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Sunflower

I've put these to work in vegetable garden to draw in the bees.



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Stunning love sunflowers just needs a happy face on it now and will remind me of Bill and Ben.

https://youtu.be/hcF9JSxkUSE

7 Jul, 2018

 

Well, that's definitely going to work! They adore them don't they. I have Borage, which does the same job for the Bees.

7 Jul, 2018

 

Never heard of 'Bill & Ben' interesting idea.

Karen: I find sunflowers work 'no fail' to draw in pollinators all day long, especially the kind with multiple blooms. They'll find my tomatoes & peppers & I leave the sunflower seeds for the goldfinches.

8 Jul, 2018

 

Over here they sell the flower pot men made out of pots you can make your own they are a bit of fun especially if you have children. Here is one made from plastic pots.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.pinterest.co.uk/amp/pin/54606214205173440/

8 Jul, 2018

 

Bathgate, Sunflowers are special to me because of my childhood. But I have never made a habit of growing them. Perhaps I should change that, but I would always be looking at their backs as my garden faces south!

8 Jul, 2018

 

I would give it a go Karen, especially with the newer varieties. They have multiple blooms facing all directions. These must have come from my bird feeder. I didn't actually plant them myself.

9 Jul, 2018



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