Val Bourne Part One: Hoverfly Plants, from Astrantias to Eryngiums
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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 LISTHelianthus 'Lemon Queen'DactylorhizaOrlaya grandifloraSeseli hippomarathrumTorilis arvensisEryngium giganteumEryngium 'Blue Waves' Eryngium × zabelii 'Big Blue'Eryngium × oliverianumAstrantia major Gill Richardson GroupAstrantia major 'Shaggy'Astrantia 'Buckland' Galanthus plicatus 'Diggory'Galanthus 'Wasp'Astrantia 'Roma'Astrantia major 'Ruby Wedding' Astrantia 'Hadspen Blood' Knautia macedonicaKnautia arvensisKnautia macedonica 'Melton Pastels' Scabiosa columbariaCirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' Cirsium rivulare 'Trevor's Blue Wonder'
