Rosybeeplants
@rosybeeplants.bsky.social
Pollinators, plants and nature. Also a plant nursery growing organic plants to help support pollinators in your garden.
Based in Monmouthshire but sales through
https://www.rosybee.com/
Based in Monmouthshire but sales through
https://www.rosybee.com/
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@rosybeeplants.bsky.social
· Mar 23
We are have updated our research into which garden plants attract the most pollinators. Our original research included 5 years of data. We then moved house so this is now 9 years of data over 2 different locations.
www.rosybee.com/research-study
www.rosybee.com/research-study
End of season plant sale. Last chance to buy this year. Rosybee.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
End of season plant sale. Last chance to buy this year. Rosybee.com
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Shield bug on rudbeckia (about the best colour left in our parched garden)
August 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Shield bug on rudbeckia (about the best colour left in our parched garden)
The buzziest plant in the garden this morning is origanum compacta. Impervious to drought apparently! 4 butterflies and 3 bumblebees in a 30cm circle.
August 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The buzziest plant in the garden this morning is origanum compacta. Impervious to drought apparently! 4 butterflies and 3 bumblebees in a 30cm circle.
Bumblebees on purple loosestrife overnight
August 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Bumblebees on purple loosestrife overnight
The eryngium giganteums have done well this year and look fab with the echinacea. As self-seeders this is their composition.
July 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The eryngium giganteums have done well this year and look fab with the echinacea. As self-seeders this is their composition.
The soldier beetles seem to love the eryngium plenum this year.
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The soldier beetles seem to love the eryngium plenum this year.
We have a stall at Whichford pottery in the north Cotswolds tomorrow supporting a talk by Kate Bradbury.
Come and say ‘hi’ if you are in the area.
www.whichfordpottery
Come and say ‘hi’ if you are in the area.
www.whichfordpottery
July 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We have a stall at Whichford pottery in the north Cotswolds tomorrow supporting a talk by Kate Bradbury.
Come and say ‘hi’ if you are in the area.
www.whichfordpottery
Come and say ‘hi’ if you are in the area.
www.whichfordpottery
Lavender‘eidelweis’ busy with buff-tails this afternoon. Our longest-flowering lavender
July 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Lavender‘eidelweis’ busy with buff-tails this afternoon. Our longest-flowering lavender
Tiny bee on thrift (lasioglossum on Armenia maratima)
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Tiny bee on thrift (lasioglossum on Armenia maratima)
www.rosybee.com/plants/helia.... New to our range. Tall perennial sunflower.
Helianthus 'lemon queen' — rosybee - plants for bees
Tray of 3 (they get big) This is a perannial sunflower that grows in clumps in to 2m (6ft) tall. If you want some height and drama at the back of a sunny border, this is the plant. Flowers in August...
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June 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
www.rosybee.com/plants/helia.... New to our range. Tall perennial sunflower.
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This is what happens when non-native managed pollinators share resources with our wild native pollinators. I’m fed up with those that are #BeeWashing
June 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is what happens when non-native managed pollinators share resources with our wild native pollinators. I’m fed up with those that are #BeeWashing
I hadn’t noticed before that verbascum nigrum has bright orange pollen. These plants only have nectar first thing in the morning but they were busy this morning.
June 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I hadn’t noticed before that verbascum nigrum has bright orange pollen. These plants only have nectar first thing in the morning but they were busy this morning.
Green-veined white on geranium
June 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Green-veined white on geranium
Hoverfly on campanula glomerata
June 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hoverfly on campanula glomerata
Lots of six-spot burnet moths in the meadow yesterday
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Lots of six-spot burnet moths in the meadow yesterday
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Some ideas on what flowers to grow to help bees cope with hot weather from @The_Buzz_Club "Bees & Heatwaves" citizen science project, download report from link below:
www.thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves
@yanetsepulveda
www.thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves
@yanetsepulveda
Bees & Heatwaves | Buzz Club
www.thebuzzclub.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some ideas on what flowers to grow to help bees cope with hot weather from @The_Buzz_Club "Bees & Heatwaves" citizen science project, download report from link below:
www.thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves
@yanetsepulveda
www.thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves
@yanetsepulveda
This is how we have our tea-breaks at Rosybee
May 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This is how we have our tea-breaks at Rosybee
The long-horn bees are back in our meadow. Hurrah! I was really worried that last years wet spring might have scuppered their mating chances but all is well. Birdsfoot trefoil- so valuable.
May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The long-horn bees are back in our meadow. Hurrah! I was really worried that last years wet spring might have scuppered their mating chances but all is well. Birdsfoot trefoil- so valuable.
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Echium vulgare, Viper’s Bugloss: invert associates
Biennial herb flowers June–September, high nectar production & speedy replenishment, pollinated by long-tongued inverts; bees, butterflies & moths. As a larval host, it supports almost 40 spp.
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora PD
Biennial herb flowers June–September, high nectar production & speedy replenishment, pollinated by long-tongued inverts; bees, butterflies & moths. As a larval host, it supports almost 40 spp.
Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Bilder ur Nordens Flora PD
May 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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First ‘cuckoo’ bumblebee I’ve seen this year.
May 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
First ‘cuckoo’ bumblebee I’ve seen this year.
www.rosybee.com/plants/borage reduced before they get too big - £7 for 6
Borage (annual) — rosybee - plants for bees
Tray of 6+ plants Annual. An old herb garden plant and you can add it to cocktails! One of the best nectar sources from June as the flowers refill every 30 minutes. 70cm high, blue flowers. Let the f...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
www.rosybee.com/plants/borage reduced before they get too big - £7 for 6
The hawthorn in our Monnow Valley is magnificent this year.
May 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The hawthorn in our Monnow Valley is magnificent this year.
Our comfrey is this beautiful purple colour. Possibly Russian comfrey. Does anyone know? Anyway, buzzing away today.
April 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our comfrey is this beautiful purple colour. Possibly Russian comfrey. Does anyone know? Anyway, buzzing away today.
Plant bargains: we have a few things reduced as they are getting too big for their pots. Primroses need to go while still in flower £11 for 6. www.rosybee.com/plants
April 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Plant bargains: we have a few things reduced as they are getting too big for their pots. Primroses need to go while still in flower £11 for 6. www.rosybee.com/plants