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Do Bees Like Speedwell?

Alexander Ross • • 6 min read
Do Bees Like Speedwell?

14 – Speedwell/Veronica
My Speedwell (Veronica spicata) is a pollinator magnate, swarming with bees, butterflies, and syrphid flies throughout the season. Speedwell/Veronica comes in a variety of colors. ... Best For: Butterflies, moths, bees, syrphid flies.

Is Veronica bee friendly?

It attracts a wide range of short tongued and longer tongued bees. ... I have noted all of these over the last few days: honeybees, garden, early, buff-tailed, tree bumblebees as well as butterflies and a few solitary bees.

Do bees like creeping speedwell?

The creeping speedwell grows either as a flowering plant or as an evergreen. The flowering season lasts from spring until fall. ... The flowers attract butterflies and bees, which will be happy to help the creeping speedwell spread. These plants like moist soil but they also do very well in clay soil.

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