My question is this: Some of you speak of planting flowers in your garden with the veggies. WHY? Do you have to do that to get bees to drop by? My two bush rose bushes in the garden are about to burst open with beautiful pink roses and that's all the flowers out there.
All of you tell me about having to have flowers out there. What should I plant to go along with those two rose bushes? If I need more, is there a pink blossomed flower I could use? All my roses were different colors of pink and that rose garden was my pride and joy and now they're all gone except these two bushes. I don't think the two weak climbing ones will bloom because they are so scraggly. They might bloom next year.
So, do I need more flowers and what kind of pink ones could I get if I need them? I know Johnny planted some kind of flowers and I should have already asked him about why he planted those.
That's a historical maintenance kind of thing. I don't generally waste time with plants I can't eat. I'm also planting cantaloupe in what passes for the flower beds up front.
I do NOT do ornamental for it's own sake.
If I want pretty gardens with flowers, I'll go to the Botanical Gardens.
/johnny
Yes, flowers will draw bees for pollination and beneficial bugs too. Also some will help with the soil and some will help drive off unwanted insects etc.
Companion planting is a term that is used for this practice. Nasturtiums help repel aphids. Garlic likes Roses.
I’ve just heard that Marigolds help keep insects a way....don’t know it its true...