cheap and cheerful candytuft

Attracting beneficial insects isn't expensive.

Here an old plastic pot has been planted with a Tesco plug plant fuchsia and then undersown with candytuft.

Place in a sunny position and:

• honey bees
• gatekeeper butterflies
• wasps
• carder bees
• flies
• three species of hoverfly

..... can be seen enjoying the food in the sunshine.

Quite a punch from such little effort. The dry spell we are enjoying has been good for insects.