Leave the seedheads. Plant for this.

Bumblebee on a sunflower. You don't need a meadow. You need a few things that flower at different times and a little less tidying.

What's doing the most for pollinators in your patch?

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@gwen_ashby

Phacelia as a green manure. I let some of it flower and the whole bed hums.

@noor_haddad

Lavender and thyme in pots. Even three floors up, they find them.

@junebug_ellis

Letting the chives flower. They're doing better than I am.

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