Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

#Verbascum phoeniceum Chiltern Seeds' purple and pink strain.
#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany

#Verbascum phoeniceum Chiltern Seeds' purple and pink strain.

#Verbascum phoeniceum, Chiltern Seeds' purple and pink strain.

#Verbascum phoeniceum, Chiltern Seeds' purple and pink mixed strain. So easy from seed! And the bees seem to love them.

'V, wie...' #FotoVorschlag

... #Verbascum.

#KBFPhotography #DSLR #Nikon #Photography

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Verbascum
Packwood House
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#nationaltrust #packwoodhouse #packwood #warwickshire #plants #nature #verbascum #hedge #leaves #garden #gardens #heritage #health #leaves #trees #gardenphotography #landscape #chooselandscape #Flower #landscapearchitecture #landscapeinstitute #Plant #Leaf #Outdoors #ntchallenge
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Die #Rüsselkäfer|art Garten-Blattschaber (Cionus hortulanus, 4 mm) lebt an der Schwarzen Königskerze (#Verbascum nigrum). Mit dem Rüssel bohren sie Löcher für die Eiablage in die Pflanze.
#insekten #beetles #beetle #Coleoptera #insects #Curculionidae #natur #nature #artenvielfalt

Lovely #lichen and cheery yellow #Verbascum flowers, from rocky roadside banks above Ettrick en route to Moa Flat. Central Otago, New Zealand. 26 December. Both pics by @unearth

Online NZ-photo page for the Verbascum: https://www.citscihub.nz/Phil_Bendle_Collection:Verbascum_virgatum_(Wand_Mullein)

Verbascum thapsus, greater mullein.

#Verbascum was the star of this show for a good number of weeks before I cut them back. I love love they epitomize the cut flower cottage garden for their delicate, whimsical inflorescences.

Der niedliche Borstige Blattschaber (#Cionus olens) ist, wenn man genau hinschaut, an #Königskerzen (#Verbascum) zu finden. Im Ruhrgebiet kann man ihn im Umfeld von Brachen finden.

Gerade #Verbascum, also die #Königskerzen kommen hervorragend mit geringen Niederschlägen zurecht.
Da sie sich auch reichlich versamen und ihre Plätze im #Garten selbst aussuchen,sind sie immer wieder für eine Überraschung gut und schenken uns jedes Jahr ein neues Gartenbild.