Containers and window boxes
95 records
Plants that perform in a pot. Mostly Mediterranean herbs, which handle wind, drought and shallow root runs better than anything else.
Plants by garden context
Every plant record carries the contexts it suits, which is the difference between advice you can act on and a list of species. Start with the one that describes your space.
8 groups · 296 records in the catalogue
Small gardens
168 records
Where space is the constraint. Pick a few very long-flowering plants rather than many short ones, and spend the rest on seasons the neighbours will not cover.
Large gardens
245 records
Room for trees and shrubs, which is where the real forage volume is.
Hedgerow
76 records
Mixed native hedging supports more bee species than most borders, and the cheapest improvement is to clip it less often.
Meadow or wildflower area
101 records
Grassland plants, and the specialist bees that generic planting never reaches.
Orchard
34 records
Fruit blossom and the bees that pollinate it — mason bees do a disproportionate share of the work in a cold spring.
Walls and fences
15 records
Climbers and wall shrubs. Unused space, and both ivy and winter clematis belong here.
Farm scale
57 records
Field crops, green manures and margins, where the landscape-level forage actually is.