Well, I don't know if I can say that I Love Bees, but I am certainly very pleased when I have bee visitors in my garden.
Last night, I was browsing through my National Geographic magazine, and an advertisement caught my eye. Well, I'm usually pretty good at skipping over ads, but this one by Häagen-Dazs really drew me in. It was about honey bees, and how the honey bee population is depleting, and how we can do our part to save them (http://www.helpthehoneybees.com)
One of the simplest things that we can do is to plant flowers in the garden. The more diverse your flower garden is, the more attractive it is to bees (and beautiful butterflies!!).
So, that was a great segwey to show you the flowers in my garden.
Picture heavy post.....
My favourite, Iris. They do really well in my garden. One small Iris planted 8 years ago has been divided and spread throughout my garden many, many times:
The lovely daisy-like annual that loves my sunny garden patch:
Pretty, unassuming white flowers that bloom year after year from a small clump of low-lying grass like patch:
The showy Asiatic Lilies that I delight in:
Bright orange lilies from my wonderful neighbour, Angie. I hope the plant comes back next year:
Naturalized violas that some people view as weeds, I let bloom freely as ground cover. The bees and butterflies love them:
What do we have here? A little smiley face (from the homemade clay project)hidden in the garden?
My giant (Giant!!) bush of pretty pinkish-purple flowers that brings such beauty to my backyard year after year. I wish I know what your name is:
The hibiscus plant that was given to me as a gift. I am told it will come back next year. I did not know that some hibiscus plants are perennials...
And finally, here's my basketful of pansies......
I hope you enjoyed the tour of my flowers.
Plant more flowers in you garden. You know you'll love it! And the bees will thank you for it.
3 comments:
Beautiful, beautiful flowers :) Your yard must smell so lovely!
Gorgeous! I only wish I could see it in person. I love the variety.
Oh, we have violas like yours all through our lawn. They've all gone now, and are replaced with clover. We only mow once every two weeks...I consider it doing my part to help the honey bees. We do have a lot of bees..not so many honey bees. HUGE black creatures..not the fuzzy bumble bees, either. I'm not sure what they are, but they seem to appreciate the clover all the same...
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