Gigantic bee plants from July

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Gigantic bee plants in our webshop: https://www.nordischer-shop.at/katego... Rod-shaped loosestrife in our webshop https://www.nordischer-shop.at/produk... native seeds in our webshop https://www.nordischer-shop.at/katego... Nice things for the home in our webshop: https://www.nordischer-shop.at/katego... Gigantic bee plants from July Excellent bee pastures or nectar plants from July Candelabra speedwell, rod-shaped loosestrife, sea holly The three presented are all excellent bee and bumblebee pastures, as well as hoverflies and mostly quite interesting for butterflies. The nectar and pollen values are high. Only plant candelabra speedwell in varieties (not in the wild form) - these are more or less sterile and therefore no unwanted self-seeding takes place. Candelabra speedwell varieties Veronicastrum hybrids 'Fascination' or 'Lavendelturm' Origin: Parent species from eastern North America, southeastern. Canada Self-sowing very rarely Height: max. 160 - 200 cm Flower: lavender-pink-violet Usefulness for animals: extreme insect magnet honeybees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies Location: full sun, nutrient-rich normal garden soil, ideal if not too dry, but tolerates periodic droughts quite well, extremely frost-hardy undemanding slow developer, needs approx. 3 - 5 years to reach full size, can be easily propagated by division - but no (or extremely rare) sowing Rod loosestrife variety, Lythrum virgatum 'Dropmore Purple' Origin: parent species from eastern and southeastern Europe, small remaining occurrences in warmer areas of Austria (Burgenland), may benefit from climate change in the long term Height: approx. 70 - 100 cm Flower: purple Usefulness for animals: honeybees, wild bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies Location: sunny, not too dry, normal garden soil, preferably nutrient-rich, but can withstand much drier conditions than the closely related purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) No self-seeding, sterile variety Sea litter variety, Eryngium zabelii 'Big Blue' Height: 50 - 70 cm Flower: steel blue Usefulness for animals: extreme insect magnet honey bees, wild bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, butterflies Location: full sun, preferably sandy and alternately moist, but thrives well in normal garden soil, waterlogging especially in winter should be avoided, not too dry and/or poor. No self-seeding, sterile variety Book recommendations: My butterfly garden https://amzn.to/2Uf2woU My bee garden https://amzn.to/3czHsjj The plant rescuer: https://amzn.to/2NtsX6C Wild bees - the other bees https://amzn.to/2Y6VQdQ The new Kosmos butterfly guide https://amzn.to/3f0uAVh The BLV plant guide https://amzn.to/2XBZhtO The big BLV plant guide https://amzn.to/3dFEH1q Wild bees https://amzn.to/2A9LQbB Video contains advertising and product placements. The links are so-called affiliate links. If you buy something through them, we get a small part as commission. Of course, without you paying more for it.

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