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
