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Old 03-03-2008, 10:19 AM
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I found a link here to some more info

How to make a garden insect friendly

Here's an interesting point
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* Avoid planting hybrid cultivars, especially those with double flowers, which are often sterile, and therefore useless to nectar and pollen feeders.
This is an interesting link, I guess if you have bats in your garden then you have insects too?

Bat-friendly gardening

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Try to include some of the following:

* Flowers that vary not only in colour and fragrance, but also in shape.
* Pale flowers that are more easily seen in poor light, so attracting insects at dusk.
* Single flowers, which tend to produce more nectar than double varieties.
* Flowers with insect-friendly landing platforms and short florets, like those in the daisy or carrot families.
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