We also joined our local bee society. Ours is the “Woodend Bee Friendly Society”, in Woodend Victoria. Together with one of our members, we met and talked bee friendly plants and how best to list them.
Bees need pollen and nectar. They need pollen when they first come out of the beehive in spring and then later in summer they need nectar for food storage. We decided that this would be the best way to list our bee friendly plants. Some plants are good for both, and some plants are high in pollen and low in nectar, and some are low in pollen and high in nectar.
Bees are highly attracted to 'blue' flowering plants, shrubs, trees and herbs. We have included many plants, shrubs and herbs that are blue in colour.
We’ve noticed that there are some irregularities with high, low, pollen and nectar counts, according to where the information has come from. We think the problems with these arises as different climates and countries have different counts. Please let us know if your experience knows better.
Bees are an essential part of the world we live in and are under threat from so many man-made enemies to them. By including some particular plants for bees in your garden, whether you have hives or not, we are all helping to support our local bee communities.
If you have any information you wish to contribute, please don’t hesitate in contacting Jesse at info@whitehousenursery.com.au
Callistemon viminalis - Captain Cook
Callistemon viminalis - Hannah Ray
Callistemon viminalis - Little John
Correa baeuerlenii - Chef
Corymbia ficifolia – Red Flowering Gum
Digitalis x mertonensis - Mixed Coloured Fox Gloves
Digitalis x mertonensis - White Foxglove
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Annabel
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Baby Pink
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Canary Bird
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Denticulata
Garden or pot Fuchsia - Hampshire Treasure
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Heidi Ann
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - La Rosita
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Leila
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Little E
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Lord Byron
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Nancy Lou
Garden or pot Fuchsia - Omar Giant
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Paula Jane
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Preston Guild
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Sheryl Ann
Garden or pot Fuchsia - Sunray Variegated leaves
Garden or pot Fuchsia - Tryphylla Thalia
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Voodoo
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Winston Churchill
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Wonder Violet
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Hampshire Prince
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Pinto de Blue
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Coral Shells
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Janessa
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Professor Heinrich Henkel
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Tom West
Grevillea banksii x bipinnatifida
Grevillea lanigera 'Mount Tamboritha'
Grevillea obtusifolia 'Gingin Gem'
Grevillea teragonoloba hybrid
Grevillia rosmarinifolia Nana
Ground cover or trailing Fuchsia - Procumbens
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Archie Owen
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Bicentennial
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Bon Accord
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Coachman
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Deep Purple
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Derby Imp
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Drama Girl
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Eva Borg
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Frank Unsworth
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Garden News
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Hermiena
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Joanne
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Jubie Lin
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - La Campanella
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Lady Patricia Mountbatten
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Lisa
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Mancunian
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Peachy
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Quasar
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Raf
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Red Jacket
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Royal Mosaic
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Seventh Heaven
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - The Spoiler
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Viceroy
Leptospermum scoparium nanum - Dwarf Red Tea Tree
Lycoris aurea - Golden - Yellow Spider Lily
Lycoris radiata - Red Spider Lily
Osmanthus fragrans - Tea Olive Tree
Ribes sanguineum pink - Flowering Currant Shrub
Romneya coulteri - Californian Tree Poppy
Salvia elegans - Pineapple Sage
Salvia leucantha - Mexican Sage
Salvia microphylla Hot Lips
Sambucus Nigra - Elderberry
Syringa wolfii - Manchurian Lilac
Trachelospermum jasinoides - Chinese Star Jasmine
Allium - Perennial Leek (Out of Stock)
Althea - Black Hollyhock (Out of Stock)
Callistemon Dawson River Weeper (Out of Stock)
Crocus Sativus (Out of Stock)
Deutzia Nikko - Lavender Thyme (Out of Stock)
Digitalis x mertonensis - Strawberry Foxglove (Out of Stock)
Early Strawberry Tioga (Out of Stock)
Echinacea Angustifolia (Out of Stock)
Echinacea Purpurea Magnus (Out of Stock)
Echium Fastuosum - Bee Plant (Out of Stock)
Echium Penninianum - Bee Plant (Out of Stock)
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Anita (Out of Stock)
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Diana Princess of Wales (Out of Stock)
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Hawaiin Night (Out of Stock)
Garden or Pot Fuchsia - Snow Cap (Out of Stock)
Garden, Pot or Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Cecile (Out of Stock)
Grevillea White Wings (Out of Stock)
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Acclimation (Out of Stock)
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Hidcote Beauty (Out of Stock)
Hanging Basket Fuchsia - Marsha Forte (Out of Stock)
Late Red Gauntlet Strawberry (Out of Stock)
Logan Berry (Out of Stock)
Lonicera Fragrantissima (Out of Stock)
Lonicera hecteri Fire Cracker - Honeysuckle Fire Cracker (Out of Stock)
Mahonia Aquafolium - Oregon Grape (Out of Stock)
Mahonia Bealei (Out of Stock)
Mahonia Japonica (Out of Stock)
Mahonia Nepaulensis (Out of Stock)
Mid Strawberry Lowana (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Brilliant (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Drunken Choir Boy (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Dubloon (Double) (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Fatima (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Karin (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Picotee (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Raspberry Queen (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Royal Wedding (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientale - Salmon Glow (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientalie - Bloody Mary (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientalie - Can Can (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientalie - Pink Princess (Out of Stock)
Papaver Orientalie - Zuneigung (Out of Stock)
Phlox maculata Omega White (Out of Stock)
Phlox manculata Alpha Mauve (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Mrs. H. Jones (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Mrs. W. Vieteh (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Nancy Logan (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Rhinlander (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Rijoistroom (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Robert Poore (Out of Stock)
Phlox paniculata Tall Mauve (Out of Stock)
Phlox stolonifera Blue Ridge (Out of Stock)
Phlox stolonifera White Ridge (Out of Stock)
Ribes sanguineum King Edward VII - Flowering Currant Shrub (Out of Stock)
Russell Lupin Red (Out of Stock)
Salvia cacaliifolia (Out of Stock)
Salvia Purple Spires (Out of Stock)
Salvia Splendens - Scarlet Sage (Out of Stock)
Syringa josikaea (Out of Stock)
Syringa persica - Persian Lilac (Out of Stock)
Thornless Blackberry (Out of Stock)
Young Berry - Rubus ursinus (Out of Stock)
Zephyranthes alba - Autumn Crocus (Out of Stock)
