Hi Aunt Lou, I have Caryopteris 'Worcester Gold'. It has blue flowers with chartreuse foliage. And from your wants list I have Cosmos 'Double Click' and Verbena bonariensis. Interested in your Gloriosa Daisy 'Double Gold', Marigold 'Little Gem', and Anemone 'Queen Charlotte'. Thanks for your consideration. Hope we can work out a trade. Maria Here is a link that might be useful: my list

Great topic! I've enjoyed reading all the input. The three plants in my garden which I find to be most popular with bees are lavender (which is covered with many kinds of insects along with the bees) and a couple of woody plants, an old-fashioned Roseum Elegans Rhododendron and Malus (apples and crabapples.) The Rhodie is between the house and the drive, about 5 feet from the front door and when blooming in May has so many bumble bees from when it is warm enough for them to fly in the morning until dusk that you can hear the humming from more than 15 feet away. The crab and apples seem most popular with honey bees (and the crabs are a great late winter/early spring food source for birds.) A few other perennials that the bees like but in my gardens aren't quite so constantly covered include some of the small-belled clematis like C. viorna, Nepeta, thyme, foxgloves, and Salvias. Woodies include blueberries (Vaccinium), roses that haven't been sprayed, button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), some of the deciduous rhododendrons, heaths (Erica) and heathers (Calluna.) There are also a bunch of plants that grow wild in the area that the bees love, though in my experience many would be most appropriate for a wild garden, not a more manicured suburban garden as they tend to spread vigorously by seed and/or by root spread: ironweed (Veronicastrium spp.) goldenrod (Solidego spp.) boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium or Eutrochium purpureum) genus has changed milkweed (Asclepias spp.) native asters, in particular blue wood or heart-leafed aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium) Many members of the mint family, like ajuga, self-heal (Prunela), beebalm, Monarda spp, and culinary mints are pretty voracious spreaders via roots and shoots and so need to be sited accordingly, but the bees do enjoy them.

A friend just planted a few of these and they really do look very good!

Diane, Mmmmmmm! Gorgeous Lovely Song & Angelic Angel Face! Hee, hee! Delicious blooms! If I had your two lovelies, then I would have all the greatest lavendars ever! Lol! Added to my Poisiedon, The Pride, Violet’s Pride, and my 3 Japanese lavendars , and Lavendar Lassie! And Cartonnage, andVelvety Twilight and…. oh oh, well well, too much to think about!!!!! I ought a nap or eat lunch! Mmmmmmmm, food soubds good! But….. Jena, Bless you and your family! Remind your mom to be extra careful-slowly walk down those stairs! Maybe glass studio can be carpeted to prevent slipping? And your little brother who sounds ”quite BIG 6.3ft. (LOL!)”-sorry 🤪 needs to stay warm & rest! That’s what I need is to stay warm!!!!!I’m glad they all walked out of the hospital in one piececand now on the mend! Dearest, Jena, I will have a ton of used -very nice green pots to put 20 roses in and have them ready by Mid-May or June when you choose to come! No worries & I have some potting soil, too, -kinda used-but I’ll fertilize with Fish fertilizer and they will be great! I’m all ready now-for having them dug up come spring! And no worries on Wellenspiel-you know I really must figure a way to remove even more roses-I just cant prune them all-LOL! I think you have a younger garden to grow & Wellenspiel will be a gem for you! Myvfarden needs to down-size! 🤪 But…… I am really looking forward to CIDAR!!!!! Perfect! I love juices-I stock-up on juices & Cidar is a favorite! And we can have lunch and lemonade at my home that day! I fun beautiful rosie day!!! Looking forward to meeting you! Kitty ❤️🥀😊⛄️🌸☃️🌺🥀❤️