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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DIASCIA personata 'Hopleys'
Stunning perennial diascia, a strong grower with bright pink flowers on upright stems June-October.
90cm £5.00
LAVANDULA angustifolia 'Hidcote'
A neat compact lavender with deep violet-blue flowers.
AGM 45cm £5.00
HELIANTHUS 'Happy Days'
Golden yellow flowers with single outer petals and a wide double centre.
1.50m £5.00
GERANIUM 'Tiny Monster'
A sanguineum cross. Very large flowers on a vigorous sprawling plant.
30cm £4.50
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Betel Nut'
Vibrant pink flowers with a golden eye. A tall variety, from Great Dixter.
1.80m £5.00
SEDUM 'Mr Goodbud'
Red-tinged, blue-green foliage on reddish stems, topped in late summer with large, magenta-purple flowerheads. Compact, not floppy!
AGM PBR 45cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Stand Up Comedian'
Upright tall stems with white bottlebrush flowers.
2.00m £5.00
ROMNEYA coulteri
Tree Poppy. Beautiful papery-white poppy flowers July-Oct, handsome grey-green lobed leaves. Rich soil in a sheltered spot. Mulch in winter.
AGM 1.50m £8.50
ALTHAEA officinalis 'Romney Marsh'
Bushy perennial with soft pink flowers all summer. Sun.
1.00m £5.00
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