[Marcella]

“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'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.

[greeneyes]

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?