Patio pot plants not only look beautiful, but planting certain varieties to attract pollinator insects, such as bees, butterflies and other insects, can add so much interest and support wildlife.
There’s a lot we have to learn about them but what we do know is that, as well as being specialist pollinators of native plants, most bees will pollinate a wide range of other plants as well.
Bumblebees are some of the earliest pollinators to emerge, flying at low temperatures when many other insects don’t. Most bumblebees will find food wherever they can so, although native flowers are ...