Hello Bee Friends,
Here is another flower that bees love. I love it too, it’s a very showy and vigorous ground cover. I have three varieties of it, but the purple one has taken over. It’s Lamium, also sometimes called ‘Deadnettle’.
Lamium maculatum – also sometimes called Deadnettles.
According to gardening guides, Lamium likes shade but will tolerate full sun when grown in moist soil. I can tell you, it thrives in my garden with very poor dry soil in the full baking sun, and has spread from one plant that I planted five years ago to almost every area in my yard – front and back. 🙂
I’ve planted all three varieties but the purple one has grown the best.
- Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’ – silvery leaves and dense clusters of white flowers.
- Lamium maculatum ‘Wootton Pink’ – striped variegated leaves and pale pink flowers in late spring to early summer.
- Lamium maculatum ‘Orchid Frost’ – blue-green foliage and purple blooms April-June (but mine flowers almost until the end of August)
Bee with Lamium Hat
Look how the Lamium fits the head of the bee perfectly! like a hat 🙂
How is your garden doing? Have you noticed any flowers that are favourites for the bees?
Have a nice week in your garden!
and … Bee Nice to Bees! 😀
