Posted on 05/03/2013 1:37:50 PM PDT by greeneyes
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LOL. Lots of pretty flower plants that are good for eating or making oil or flour or beverages. LOL
There's about 4 types of very, very old ornamental flowers here that my neighbor insisted I propogate, since they have been here forever. I spent 2 hours this year on that, and she did a lot of the work.
Compare and contrast to what I do for food crops. Or tobacco. ;)
I leave plenty of weeds in the rest of the yard, so there are lots of flowers to bring bees in.
/johnny
I'm not planting flowers in the soil. I could plant some in that great big pot I have out there as I haven't yet put good soil in it and planted anything. The two roses bushes are on the left side of garden and the big pot is on the right side.
So, I could plant any pink flowers in that big pot and that would help with pollination? Maybe the bigger the flower the better? I wonder if instructions on flowers say if they are bee attracting?
I also have a hummingbird feeder on a tall metal pipe and I haven't cleaned it and filled it yet. I should do that.
There are a lot of edible flowers, but you wouldn't want to make a meal out of any of them.
Besides. I don't particularly like roses. Stuff gets snagged in the dark.
/johnny
Well, IIRC some flowers might attract unwanted stuff. I can’t remember what is in the beneficial bug stuff except for cosmos and batchelor buttons-anyone else remember what other flowers are for attracting beneficial bugs?
LOL. Plant them out of the way of paths that lead to rooftops. Gotta stop and smell the roses doncha know?
I do not like roses.
/johnny
Looks like I'll have to search. What is the word for a plant that comes back every year? If I could find pink flowers that come back that would be good in that pot and it needs to attract good bugs or at least not attract bad ones. Is that word, Perennial?
Yes, perennial would be the word.
Yeh, but that’s guilt by association.LOL
Neighbor has roses (she had daughters). I can see them if I open the blinds. That's close enough.
/johnny
Hmmmm....it’s 80 today in western Oregon, but a cold front is moving our way, from what I’ve heard
I love to look at roses and smell them too. So I have a few, mixed in with a few hyacinths, daffodils, and tulips. All in the front yard in partial sun. Wouldn’t be much good for most crops anyway.
No doubt about it. Seems like we are all in for unusually cold temps right about now.
/johnny
LOL.
/johnny
Marigolds?
These are major possibilities - they attract hummingbirds, so should help pollinate with maybe bees, too.
TexTuf Verbena or TEXAS ROSE VERBENA (the rose one was found growing in a ditch in Texas) Both want full sun, the hotter the better.
Both are pink and perennial, do well in drought. Bloom from spring until first frost.
/johnny
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