A Selection of Plants that Attract Insects
These are usually sun-loving plants, which will provide food for butterflies, pollen for bees. Encourage natural predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies, who keep the numbers down of less welcome visitors to the garden.
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HELIANTHUS x kellermanii
Tuberous perennial sunflower, can grow up to 3 metres in one season! Single yellow sunflowers from late September. Doesn't run.
2.50m £5.00
LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Hidcote'
A neat compact lavender with deep violet-blue flowers.
AGM 45cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa good form
Lovely silver leaves, and bright pink bottlebrush flowers June-August. Sun.
50cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
ALCALTHAEA suffrutescens 'Parkallee'
Pale creamy-yellow perennial hollyhock with dark maroon stamens, flowers from June-November. Grey-green rust-free leaves!
2.40m £5.00
ACTAEA simplex 'Pink Spike'
White flowers in autumn which quickly fade to pink . Moist soil in part shade.
90cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Hill Close Blue'
Brand new, from Hill Close Gardens, Warwick. Masses of vivid blue daisies.
75cm £5.00
VERBENA rigida
A neat, low-growing verbena produces clusters of purple or magenta flowers June-September. Lovely with silver-leafed plants in a sunny spot.
AGM 60cm £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Newstars Fantasy'
A compact variety, smothered with dusky pink-mauve daisies August-October. Sun or part shade.
40cm £5.00
SALVIA atrocyanea
Clear blue flowers from late summer on long stems. Looks good at the back of a sunny border.
1.50m £6.50
PHLOX x arendsii 'Utopia'
Highly-scented, pale lilac-pink flowers July-September, on a tall plant.
AGM 1.50m £5.00
AGASTACHE rugosa 'Golden Jubilee'
Stunning golden-yellow foliage contrasts well with purple-blue flower spikes from July-September.
60cm £5.00
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