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 Dawson River Weeper
Callistemon viminalis - Captain Cook
Callistemon viminalis - Hannah Ray
Callistemon viminalis - Little John
Correa baeuerlenii - Chef
Deutzia Nikko - Lavender Thyme
Digitalis x mertonensis - Mixed Coloured Fox Gloves
Digitalis x mertonensis - Strawberry Foxglove
Echinacea Purpurea Magnus
Grevillea banksii x bipinnatifida
Grevillea lanigera 'Mount Tamboritha'
Grevillea obtusifolia 'Gingin Gem'
Grevillea teragonoloba hybrid
Grevillia rosmarinifolia Nana
Late Red Gauntlet Strawberry
Leptospermum scoparium nanum - Dwarf Red Tea Tree
Mahonia Aquafolium - Oregon Grape
Osmanthus fragrans - Tea Olive Tree
Papaver Orientale - Brilliant
Ribes sanguineum pink - Flowering Currant Shrub
Romneya coulteri - Californian Tree Poppy
Salvia elegans - Pineapple Sage
Salvia leucantha - Mexican Sage
Salvia microphylla Hot Lips
Salvia Splendens - Scarlet Sage
Sambucca Nigra - Elderberry
Syringa wolfii - Manchurian Lilac
Trachelospermum jasinoides - Chinese Star Jasmine
Young Berry - Rubus ursinus
Allium - Perennial Leek (Out of Stock)
Althea - Black Hollyhock (Out of Stock)
Corymbia ficifolia – Red Flowering Gum (Out of Stock)
Digitalis x mertonensis - White Foxglove (Out of Stock)
Echinacea Angustifolia (Out of Stock)
Echinacea White Swan (Out of Stock)
Echium Fastuosum - Bee Plant (Out of Stock)
Echium Penninianum - Bee Plant (Out of Stock)
Ixia Viridiflora (Out of Stock)
Lonicera fragrantissima - Sweetest Honeysuckle Shrub (Out of Stock)
Lonicera hecteri Fire Cracker - Honeysuckle Fire Cracker (Out of Stock)
Lycoris aurea - Golden - Yellow Spider Lily (Out of Stock)
Lycoris radiata - Red Spider Lily (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)
Scilla Peruviana (Out of Stock)
Syringa josikaea (Out of Stock)
Syringa persica - Persian Lilac (Out of Stock)
Zephyranthes alba - Autumn Crocus (Out of Stock)
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