Attract beneficial insects to your garden

By planting animal-friendly flowers, trees, and bushes, you can attract these beneficial insects to your garden. Birds and insects in the garden help keep your plants healthy. Birds eat quantities of insects, hardworking bees and bumblebees make berry and fruit crops better. Other useful insects are lacewings, hoverflies, parasitic wasps, and ladybugs.Change is delightful,Gardens with variety and a certain number of old trees and bushes increase animal welfare. A diversity of trees, bushes, climbing plants, and herbs woven together into varied environments provide nourishment and protection for our flying friends. Also, try to open sunny spaces next to lush, shady, and humid areas. An old shrub creates nice hiding places for birds, and with a trailing honeysuckle or clematis, it looks cozier.Insect hotels,To attract and provide butterflies, bumblebees, and ladybugs with their own places to live, you can set up nesting sites and food for them. You can find insect hotels from us, but you can also make them yourself. A home for lacewings is easily made using a plastic bottle. Cut off the bottom and insert a small roll of corrugated cardboard inside. A barrier across the bottom prevents the roll from falling out. Hang it up in a sheltered place.Beneficial insects,In several of the beneficial insects, it is the larvae that are predators, living off of aphids and other pests. The adult animals live off of nectar and pollen. To attract them to the garden, blooming from spring to fall is required. Large groups of the same plant species make it easier for insects to find their way. Single-flowering varieties often have more nectar that is easier to reach compared to double, filled flowers.Tips for plants valuable to insects and birds,Large trees,Oak, spruce, cherry, apple, maple, bird cherry, elderflower, and hazelnut.Bushes,Rose hip, common snowberry, dogwood, blackthorn, currant, and blackberry.Climbing plants,Honeysuckle and ivy.Perennials and other flowering plants,Globe thistle, heather, speedwell, marigold, grape hyacinth, asters, blue vervain, lavender, hyssop, verbena, and many more.Winter, Let the plants' seed heads remain over winter. Different burrs and thistles have particularly valuable seeds. Also, Siberian pine, lilac, sunflower, and poppy have nutritious seeds.Spring,Early spring flowers are very important for insects that have just awakened - make sure to plant many spring-flowering bulbs.Small tips,Among butterflies, there are also troublesome pests. Fiber cloth, sticky ring, and hand-picking are methods to use against the unwanted species.Even small gardens and flowering balconies can be nice resting places for bumblebees and butterflies in search of nectar.Read more,Attract pollinators to your planting >>,Build your own insect hotel - in seven simple steps >>,Plants on the balcony and terrace >>