long-stemmed flowers for late summer flower arrangements which last a long time in the vase. Black-eyed Susan prefers loose water-retaining soil in a sunny or slightly shaded position. Ready to cut when the flower heads are well open. ...