Val Bourne Part One: Hoverfly Plants, from Astrantias to Eryngiums

We always love welcoming award-winning garden writer Val Bourne back onto the Talking Dirty Podcast.

This week she shares some of her organic methods with Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis, as she takes us on a tour through her Hoverfly friendly plants, and explains why these particular pollinators are essential in the garden.

PLANT LIST

Helianthus 'Lemon Queen'

Dactylorhiza

Orlaya grandiflora

Seseli hippomarathrum

Torilis arvensis

Eryngium giganteum

Eryngium 'Blue Waves'

Eryngium × zabelii 'Big Blue'

Eryngium × oliverianum

Astrantia major Gill Richardson Group

Astrantia major 'Shaggy'

Astrantia 'Buckland'

Galanthus plicatus 'Diggory'

Galanthus 'Wasp'

Astrantia 'Roma'

Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding'

Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood'

Knautia macedonica

Knautia arvensis

Knautia macedonica 'Melton Pastels'

Scabiosa columbaria

Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum'

Cirsium rivulare 'Trevor's Blue Wonder'