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How to make a nectar-rich container display

On 20/07/2011 in Projects: Wildlife gardening

You can create a wildlife corner in eventhe smallest garden, and it doesn't have to be a patch of unmown grass or a scrambling scrub thicket. A single, large container will suffice, containing plants to attract bees, butterflies, hoverflies


Does anyone recognise this

On 20/04/2013 in forum

 which featured topless shepherd girls on page three. It may be Allium paradoxum.  I'll post a picture I took yesterday in my Butterfly Garden.   Thank you both, I think Marion is right. I've just been out in the dark rubbing the leaves to see if they smell allium


buddjlea

On 07/11/2012 in forum

buddjlea buzz around the garden for the butterflies, i would like to put a berry bush in its place, (part shade) any suggestions, thanks Skimmia? Pernerrya? never heard of them, will look them up, thanks verdun, will the birds like them? Birds like


Top 10 plants for a dream garden

On 22/02/2013 in Plants

? If I grow buckthorn, maybe the brimstone butterfly will come in to breed. Or perhaps a patch of red clover will attract rare bumblebees.To avoid getting carried away, I’m narrowing the list down. Here are my Top 10 plants for a dream garden:Big cushions


Talkback: 10 uses for nettles

On 21/07/2012 in forum

on this excellent article is what do you mean by"the end of each season". I have asked already in 2 places at what stage it is best to cut the nettles down to avoid sacrificing butterflies and ladybirds.I let a big patch grow in my garden but the "gardener" I paid


Talkback: Hummingbird hawkmoths and bumblebees

On 28/11/2011 in forum

i was weeding down my allotment today and i saw this was attacking every moth and butterfly which landed on this globe poppy or thistle are they natural enemys wasp was attacking the moths spelling mistake Very interested to read about hummingbird


Talkback: Bug boxes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

throughout my garden.Its like having multiple pets without the hassle and you do not have to feed them. I am looking to intoduce more butterflies to our garden this year, does anyone know a reputable supplier of the larve, in the uk. hi, im ben im 13 and love


what do u think this might be

On 28/03/2013 in forum

down were on a bit of a hill in a field ,really WINDY here in Tenby no snow  tho   themommoment  tho,     alan4711 Alan - looks like a chrysalis of some form to me  - It might a butterfly or a pretty moth. I could possibly be wrong though but I wouldn


What is this?

On 22/07/2012 in forum

you a link to lots of photos but for some reason the system is malfunctioning.  Just Google Noctuid Moth Images and you should get some good pictures. A Chrysalis of some sort, but I wouldn't know if it is a butterfly or moth.   I often come across


Bumblebee walls

On 11/02/2013 in forum

can do any cadgeing of sedums (a parent?) it would be very cheap and bees and butterflies love it.  Most single flowers are useful so a cheap and chearful packet or two wouls go a long way. You can get annual wildflower mixes. Some seed companies sell


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