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Verbena bonariensis


Verbena bonariensis

At long last the Bees and Butterflies are enjoying these flowers. It seems such a while since any insect visited them!



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Thanks, shame it's upside down!

5 Aug, 2022

 

I grew quite a lot of this plant on my allotment, many years ago now! It's a lovely colour, isn't it?

The council gardeners planted some in the flowerbed in the grounds of our block of flats. They have flowered but, just like the Veronicas they planted a few years ago, don't seem to have had that many visitors this year! 😪

5 Aug, 2022

 

K, you say the kindest things!

5 Aug, 2022

 

David, when we first had the front gravel garden done I foolishly planted three or four of them, only to have seedlings popping up everywhere for years to come!

Believe it or not, yesterday there were some Butterflies, Hoverflies and Bees around the garden, hooray!

5 Aug, 2022

 

Lucky you,Shirley,mine never seeded at all,.for some reason,but I'm going back a long time now.We passed a garden yesterday,with a border full of them,which looked Spectacular. :o) .

6 Aug, 2022

 

Sandra, I wonder why yours didn't pop up everywhere? I still find seedlings coming through in the gravel ... easy enough to remove though ... :o)

7 Aug, 2022

 

Shirley,they were in the border where your Osmanthus is planted now,so they probably didn't stand a chance ! lol :o)

7 Aug, 2022

 

:o))

8 Aug, 2022

 

Lovely plant to grow between all the others. Not many butterflies here, but plenty of bumblebees.

12 Aug, 2022



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