The Big Bee Buffet Collection
If you want to see more bees in your garden, one of the simplest things you can do is grow more flowers they can feed from. And some of the very best pollinator plants are herbs.
The Big Bee Buffet Herb Plant Collection brings together nine beautiful, aromatic herbs chosen to create a generous feast of flowers for bees and other pollinating insects. From clouds of tiny thyme flowers to the unmistakable purple blooms of chives and elegant flowers of lavender, this is a collection designed to make your garden buzz with life.
Together, these nine plants allow you to create a garden that's beautiful, aromatic, useful and alive with activity. Plant them together in a sunny border, distribute them amongst existing planting or create a dedicated pollinator-friendly herb garden where their different flowers can provide a succession of feeding opportunities.
The secret is simple: don't harvest everything. Leave plenty of stems untouched and allow your herbs to bloom. You'll still have aromatic foliage to enjoy, but you'll also get to experience the wonderful sight of your herb garden becoming a genuine buffet for bees.
This collection includes:
- Thyme Tabor – An aromatic, spreading thyme producing masses of small flowers when allowed to bloom, providing a wonderful feeding opportunity for visiting pollinators.
- Variegated Lemon Thyme – Beautiful variegated foliage with a fresh citrus fragrance, followed by delicate flowers that add another source of nectar to the herb garden.
- Rosemary – An evergreen favourite whose delicate flowers can provide valuable forage for bees, particularly when relatively few other plants are flowering.
- Archers Gold Thyme – Striking golden foliage makes this thyme beautiful even before it flowers, while its blooms provide an additional attraction for visiting insects.
- Sparkling Bright Thyme – Colourful variegated foliage followed by tiny flowers, combining year-round ornamental interest with excellent pollinator appeal.
- Oregano – One of the stars of the pollinator herb garden. Allow its clusters of tiny flowers to develop and they can become incredibly busy with bees, hoverflies and other insects.
- Woolly Thyme – A wonderfully tactile, low-growing thyme forming soft silvery mats, with delicate flowers appearing amongst the foliage when in bloom.
- Chives – Their spectacular purple flower heads are irresistible to the eye and hugely attractive to bees, making chives one of the easiest ways to combine food growing with pollinator-friendly planting.
- Lavender Purity – A beautiful and unusual lavender producing elegant pale flowers above aromatic foliage, providing a striking finishing touch to the collection and a wonderful destination for visiting bees.
Nine beautiful herbs. Thousands of tiny flowers. One big buffet designed for the bees.
We update the plants featured within this collection each week based on stock levels. This collection was last updated on 26/08/2026.
How big are the plants?
All herbs are supplied in 9cm pots. They will be freshly picked for your order. The condition of the plants is our primary concern when fulfilling your order. The foliage will differ in size throughout the season and may be clipped prior to dispatch. The herbs are not soft grown and have spent time in unheated conditions. They are a product designed not just to last a few days but to be grown on by yourselves and supply flavour for months to come.