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@rosybeeplants.bsky.social
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Pollinators, plants and nature. Also a plant nursery growing organic plants to help support pollinators in your garden. Based in Monmouthshire but sales through www.rosybee.com

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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Redwings enjoying the remainders of the bramley apples.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Here are the little stacking sieves I use the clean our home-grown seeds. This essential kit was originally for grading flour.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Very cold this morning but we finally got the polytunnel cleaning finished. All the flood benches have been scrubbed and are ready for next years stick #plantsforpollinators
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
End of season plant sale. Last chance to buy this year. Rosybee.com
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Caroline S. Chaboo @cschaboo.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...
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Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Shield bug on rudbeckia (about the best colour left in our parched garden)
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The buzziest plant in the garden this morning is origanum compacta. Impervious to drought apparently! 4 butterflies and 3 bumblebees in a 30cm circle.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Bumblebees on purple loosestrife overnight
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
The eryngium giganteums have done well this year and look fab with the echinacea. As self-seeders this is their composition.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The soldier beetles seem to love the eryngium plenum this year.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
We have a stall at Whichford pottery in the north Cotswolds tomorrow supporting a talk by Kate Bradbury. Come and say ‘hi’ if you are in the area. www.whichfordpottery
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Lavender‘eidelweis’ busy with buff-tails this afternoon. Our longest-flowering lavender
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Tiny bee on thrift (lasioglossum on Armenia maratima)
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
www.rosybee.com/plants/helia.... New to our range. Tall perennial sunflower.
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Helianthus 'lemon queen' — rosybee - plants for bees
Tray of 3 (they get big) This is a perannial sunflower that grows in clumps in to 2m (6ft) tall. If you want some height and drama at the back of a sunny border, this is the plant. Flowers in August...
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Prof Duncan Westbury @duncanwestbury.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
This is what happens when non-native managed pollinators share resources with our wild native pollinators. I’m fed up with those that are #BeeWashing
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I hadn’t noticed before that verbascum nigrum has bright orange pollen. These plants only have nectar first thing in the morning but they were busy this morning.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Green-veined white on geranium
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Hoverfly on campanula glomerata
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Lots of six-spot burnet moths in the meadow yesterday
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Some ideas on what flowers to grow to help bees cope with hot weather from @The_Buzz_Club "Bees & Heatwaves" citizen science project, download report from link below: www.thebuzzclub.uk/bees-heatwaves @yanetsepulveda
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Bees & Heatwaves | Buzz Club
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is how we have our tea-breaks at Rosybee
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The long-horn bees are back in our meadow. Hurrah! I was really worried that last years wet spring might have scuppered their mating chances but all is well. Birdsfoot trefoil- so valuable.
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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
time to repost this!
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
First ‘cuckoo’ bumblebee I’ve seen this year.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
www.rosybee.com/plants/borage reduced before they get too big - £7 for 6
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Borage (annual) — rosybee - plants for bees
Tray of 6+ plants Annual. An old herb garden plant and you can add it to cocktails! One of the best nectar sources from June as the flowers refill every 30 minutes. 70cm high, blue flowers. Let the f...
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The hawthorn in our Monnow Valley is magnificent this year.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Our comfrey is this beautiful purple colour. Possibly Russian comfrey. Does anyone know? Anyway, buzzing away today.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Plant bargains: we have a few things reduced as they are getting too big for their pots. Primroses need to go while still in flower £11 for 6. www.rosybee.com/plants
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We missed yesterdays rain and I noticed our soil is beginning to crack as if it was July! Please please rain.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is our orchard in full bloom. Many of the trees are around 100 years old but have planted some new ones too. Buzzing with pollinators today so hopefully good for fruit.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The wildflowers around our site are glorious now. So lucky to have this on the doorstep
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We still have a cold wind here and the main pollinators that seem to be braving it are the bee-flies.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We also added hoverflies and butterflies/moths to make it more pollinators rather than bees. @katebradbury.bsky.social @davegoulson.bsky.social @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social @bbka.org.uk @cathhodsman.bsky.social
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
We are have updated our research into which garden plants attract the most pollinators. Our original research included 5 years of data. We then moved house so this is now 9 years of data over 2 different locations. www.rosybee.com/research-study
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Sally Nex @sallynex.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
So the #peat extraction counter on @peatfree.bsky.social peatfreepartnership.org.uk has just topped 200,000m3. That's around 80 Olympic swimming pools' worth of peat dug from irreplaceable peat bogs already this year, and it's only March. Just think about that for a moment 😶 #endpeatsales
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It’s the start of a new season, and our first plants are being shipped out. Happy Spring everyone 🌷🌱 #plantsforbees #plants #pollinators
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Paul just finished cleaning the polytunnel roof- quite the mountain goat! The improved light levels help plant growth
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The elf cup fungi are so numerous and large this year. Never seen so many in our site.
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
More nurseries are joining us & we're getting close to the new growing season, so here's a Bluesky #PeatFree #Nurseries List: shorturl.at/dIgYz So far includes 15 of 127 growers from ⬇️ list. Do let me know if I've missed anyone. Pls pin & share so these fantastic eco-friendly growers feel the 💚🌳💚.
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Peat Free Nurseries List
The response to the Peat Free Nurseries List has been incredible. It’s fantastic to see such interest in sourcing peat-free plants. Thousands of people have accessed the list which now includ…
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
So glad the polytunnel stood up to another snow fall. The rain has now melted most of it.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Rosybee is now open again with some very nice hardy over-wintered plant stock. Sales now will be delivered in March (when the soil is warmer) but can be delivered earlier on request. www.rosybee.com/plants
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Pulmonaria blue ensign just beginning to flower in the polytunnel. #plantsforpollinators
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Our lavenders are all looking very happy in the polytunnel and ready for early spring sales. We will open the 'shop' again in January
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We leave the all the old stalks in the borders as winter shelter for insects and add all the leaves from the drive as mulch. I think it still looks lovely and not as barren as it would if all 'tidied away'.
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Our woodland floor Consistent national records go back to 1600, & it was woodland then, therefore likely since the last ice age Year after year it accumulates natural organic matter. Ancient woodland isn’t just trees The soil is unique. The soil is special
Ancient woodland floor in Autumn, with the leaves and seeds of multiple different trees
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We spent the day building some steps down towards our wild pond. We used some recycled stone. I’ve wanted these for ages to stop me skidding down the bank. So happy.
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Hazel dormouse hibernating in our propogation house! I noticed the nest of dried plant stems a few weeks ago and assumed it was a mouse but on checking now I discovered the dormouse....which I would not have touched if I had know. Now safely tucked up again and snug with base heat of 6 degrees
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Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Welcome to bluesky! I am looking forwards to the switch and re-engaging with my nature obsessed tribe.
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