Best flowers to plant in June to attract pollinators to your garden
Ensure your garden is thriving this summer by planting flowers that will attract bees and butterflies. Here's a list of flowers pollinators love.
Ensure your garden is thriving this summer by planting flowers that will attract bees and butterflies.
Pollinators are essential to the environment because they naturally carry pollen from one plant to another, helping them reproduce. The presence of wildlife not only enhances the vibrancy and visual appeal of every outdoor space but also contributes significantly to maintaining the delicate balance of the natural environment.
The Royal Horticultural Society has some tips for creating the perfect ecosystem for pollinators to thrive. The key is to create a border of flowers around your garden that will attract the beneficial bugs.
The first step is asking yourself what type of wildlife you’d like to attract.
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It’s also important to find the right spot to plant them. Each needs a warm, sunny place with well-draining soil.
Pop of purple
There are several colourful plants that are great for attracting pollinators, including salvia nemorosa, verbena bonariensis and geranium psilostemon. All three plants have small purple flowers that will make your garden vibrant.
Honey bees are looking for a flower that blooms early in the summer season, which is why salvia nemorosa is perfect.
Yellow fellows
If you’re looking for a pop of yellow, foeniculum vulgare, also called ‘Purpureum', will have butterflies on your property in no time. The tiny yellow flower clusters have nectar that is easy to access for pollinators.
The biennial and perennial has aromatic leaves in the summer, and it grows small fruit by the fall.
Best of blue
Anything with blue flowers is great for attracting wildlife, the RHS said. Geranium ‘Blue Cloud’ or Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' are good choices.
Both plants will flower during spring and summer, with foliage lasting until fall. Leave the seed heads on the plants over winter, and they’ll be a source of food for insects in the colder months.
