A dry border mainly of herbaceous plants. In the foreground is the Australian Mint Bush, Prostanthera cuneata. This bears small white lipped flowers that are very popular with bumblebees. An example of a 'exotic' which provides food for our insect fauna. Most Australian plants are of little use for our insect fauna, and need to be chosen very carefully if they are for a wildlife-friendly garden. Prostanthera is in the Lamiaceae (mint and sage family) which gives a clue that it is more likely to bear flowers attractive to bees.
Note that no bare earth is showing. Nature abhors bare earth, and will colonise it with weeds if you do not furnish it yourself with ground-covering plants.

© Marc Carlton 2010