Thursday, May 20, 2010

What flowers/plants do bees NOT like?

I'm planning on planting some flowers in my backyard. However, i'm not looking forward to the bees that always seem to visit us (yellow jack bees/wasps). Are there any flower/plants that bees don't like or do they like all flowers?

What flowers/plants do bees NOT like?
Bees pollinate the flowers so, that will be hard to do. Grasses come in a variety of heights and colors. Some will come back but some of the prettiest are annuals. Ground cover comes in a variety of textures and leaf colors. Some of them only bloom for a short time. Hostas are plants that you can cut the blooms off, they are for the shady spots of the garden. How about planting the garden away from you. Put the prettiest, most fragrant flowers somewhere that they will keep the bees etc. away and keep the area you will be flower but not color free. Good luck!
Reply:I think bees like every flowers because it is it's natural habitat.
Reply:they do like most flowers, but they dont particuarlly like foilage.





some plants have really nice foilage like cannas. some are red and some are green and white. they make massive blooms, but htey can be cut off very easily and even used in flower decorations.





also croton is really nice with yellow, orange, green, and red leaves.





corn plants have nice leaves, but dosent attract bees. NOT THE ACTUAL CORN PLANT THAT PRODUCES CORN





also bananas. the only time the attract bee is when in bloom, but most bananas dont bloom for many years. a nice banana is the red abbilasian banana also known as a false banana. it has red colored foilage.





bees like showy flowers, so geraniums will attract bees.





another flower that doesnt attract bees are fushias. they can be grown in hanging baskets and in shade as well. they have red flowers that dont really attract bees too much.





most red flowers dont attract bees,





so if you do pick out greaniums pick out the red ones, not the pink or even and especcially yellow.





yellow is one of the nicest flower colors, but also tends to attract the most bees, yellow jackets, and waps

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