By planting up a ‘pot for pollinators’ for your patio or balcony (or a window box), with pollen-rich flowers, you will provide much-needed food for our pollinating insects. Watering canFlowers in pots will dry out quicker and need more watering than those in a flowerbed. Gently remove your plants from their original pots and place in your container, with the tallest at the back. Fill in around the rootballs with compost and press down gently to a few centimetres below the top of your container. After flowering is finished, allow leaves to die down naturally, so they can provide shelter for insects during the winter months.

Source: Irish Examiner May 20, 2021 11:26 UTC