If you have room for even one or two of these they'll attract many bees. Most of these plants will also attract a range of other interesting insects to the garden, including butterflies and honeybees.
Bees find the smell of flowers rather lovely. Not to mention their amazing shapes. From flatsunflowers to -tube shaped- honey suckle. And they cant resist the wonderful colours of flowerpetals.
It is well-adapted to shade and waterlogged soils and is a good choice for pond-side planting. The purple flowers attract bumblebees and are also attractive to honey bees, flower flies, and moths.
Honey bees alone are responsible for pollinating one third of U.S. crops. Boosting floral scents would not only make flower beds more aesthetically pleasing, it would also improve the yield and ...