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COTTAGE GARDEN BORDER PLAN TO ATTRACT  BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS


       Wisteria                                       Alcea                                                    Alcea                                  Honeysuckle   Climbing Rose                       Alcea

 Achillea ‘Terracotta’                                             Oriental Poppy ‘Bolero’             Agastache ‘Black Adder’                   

                                Rosemary                                             Aster ‘Monch’                                                                   Lavender                         Nepeta Racemosa

 Lavender                     Purple Salvia                     Lavender                           Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’                                            Purple Salvia           

                         Chives                      Marjoram                     Chives                           Thyme                            Chives                            Geranium ‘Elke’

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Achillea ‘Terracotta’, green feathery foliage and apricot flowers  (S/A)
Agastache, ‘Blackadder’, green foliage and dark purple flowers (S/A)
Alcea (Hollyhock), large green leaves and rose to dark red flowers (S/A)
Aster x Frikartii ‘ Monch’ , green foliage and pale blue flowers (A)
Allium Schoenoprasum (chives), dark green blade leaves and pink flowers (S)
Geranium Sanguineum ‘Elke’, green foliage and pale pink flowers (S/A)
Helenium ‘Moerheim Beauty’ green foliage and copper red flowers (A)
Lavandula Augustifolia ‘Hidcote’ (lavender), silver foliage and purple flowers (S)
Origanum Vulgare (marjoram), green foliage and tiny pink flowers (S)
Nepeta Racemosa ‘ Walker’s Low’ (catnip), silver leaves and small blue flowers (S/A)
Papaver Orientale ‘Bolero’, green foliage and large pink flowers  (S)
Rosmarinus Officinalis (rosemary), dark green foliage and lilac flowers (Sp)
Salvia Officinalis  ‘Icterina’ and ‘Purperascens’, purply silver foliage and blue flowers (S)

Also fillers between plants such as: small species tulips selected to flower from early to late spring and Fragaria Vesca (wild strawberries) (Sp/S)
 
Flowering Season: Sp = Spring, S= Summer, A = Autumn
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
Geranium, marigold and lavender
June 2015 - Hollyhocks
Hollyhocks
Hollyhock
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