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Talkback: Whitefly

recommed visiting the Buglife website, to read their report summarising independent research on neonicotinoids. They kill bees & other non-target insects - eg. butterflies etc. Miniscule amounts impair the ability of insect to function resulting inevitably by allotment51

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24/11/2011 15:29:06

by ILOVEBEES

Talkback: Flea beetle

research on neonicotinoids. They kill bees & other non-target insects - eg. butterflies etc. Miniscule amounts impair the ability of insect to function resulting inevitably in death. Also, seek out the fact sheets from the US environment agency -you may get by valerie1

24/11/2011 15:29:53

by bellamax

Talkback: Oriental poppies

and the crumpled petals unfurled like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. Does anyone know any stockists on the Internet for 'karine'? by pepperswash

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21/06/2012 21:08:48

by Vicki Cullen

Talkback: Growing gooseberries

Caterpillars eat their way through all the leaves on my gooseberries even though I spend hours picking them off, is there anything I can do? We put a cage over them as soon as it starts to get warm to stop the butterflies laying eggs but still have by bshaw

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08/07/2012 22:32:05

by Railfan15

Chelsea Chop

does buddleia, as I always cut mine down to about 12" in March, and it responds well. I chopped all my Sedum Spectabilis last year, except one as a control. I have a lot of these plants around my large garden as the bees and butterflies love them by Wintersong

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20/05/2012 19:01:57

by gardeningfantic

Bird feeding

if anyone could suggest planting for the birds to feed on, I know the goldfinches like teasels and I have loads of different varieties of plants in the garden for the butterflies and bees, but I've had loads of different tits, blackbirds, song thrushes by tersandra

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12/12/2011 16:04:39

by rosiella

Flower Identification

Please can anyone identify this flower? I would love to know as I would like it in my garden. Many thanks. White scabious. They are more usually lilac in colour. very good for attracting insects such as bees and butterflies. If the plant is very by bananarama

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30/07/2012 22:51:19

by bananarama

Ladybirds

but they all happily crawled away to find themselves a niche indoors for the winter. I have them in my own potting shed (the back of the garage) and, as it is also home to overwintering butterflies and bees, I leave the door open in the spring in case they don by Kate Bradbury

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14/12/2011 20:26:45

by gardengirl6

Lavender ?

, so there's no need to worry about trying to buy it specifically. Hidcote is a bigger plant, Munstead more compact, but both will attract bees and butterflies. Maybe not as much as catmint, though, which is much tougher and more long by lucky*

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26/02/2012 16:22:50

by BrendaScott53

Hops

plant that is so easy to grow. An added bonus is that the bees and butterflies love them and blue tits and robins enjoy the seeds in the winter. I have the hop plants clambering up an apple tree and up my pergola. They die down in the winter and new by auntie betty

01/09/2012 09:48:48

by jatnikapyar

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