If you are trying to increase biodiversity in your school grounds, making sure there is a nectar source for insects throughout the months they are active is essential.
Donations of bulbs from parents is a good starting point, however, cultivated varieties of daffodils and tulips produce very little nectar so these should be avoided.
Plant the following bulbs for pollinating insects: snowdrops, crocus, early bulbous iris, grape hyacinth, snake’s head fritillary, winter aconite, wild tulip and bluebell.
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Winter aconite
![](https://biojoyversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Snowdrops-300x225.jpg)
Snowdrops
![](https://biojoyversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/crocus-300x200.jpg)
Crocus
![](https://biojoyversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Snakes-head-fritillary-200x300.jpg)
Snake’s head fritillary
If you plant bluebells make sure it is the native variety and not Spanish bluebells. Native bluebells have narrow leaves (1-1.5cm wide), narrow, tubular-bell flowers with tips that curl back, flowers on one side of the stem, drooping stems, a sweet scent and cream-coloured pollen.
![](https://biojoyversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bluebell-300x271.jpeg)
Bluebells
![](https://biojoyversity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/bulb-planting-1-e1668526035557-300x221.jpg)
Sixth formers planting bulbs in our school grounds
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