We are trying to be as pollinator friendly in our garden as we can, no-mow-May, planting lots of flowers and now providing a bee hotel for solitary bees. I’ll let you know if we get any lodgers.
The Hebe is attracting various pollinating creatures . (Thanks to Jude who identified this plant for me.).
So is the pink geranium.
Heyjude
June 9, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Mmm.. I think the verbena might actually be a Hebe /Veronica
mybeautfulthings
June 9, 2026 at 6:48 pm
Absolutely it is! I’ll correct the blog. Thank you so much, don’t know what was happening there! 🙂
Ark
June 9, 2026 at 9:32 am
You should look up a chap called Joel Ashton. He runs a blog/business called Wild Your Garden. He is in England so it’s relevent. I think you will love what he dies. 😊
Ark
June 9, 2026 at 9:33 am
Oops…. Love what he *does*, even!
SMH… Oh for an edit facility
mybeautfulthings
June 9, 2026 at 1:04 pm
Indeed! I get caught out too. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
June 9, 2026 at 1:04 pm
Thank you. I will look him up. 🙂
utesmile
June 8, 2026 at 9:00 pm
How lovely, I made a bee hotel too, the grand opening was last week ….let’s see if there are any coming.
I planted verbenas, and we got the same little geraniums. Love them.
The bees are busy in my Salvias and French Lavender. I love seeing the bees. 😊
mybeautfulthings
June 15, 2026 at 9:02 pm
So do I and we too are hoping that we get some residents in the hotel. I bought a bug hotel as well with all sorts of different sections for different creatures. I hope we get residents there too and hope you do too. 🙂