Bee-Friendly Perennial Collection

Common name: Catmint A low-growing perennial with aromatic green leaves and mauve-blue flowers from June to August. Average height 1ft, spread 1.5ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy.

Common name: Yellow Foxglove A short-lived perennial with veined, dark green leaves. Pendular pale yellow flowers with brown veins inside are borne on tall spires above a rosette of leaves from May until June.  Average height 1ft. Full sun/partial shade...

Common name: Bellflower Clump-forming perennial with heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves. Attractive, upturned open bell-shaped, pure light blue flowers from June to August.  Average height 1ft. Full sun/partial shade. Hardy. 

Common name: Gentian Speedwell A lovely cottage garden plant, an abundance of sky blue flowers bloom above a mat of bright green foliage.  Average height/spread 1.5 ft. Full Sun/Partial shade. Hardy.

Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose).

Common name: Sage A vigorous, spreading shrub that produces large tubular white and red flowers over an amazingly long period from early summer to autumn. The narrow leaves have a pleasant aromatic smell. Likes well drained soil in full sun. Average...

Lollipop is a lower growing variety of Verbena bonariensis. A perennial with strong, airy stems that bear pretty clusters of lilac-purple flowers over a long period from July to September. Average height 3ft. Full sun. Hardy.

Common name: Catmint A hardy perennial with aromatic green-grey foliage and lavender blue flowers than are borne in profusion in summer. Creates dense mounds of blue that are perfect for the front of the border.   Average height 1-1.5ft. Full...