My Favorite Spring Flowers For TONS of Bees! 🐝🐝🐝

My spring veggies might be lagging but my flowers are popping this year! Some of the flowers are new to me and have been ...

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Key insights about video My Favorite Spring Flowers For TONS of Bees! 🐝🐝🐝

🌼 The Mission Bells poppy and California poppy are favorites in the garden, offering creamy yellow and vibrant orange colors, and can self-seed for recurrent blooms.

🌱 Calendulas like the Zeolights blend offer a spectrum of colors and complex petal structures, attracting pollinators and suitable for medicinal tea.

🐝 Bees favor sage flowers and Lacy phacelia (also known as bees' friend) for their blue and purple hues, and these plants provide continuous blooms for pollinators.

🌺 Flowers such as blanket flowers, bachelor's buttons, and African Blue Basil are highlighted as particularly attractive to pollinators such as bees, hover flies, and birds.

🌿 Native plants, like the Indian Mallow, are emphasized for their low maintenance and ability to thrive without additional watering or soil amendments.

💣 Euphorbia Lambii's explosive seed dispersal is a unique characteristic, although its sap requires careful handling.

🏡 The patio hosts a variety of flowers including Nasturtium, Chamomile, and a Plumeria expected to produce fragrant blooms commonly used in Hawaiian leis.

🌱 Borage is celebrated for its self-propagation and bee-attracting blue flowers, while the Pride of Madeira is a bee magnet with its large spires of bluish-purple flowers.

🌳 The native garden exhibits considerable growth from seasonal rains, making native flowers a preferable choice due to their low maintenance and impressive appearance.

Timestamped Summary

00:00 Introduction to the variety of flowers blooming in the garden this spring.

00:24 Mission Bells poppy and a California poppy with a massive bloom being highlighted.

01:08 Various types of Calendulas, including the Zeolights blend, discussed for their colors and attractiveness to pollinators.

01:43 Bee-friendly sage plants with purple flowers that can also be used in drinks.

02:28 Introduction of Lacy phacelia (bees' friend) that has a unique unfurling flower beneficial to bees.

03:05 The pollinator patch is shown featuring continuous blooming blanket flowers and bachelor buttons.

04:22 Pride of Madeira, with its bee-attracting purple spikes, is introduced.

05:02 Euphorbia Lambii with exploding flowers and latex sap is mentioned.

05:34 Calendula and Nasturtiums dominating the south garden with upcoming Hollyhock blooms.

06:02 The difference between Tom Thumb and trailing Nasturtiums is explained.

06:33 The patio area walkthrough with various ornamental and traditional flowers.

07:29 The native garden area featuring seasonal native flowers including Island Alum Roots and Monkey Flower.

11:02 Closing thoughts on the spring flower garden display.

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Q&A

What are the Mission Bells poppies like?**

Mission Bells poppies are similar to California poppies but with a creamy yellowish white color and a deep red color. They are a favorite poppy variety and they self-seeded from the previous year. **

Why would you want to grow the standard California poppy in your garden?**

The standard California poppy is the state flower and has beautiful delicate petals with a deep, vibrant orange color. They are quite beautiful and attractive to pollinators. **

Can Calendulas be used medicinally?**

Yes, Calendulas can be used medicinally to make tea, but they are also grown for their wonderful beauty and are liked by pollinators. **

What are the unique features of sage flowers and how can they be used?**

Sage flowers produce edible blooms that attract bees, particularly with their purple-blue hues. They can be used in a drink setting, such as in cocktails, mocktails, or juice, to provide a deeper sage flavor. **

What is special about Lacy phacelia (bees' friend), and why is it a good plant to grow?**

Lacy phacelia has fern-like unfurling flowers with a bluish-purple color, making it a favorite among bees. It unfurls new flowers continuously, looking like an evergreen flower structure and being covered in bees is beneficial for pollinators. **

Why is African Blue Basil beneficial in the garden, and what is noteworthy about its reproduction?**

African Blue Basil is prolific at flowering and extremely attractive to bees, flowering all year round and being drought tolerant. Notably, the plant is sterile and does not self-seed even though it produces a lot of flowers. **

What is notable about the Euphorbia Lambii plant?**

The Euphorbia Lambii has flowers that produce pollen and the plant can explode in the summertime to shoot seeds into different areas. However, caution is advised due to its latex sap.