Leaves of Longstalk Holly

Longstalk Holly is evergreen shrub or tree and grows up to 6m (20 feet) height and width. The berries have long stalk as name indicate (sorry when I took this Longstalk Holly picture, there are only a few berries under leaves and I couldn’t take good photo for them). This shrub attracts bees and butterflies well. So if you like these insects, plant this holly in your yard.

Bumble Bee and Autumn Fire Stonecrop

Autumn Fire Stonecrop is a kind of sedum. This plant is also easy to grow and we can enjoy whole year even though the flowering season is autumn. Bees and butterflies love this flower very much.

Sweet Pepperbush

Sweet Pepperbush is sometime called as Summer Sweet. As the name indicates, the flowers of this shrub smell spicy sweet and attract many bees and butterflies.

Thistle and a Honey Bee

This flower is a regular Thistle. Thistle is commonly seen in wild area and it attract bees and butterflies well.

In this picture you can see Honeybee on the Thistle flower.

Globe Thistle and a Bumble Bee

Globe Thistle is an easy to grow flower. It need full sun or partial shade with moderate water. Globe Thistle grows 150cm (5 feet) high and wide and has light blue color round flowers at the tops of stems.

Maybe the bee in the picture is a bumblebee. Globe Thistle attract bees and butterflies well.