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Dec 29, 2011 12:40 PM CST
Name: Sheryl
Hot, hot, hot, Feenix, AZ (Zone 9b)
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I recommend the Nepetas - Walker's Low has been a good one for me, assuming you have some space or a machete to prune it with (I'm kidding, but it is an iron-clad tough plant).

I was told once upon a time that bees seem to prefer yellows - which is why 90% of the desert flowers seem to be yellow. So, assuming that is true, Chocolate flower (which really does smell like chocolate in the mornings, BTW) - Berlandiera lyrata[i], Butterfly weed "Hello Yellow" [i]Asclepias tuberosa (and doubles for flutter-bys), [i]Gaillardia aristata/[i] 'Amber Wheels'. These are all also really tough, drought tolerant plants.

Seems to me that bees really like Lavenders, too.
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