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Bees pollinating a sunflower head. Sunflowers have been proven to be excellent plants to attract beneficial insects, including pollinators. Helianthus spp. are a nectar producing flowering plant that attract pollinators and parasitoids which reduce the pest populations in nearby crop vegetation.
[55] [56] As a result of these factors, reproducing monarchs lay fewer eggs on A. tuberosa than they do on most other milkweeds. [55] [52] While the plant's colorful flowers provide nectar for many adult butterflies, A. tuberosa may therefore be less suitable for use in butterfly gardens and monarch waystations than are other milkweed species. [55]
Alas, most sunflowers are annual flowers, meaning they do not come back each year like perennial flowers. But, there's a few pieces of good news. But, there's a few pieces of good news.
The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a species of large annual forb of the daisy family Asteraceae. The common sunflower is harvested for its edible oily seeds, which are often eaten as a snack food. They are also used in the production of cooking oil, as food for livestock, as bird food, and as a plantings in domestic gardens for ...
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Sunflower: Sunflower, basil: Monarch butterfly: Aphids: Plants that attracts aphids and spider mites: Attracts the monarch butterfly during spring and summer. Basil repels pests that attracts by the swan plant like aphids. Sweet pea: Lathyrus odoratus: Sweet alyssum, lobelia, roses, lavender, catmint [95] Brassica, spinach, silverbeet and ...
Sunshine Blue II is a relatively new selection of Caryopteris incana and was hybridized by famed plantsmen Tim Wood, aka the Plant Hunter.
Flowers pollinated by bees and wasps vary in shape, colour and size. Yellow or blue plants are often visited, and flowers may have ultra-violet nectar guides, that help the insect to find the nectary. Some flowers, like sage or pea, have lower lips that will only open when sufficiently heavy insects, such as bees, land on them.