border flowers help

muddifoot · « **on:** June 14, 2008, 07:51 »

My plot is about 90 feet long with a path between mine and neighbors and I would like to plant something hardy along half of this - does anyone have a suggestion on oranges or yellows please- full sunand ok soil

muddifoot · « **Reply #1 on:** June 14, 2008, 07:52 »

i meant NO oranges or yellows please

Wildeone · « **Reply #2 on:** June 14, 2008, 08:28 »

i'm lovin' lupins at the moment they had beautiful leaves all winter and now the bees are going mad for the beautiful flowers!

Jen · « **Reply #3 on:** June 14, 2008, 10:43 »

i too have a row of lupins covered in bees
canterberry bells and sweetwilliams, marigolds
you say no orange or yellow but that's the colour
bees and insects go for.
lots of dahlias to come later. :flower:

jen

weeeed · « **Reply #4 on:** June 14, 2008, 15:34 »

Cosmos gladiolas, narcissi, dahlias dianthus, chrisanthemums, all sorts of lillies. Have a plot of plants just for cutting.

muddifoot · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2008, 07:52 »

thanks for all the ideas-- I certainly did not know that bees prefer yellow and orange- I think I might have a rethink on color- also did I misunderstand or did wildone say they (lupins ) don,t die back in winter?
So very much I have to learn- wow.

Wildeone · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2008, 08:37 »

:oops: :oops: Mine didn't but it may well be beginners luck and a very sheltered garden :? It's only the 2nd year i've grown anything :!:

compostqueen · « **Reply #7 on:** June 15, 2008, 09:00 »

Dahlias are strong and can get big and bushy. Loads of the plotters grow them. I suppose cos they're easy to raise from seed and last years. I just jumped on the bandwagon and have grown some myself and had good results

Sweet Williams are lovely too and I think no plot is complete without those

Teen76 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2008, 23:36 »

I believe the favourite colour of the Bee is in fact violet and I think scientists (or the bees) believe this colour holds the most nectar. Something to do with seeing in UV or something.

muddifoot · « **Reply #9 on:** June 19, 2008, 08:39 »

i'm inclined to go along with the violet as there is a huge comfrey plant next to a load of cosmos and the comfrey plant has at least a hundred bees on it and the cosmos only seem to attract about 3 or 4 bees - so that kind of puts the yellow and orange theory in doubt.

purplebean · « **Reply #10 on:** June 19, 2008, 11:24 »

Just found this which is interesting

wengren · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2008, 21:10 »

cosmos are lovely and the bees love them. you can get cosmos in alot of colours and sizes and they are really easy to grow from seed.

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