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Our (non-native) fennel plants seem to be a significant attractor of bees and other pollinators. They also serves as a host plant for Anise Swallowtail butterfl
by angst_ridden 6y ago
Our (non-native) fennel plants seem to be a significant attractor of bees and other pollinators. They also serves as a host plant for Anise Swallowtail butterflies. The bees also really like the citrus (oranges, lemons, citron, grapefruit), cuphea, milkweed, buddleia, lavender, and lantana.
- hinkley 6y agoOn the fennel, or any umbel flower for that matter, you should also be seeing adult ladybugs and lacewings (both eat aphids during part of their lifecycle) as well as hoverflies and predatory wasps.
- angst_ridden 6y agoYup, we see all of those. As well as the occasional assassin bug.