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Gardening

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts) Sat Jun 30, 2012, 12:21 PM Jun 2012

The lavender we got in a 3" pot a few years back is now 4' in diameter and covered in bees. [View all]

It's in full bloom and there are at least two dozen bumbles on it at any given time. One of them was so coated in pollen that it was solid yellow. Few of the other bees like it (but some butterflies do), but the bumbles just can NOT get enough!!!

Note: This is AFTER my wife cut a shitload of the shoots down to nothing. The plant is HUGE!

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The lavender we got in a 3" pot a few years back is now 4' in diameter and covered in bees. [View all] HopeHoops Jun 2012 OP

Yay for lavender plants. My spanish lavender is covered with little fuzzy orange butt bees also. Not uppityperson Jun 2012 #1

It's the bumbles here, but they get fuzzy butts if they spend too much time in the flowers. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #4

What zone are you in? beac Jun 2012 #2

We just switched from 5 to 6. The lavender has been prolific all along. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #3

I'm in 6b, and mine is doing fine. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #5

I am in 5a ginnyinWI Jul 2012 #6

We changed zones this season, but that doesn't matter - the lavender is taking OVER! HopeHoops Jul 2012 #7

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