Hoverflies, Lacewings and Ladybirds eats lots of aphids in the garden - hoverflies look like wasps but they don't have any sting! they just use this mimicry to frighten off their own predators. This collection of 5 small plants that attract such predatory insects to eat your vegetable pests, is ready to plant into the side of your vegetable deep beds, or into a sunny tub you can move to any part of the garden as needed.
The collections may vary slightly depending on availabilty at the time of year, but will include one Poached-egg plant (Limnanthes douglasii) -pretty yellow and white flowers all summer that attracts hoverflies; and at least one each of an umbellifer (Apiacea), a pollinating bee attractant and a daisy. these can be; Bronze fennel - a beautiful leaf for the herbaceous border and you can eat it!; Coriander or Dill (which you can also eat); Feverfew or Cosmos - pretty open daisies. And Knapweed or clover for lacewings and bees.
