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?
Achillea millefolium
Agastache foeniculum
Agastache rugosa
Ageratum houstonianum
Allium aflatunense
Angelica gigas
Antirrhinum majus
Aquilegia coerulea
Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata
Aster amellus
Astrantia major
You see if it had had pictures, I’d of notice that section!! Unfortunately my catalogue has been repurposed as fire lighters
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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
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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
Dahlia
Delphinium elatum
Dianthus barbatus
Digitalis purpurea
Dipsacum fullonum
Echinacea purpurea
Echinops banaticus
Echinops ritro
Erigeron speciosus
Eryngium giganteum
Eryngium planum
Eschscholzia californica
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 ! )
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
Malope trifida
Matthiola incana
Monarda didyma
Nicotiana alata
Nicotiana langsdorfii
Nigella damascena
Nigella hispanica
Nigella papillosa
Papaver orientale
Papaver rhoeas
Phacelia campanularia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Phlox paniculata
Reseda odorata
Rudbeckia fulgida
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia laciniata
Salvia farinacea
Salvia nemorosa
Salvia sclarea var turkestanica
Salvia viridis
Salvia x superba
Scabiosa atropurpurea
Scabiosa caucasica
Scabiosa canadensis
Stokesia laevis
Symphotrichium novae-belgii