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Aims: The Melliferous Hedge is made of plants which attract bees and other pollinator insects. They perfectly integrate the landscape and offer a wide plant diversity, thus helping with keeping the biodiversity while offering food to the bees and the other pollinator insects. Plants producing pollen and/or nectar are used to create these hedges.
Adult height: The flowering hedge is usually between 1.50 and 3 metres in height.
Period of interest: All year.
Planting distances: Approximately every 1.50 metres. It can be planted in staggered rows for a fuller effect. For a screening hedge, we advise to plant every 80 centimetres, however, for a melliferous hedge, we want each plant to grow without competing with the others, thus offering a great plant diversity.
Pruning: It is best not to prune a melliferous hedge.
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Abelia grandiflora |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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Alder, black |
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-28°C | ![]() |
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Almond tree |
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-2°C | ![]() |
Amelanchier |
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-18°C | ![]() |
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Apple trees |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Ash, European |
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-32°C | ![]() |
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Ash, flowering |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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Barberry |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Birch, Silver |
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-40°C | ![]() |
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Bladder senna |
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-28°C | ![]() |
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Blueberry Bush |
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-30°C | ![]() |
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Box |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Buckthorn, glossy |
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-40°C | ![]() |
Camellia |
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-10°C | ![]() |
Catalpa, Southern |
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-28°C | ![]() |
Chaste-tree |
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-17°C | ![]() |
Cherry, bird |
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-36°C | ![]() |
Cherry, wild |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Chestnut, Sweet |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Cotoneaster |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Currant, Black |
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-25°C | ![]() |
Dogwood, cornelian cherry |
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-23°C | ![]() |
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Eleagnus |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Elaeagnus, red Goumi |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Elderberry, Black |
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-29°C | ![]() |
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Eucalyptus |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Firethorn |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Golden chain tree |
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-40°C | ![]() |
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Gorse, common |
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-17°C | ![]() |
Hawthorn, Common |
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-35°C | ![]() |
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Hazel, common |
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-28°C | ![]() |
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Hazel, Turkish |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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Heath |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Holly, common |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Honeysuckle |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Ivy, common |
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-25°C | ![]() |
Judas tree |
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-18°C | ![]() |
Kiwi |
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-10°C | ![]() |
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Laurel, bay |
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-26°C | ![]() |
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Laurel, 'Otto luyken' |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Laurustinus |
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-40°C | ![]() |
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Lavender |
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-10°C | ![]() |
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Lilac, Syringan |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Lime Trees |
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-28°C | ![]() |
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Locust, black |
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-34°C | ![]() |
Mahonia, Leatherleaf |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Maple, field |
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-24°C | ![]() |
Maple, Norway |
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-32°C | ![]() |
Maple, sycamore |
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-24°C | ![]() |
Mimosa |
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-5°C | ![]() |
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Mock Orange, virginal |
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-40°C | ![]() |
Myrtle, common |
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-14°C | ![]() |
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Oak, holm |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Olive tree |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Pagodatree, Japanese |
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-28°C | ![]() |
Peach trees |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Pear trees |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Plum trees |
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-20°C | ![]() |
Poplar |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Princess tree |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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Privet, common |
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-30°C | ![]() |
Quince Tree |
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-25°C | ![]() |
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Rockrose |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Rose, dog |
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-15°C | ![]() |
Rosemary |
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-12°C | ![]() |
Sea Buckthorn |
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-17°C | ![]() |
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Service tree, wild |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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Strawberry tree |
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-12°C | ![]() |
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Thyme |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Thyme, wild |
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-15°C | ![]() |
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Tree Germander, Shrubby Germander |
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-10°C | ![]() |
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Wayfaring tree |
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-40°C | ![]() |
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Willow, goat |
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Wisteria |
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-20°C | ![]() |
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