Nope, no fruit.
Looks like my dwarf apple might bloom for the first time though.
This is such a great thread. I just moved into a new apartment and was looking for ideas about what to plant in the planters on my deck. I do live in a city but we have lots of public gardens and arboretums nearby. I'd appreciate any suggestions for what to plant that can help out the honeybee
This is such a great thread. I just moved into a new apartment and was looking for ideas about what to plant in the planters on my deck. I do live in a city but we have lots of public gardens and arboretums nearby. I'd appreciate any suggestions for what to plant that can help out the honeybees.
Can't help you there I'm afraid... they're all around where I am but that's because there's a few beekeepers in the area.
I did have a very tenacious honeybee sit slap bang in the middle of my car windscreen yesterday after I left the supermarket though. It had a little creamy sac attached to it. Dad insisted that I put the wipers on after a while saying I was taking the poor honeybee further and further away from it's hive - that bee was hanging on like I don't know what for ages. Speed and wind seemed to mean nothing! Anyway, after a while I did put the wipers on and after a couple of wipes it did eventually fly away. The bees (and wasps and ants) are out and about here - maybe it's the very mild winter we had coupled with an early Spring.
Not exactly honeybees, but...
But they are hardworking little pollinators, it looks like
I don't know if they have a scientific name, I just call them Bumblebees. They're probably 3 times the size of a Honeybee. This is a little better shot.
This is such a great thread. I just moved into a new apartment and was looking for ideas about what to plant in the planters on my deck. I do live in a city but we have lots of public gardens and arboretums nearby. I'd appreciate any suggestions for what to plant that can help out the honeybees.