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    Flowers To Help Out On An Allotment?

    I know absolutely nothing about growing flowers but as Im here lazing on the sofa, Im wondering what flowers I could grow alongside my veggies over on the allotment. Ive just spent the afternoon volunteering for the village in bloom and have been planting pansies

    Ive been given some sunflower, marigolds and sweetpeas but are there any other beneficial ones I could try too? Or ones to deter pests? Or are there any I should stay away from?

    My OH said I should grow stiped flowers as its a known fact bees love these. Ive never heard this one before!

    x
    Scarecrow: Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples.
    Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
    Scarecrow: Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!
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    Stiped ?

    I grow flowers around my lottie , annuals round the edges of the beds and I have some perennials planted down the sides (when the wabbits don't eat them ) I try and look for things that attract bees and hoverflies.
    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
    a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

    You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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      ooooo I meant striped x
      Scarecrow: Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples.
      Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
      Scarecrow: Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!

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        Bees like flowers that they can get into rather then doubles that have too many petals and not an open centre. I'm not sure whether they are bothered about stripes or not ....
        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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        • #5
          I thought he was having me on! Dont worry, Ive just thrown a cushion at him ha ha ha x
          Scarecrow: Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples.
          Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
          Scarecrow: Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!

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          • #6
            Try this site....

            Plants to attract Bees
            S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
            a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

            You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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            • #7
              Thankyou Binley! x
              Scarecrow: Come along, Dorothy. You don't want any of *those* apples.
              Apple Tree: Are you hinting my apples aren't what they ought to be?
              Scarecrow: Oh, no. It's just that she doesn't like little green worms!

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