Flowers for companion planting Companion planting means growing different species of plants together for the benefit of one or both. Mixing flowers in amongst your vegetables has many benefits, as well as looking attractive. Recent research has shown that mixed planting can limit damage from pests such as cabbage-root fly simply by reducing the chance of a pest landing on a suitable host. The flowers we have chosen are all attractive to beneficial insects, bees or butterflies. Leave some of your coriander or fennel to go to seed as well: studies have shown that fennel, blooming from July to September, can attract around 500 different species of insect. |
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* explaination* = One of the top ten plants to attract beneficial insects, according to Garden Organic. |
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 | Borage Blue star-shaped flowers from early Summer to the first frosts; wonderful for bees; flowers and leaves can be used in Pimms; self-seeds freely; height 60cm.
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5 organic plants per pack.
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 | Cosmos ''Sonata Mixed'' Very free-flowering; mixture of pinks, carmine and white; height 60cm |
5 organic plants per pack.
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 | Calendula "Daisy Mix"* Single flowers in many shades from cream through to deep orange from May to Autumn: attractive to beneficial insects.
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5 organic plants per pack.
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 | French Marigold (Tagetes Patula) "Disco Series" Early-flowering single blooms; excellent rain tolerance; reputed to repel whitefly.
Height 25-20cm |
5 organic plants per pack.
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 | Tagetes tenuifolia ''Gem Mixed'' Lacy foliage with many small single flowers in gold, lemon & tangerine. |
5 organic plants per pack.
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 | Zinnia "Profusion" Dwarf, vigorous habit; drought and disease tolerant; bloom continuously from early summer until frost; attract bees and butterflies; white, orange and scarlet shades; height (30-45cm) |
5 organic plants per pack.
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 | Nasturtium 'Tip-Top' Mix  Brightly-coloured single 6cm (2½in) flowers are held well above the foliage on compact, tidy plants; quick-growing, robust and free flowering, even in poorer soils.
Height: 25cm/10in |
5 organic plants per pack.
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