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Advice needed on flowers

  • 25-02-2010 3:15pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭


    is there a gardening section on here? cant seem to find one. .
    failing that, does anyone on here have a good knowledge of flowers? was looking to get some seeds of a flower that will grow rampantly with little looking after, need to plant them in a 'wild' section of my garden for the bees and butterflys etc. thanks:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭wazzoraybelle


    Under the recreation tab in home and garden, Buddleia is a great plant for attracting butterflies and needs no attention


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    click on the gardening link underneath my name there OP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Thread title edited and moved from Green Issues.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭dicky82


    thank you kindly;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭foxinsox


    dicky82 wrote: »
    is there a gardening section on here? cant seem to find one. .
    failing that, does anyone on here have a good knowledge of flowers? was looking to get some seeds of a flower that will grow rampantly with little looking after, need to plant them in a 'wild' section of my garden for the bees and butterflys etc. thanks:D

    I had to list the various plants to attract bees and butterflies in an exam I did last year, so kindly listed on the RHS website here you are.

    :)

    For Butterflies
    Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
    Aubretia (Aubrieta deltoidea)
    Blackberry (Rubus fructicosus)
    Bugle (Ajuga reptans)
    Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii and B.
    globosa)
    Candytuft (Iberis amara
    Catmint (Nepeta x faassenii
    Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale);
    globe thistle (Echinops species)
    Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    Hebe species
    Ice plant (Sedum spectabile) – not
    dark red cultivars
    Knapweeds (Centaurea species)
    Marigold (Calendula officinalis;
    Mignonette (Reseda odorata
    Thistle (Cirsium species and Carduus
    species)
    Verbena bonariensis
    Verbena rigida

    For Bees
    Allium species
    Bird’s foot trefoil (
    Lotus corniculatus)
    Clovers (
    Trifolium species)
    Cornflower (
    Centaurea cyanus)
    Cotoneaster species
    Cranesbill (
    Geranium species)
    Crocus species
    Devil’s bit scabious (
    Succisa
    pratensis
    )
    Firethorn (
    Pyracantha cultivars)
    Golden rod (
    Solidago species)
    Heliotrope (
    Heliotropium cultivars)
    Hemp agrimony (
    Eupatorium
    cannabinum
    )
    Honesty (
    Lunaria annua)
    Lavender (
    Lavandula species)
    Love-in-a-mist (
    Nigella damascena)
    Marjoram (
    Origanum species)
    Michaelmas daisies (
    Aster species)
    Poached egg plant (
    Limnanthes
    douglasii
    )
    Types of single-flowered rose species
    (
    Rosa species)
    Rosemary (
    Rosmarinus officinalis)
    Rosebay willowherb (
    Epilobium
    augustifolium
    )
    Scabious (
    Scabiosa species)
    Snowdrops (
    Galanthus species)
    Sunflower (
    Helianthus annuus)
    Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
    Thyme (Thymus species)
    Viper’s bugloss (Echium vulgare).


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 935 ✭✭✭dicky82


    thank you kindly:D:p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭flutered


    lidil have a range of seeds at the moment, they include wild flower and cottage garden seeds, they come in containers which have openings like pepper shakers, also they are very user friendly.


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