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Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 At the back of the Chiltern Seeds Catalogue is a 2 page list of Pollinator Friendly Flowers that are also useful as cut flowers - 85 of them to be precise. Now there's a Challenge. You can order the catalogue at https://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/catrequest.php I'll list some of the species names (as Chiltern have) - any variety within that species is suitable. Wonder how many you already grow? RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Achillea millefolium Agastache foeniculum Agastache rugosa Ageratum houstonianum Allium aflatunense Angelica gigas Antirrhinum majus Aquilegia coerulea Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata Aster amellus Astrantia major RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Small chilli - 08-01-2021 You see if it had had pictures, I’d of notice that section!! Unfortunately my catalogue has been repurposed as fire lighters . I’d be very interested to know how many I’ve already got. They’re exactly what I’m after ( especially if they’re perennial as well . RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Calendula officinalis Callistephus chinensis Calluna vulgaris Campanula medium Campanula persicifolia Catananche caerulea Centaurea cyanus Centaurea macrocephala Centaurea montana Cerinthe major var purpurescens Chrysanthemum indicum Clarkia elegans Coreopsis lanceolata Cosmos bipinnatus Cosmos sulphureus Cota tinctoria Cynara cardunculus Cynoglossum amabile RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Dahlia Delphinium elatum Dianthus barbatus Digitalis purpurea Dipsacum fullonum Echinacea purpurea Echinops banaticus Echinops ritro Erigeron speciosus Eryngium giganteum Eryngium planum Eschscholzia californica RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Small chilli - 08-01-2021 Translation for those like me.........clueless Achillea millefolium = yarrow Agastache foeniculum = hyssop Agastache rugosa = hyssop Ageratum houstonianum = blue mink, blue weed + lots of other names Allium aflatunense Angelica gigas = Korean Angelica, purple parsnip + lots of other names Antirrhinum majus Aquilegia coerulea = a blue & white one Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata = a red one Aster amellus = Michaelmas ( I’ll take over your garden) daisy Astrantia major = the great masterwort ( I see why you’d use the Latin name ! ) RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Gypsophila elegans Helianthus annuus Helianthus debilis ssp cuccumerifolius Hesperis matronalis Lavandula augustifolia Lavandula stoechas Lavatera trimestris Liatris spicata Limonium latifolium Linaria maroccana Linara purpurea Lunaria annua RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Malope trifida Matthiola incana Monarda didyma Nicotiana alata Nicotiana langsdorfii Nigella damascena Nigella hispanica Nigella papillosa RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Papaver orientale Papaver rhoeas Phacelia campanularia Phacelia tanacetifolia Phlox paniculata Reseda odorata Rudbeckia fulgida Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia laciniata RE: Bee Friendly Flowers for Cutting - Veggie - 08-01-2021 Salvia farinacea Salvia nemorosa Salvia sclarea var turkestanica Salvia viridis Salvia x superba Scabiosa atropurpurea Scabiosa caucasica Scabiosa canadensis Stokesia laevis Symphotrichium novae-belgii |