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Teaclipper
Nov 5, 2015, 02:08 PM
What bee-attracting plants (large or small) will repeat-flower for a long season? Here in dry, inland Australia, we have cool winters – a few frosts only – with bees active all year. So we need to provide a continuous range of nectar &/or pollen producers, which together will feed bees and other insects all year. Any suggestions, regarding even one season? With shade cloth and thick mulch, we can grow almost anything – provided we supply water!!

joypulv
Nov 5, 2015, 02:42 PM
I'm in northern US, so I'm not sure for AU. For me, colored hydrangeas (not white) last very late and bees love them, as well as canna. Zinnias for annuals. I have a low spreading heather called 'heather pink' that puts out tiny pink blossoms very late in the fall, sometimes under the snow.

Wondergirl
Nov 5, 2015, 02:48 PM
What about the perennial clover?