So many this year. And bees. This can only be good.
Beautiful to look at and captivating to watch, highlighting why we should keep planting Buddleia.
Apparently butterflies love its nectar because it has a higher concentration of sucrose, glucose and fructose. Thankfully it's not just Buddleias that encouraged these fine winged creatures, as smaller species of butterflies can't reach their proboscis far enough into the flower to access the nectar due to the individual flowers being relatively long. So a variety of plants, shrubs and flowers is still encouraged.
Next week on Gardner's World - 'why bees love honeysuckle'. Is it the name? Straight to the end product rather than a long drawn out process of making honey from nectar and pollen?
Enough gardening talk.
This Red Admiral butterfly is very pretty to look at.
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