{"id":6786,"date":"2025-02-05T20:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2025-03-06T06:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:53:59","slug":"create-a-low-maintenance-beautifully-flowering-bee-friendly-balcony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/gestalte-dir-einen-pflegeleichten-schoen-bluehenden-bienenfreundlichen-balkon\/","title":{"rendered":"Crea\u00adte a low-main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce, beau\u00adtiful\u00adly flowe\u00adring, bee-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny owners \u2014 espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly tho\u00adse with hot south-facing bal\u00adco\u00adnies \u2014 com\u00adplain about too much heat. The plants wither, it\u2019s too hot to sit out\u00adside and they are also infes\u00adted with aphids. Crea\u00adting a bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny with low-main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce, har\u00addy, nati\u00adve wild\u00adflowers is a won\u00adderful alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve. They crea\u00adte their own micro\u00adcli\u00adma\u00adte and the beau\u00adtiful wild\u00adflowers can be enjoy\u00aded at eye level. What\u2019s more, many wild bees and but\u00adter\u00adflies will be attrac\u00adted to the area, which always brings plea\u00adsu\u00adre. Crea\u00adte a low-main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce, beau\u00adtiful\u00adly flowe\u00adring, bee-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny with main\u00adly nati\u00adve wild\u00adflowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My bio\u00adto\u00adpe on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny with main\u00adly nati\u00adve wild\u00adflowers: Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie Bin\u00adder from Ham\u00adburg on 3 m\u00b2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I would like to pre\u00adsent such a bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny: Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie Bin\u00adder from Ham\u00adburg City \u2014 3 m\u00b2 south-facing bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny: beau\u00adtiful, rich in flowers, varied, easy to care for with its own plea\u00adsant micro\u00adcli\u00adma\u00adte. She sits among her flowers in mid\u00adsum\u00admer and enjoys them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With wild plants, such obser\u00adva\u00adtions alre\u00ada\u00addy work in the first year. <\/strong>Sowing and plan\u00adting in April, a sea of flowers from June, the visi\u00adtors are coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Big<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Start in April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With wild plants, gre\u00adat obser\u00adva\u00adtions can be made in the very first year. Sowing and plan\u00adting in April, a sea of flowers from June, the visi\u00adtors come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Big<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Major plan\u00adting cam\u00adpaign at the begin\u00adning of May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 8: Seed\u00adlings are plan\u00adted in lar\u00adger pots. Each small peren\u00adni\u00adal and each seed\u00adling is given its indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly desi\u00adred mix\u00adtu\u00adre of com\u00adpost, gar\u00adden soil and sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"On<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wild plants are robust, long-lived <\/strong>and<\/strong> Easy to clean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 17, Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie now has 78 tubs, pots and boxes fil\u00adled with most\u00adly nati\u00adve plants that requi\u00adre sur\u00adpri\u00adsin\u00adgly litt\u00adle care and wate\u00adring. Howe\u00adver, they bloom per\u00adsis\u00adt\u00adent\u00adly and magi\u00adcal\u00adly attract lots of insect visi\u00adtors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stefanie<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the midd\u00adle of it all on the easy-care, beau\u00adtiful\u00adly flowe\u00adring, bee-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny \u2014 the insect wat\u00adcher and kee\u00adper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She likes to sit in her bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny mea\u00addow, shel\u00adte\u00adred from the neigh\u00adbors\u2019 eyes, to lis\u00adten to the buz\u00adzing of the bees and watch the many insect visi\u00adtors! It gives her an inner satis\u00adfac\u00adtion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Even<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mid\u00adsum\u00admer on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny \u2014 <\/strong>A flower dream<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 12. They bloom per\u00adsis\u00adt\u00adent\u00adly and magi\u00adcal\u00adly attract lots of insect visi\u00adtors. By han\u00adging boxes and pots on both sides of the rai\u00adling, she has increased the flowe\u00adring area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Just<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all about choo\u00adsing the right plants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 11. Late sum\u00admer on the bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny. There\u2019s still ple\u00adnty on offer for insects: thy\u00adme, mal\u00adlow, dyer\u2019s cha\u00admo\u00admi\u00adle, stone\u00adcrop, agasta\u00adche. Ple\u00adnty for Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie to obser\u00adve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your favo\u00adri\u00adte plants for an easy-care, beau\u00adtiful\u00adly flowe\u00adring, bee-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie Bin\u00adder from Ham\u00adburg used to use flowers from the DIY store. She made the Expe\u00adri\u00adence:<\/strong> ENati\u00adve wild\u00adflowers are easier to care for, less sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble to pests, more per\u00adsis\u00adtent, frost-har\u00addy<\/strong>. They don\u2019t bloom osten\u00adta\u00adtious\u00adly, they bloom deli\u00adca\u00adte\u00adly and have a charm all of their own. Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie also demons\u00adtra\u00adtes how quick\u00adly and beau\u00adtiful\u00adly a lot can be done for bio\u00addi\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty if done well. She enjoys sit\u00adting in her sea of flowers and wat\u00adching the insects at work or at rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my Book<\/a> she told me your Top ten favo\u00adri\u00adtes<\/strong>, exten\u00added to Top 12.
1. Mal\u00adlows<\/strong>Wild mal\u00adlow, rose mal\u00adlow and Mau\u00adri\u00adta\u00adni\u00adan mal\u00adlow
2. Sca\u00adbio\u00adsa<\/strong>: Pige\u00adon Sca\u00adbio\u00adsa, Yel\u00adlow Sca\u00adbio\u00adsa
3. Bluebells<\/strong>Cushion bell\u00adflower, field bell\u00adflower, peach-lea\u00adved and round-lea\u00adved bell\u00adflower, rapun\u00adzel bell\u00adflower
4. Fat hens<\/strong>yel\u00adlow ground cover stone\u00adcrop, one low and one tall stone\u00adcrop
5. Thy\u00adme<\/strong>Thy\u00adme, field thy\u00adme and lemon thy\u00adme
6. Hys\u00adsop<\/strong>
7. Cat\u00adnip<\/strong>: White and pur\u00adple cat\u00adnip
8. Scen\u00adted nett\u00adle<\/strong>
9. Mints<\/strong>Pep\u00adper\u00admint, moun\u00adtain mint and straw\u00adber\u00adry mint
10. Fever\u00adfew<\/strong>
11. Ox ton\u00adgue<\/strong>
12. Viper\u2019s bugloss<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ger\u00adma\u00adny is hum\u00adming!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie is the win\u00adner of the plan\u00adting com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon Ger\u00adma\u00adny is buz\u00adzing! We do some\u00adthing for bees<\/a> in the bal\u00adco\u00adnies cate\u00adgo\u00adry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at the delightful pic\u00adtures of Steffi\u2019s bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny on Ger\u00adma\u00adny is buz\u00adzing! We do some\u00adthing for bees<\/a> to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 1 shows the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and design modu\u00adles<\/a>. You can see before\/after pic\u00adtures and struc\u00adtu\u00adral ele\u00adments. Here you can get design ide\u00adas and a list of plants. Part 2 shows the diver\u00adsi\u00adty and beau\u00adty of your plant and its wild bee visi\u00adtors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyo\u00adne who rede\u00adsigns their bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny can tre\u00adat them\u00adsel\u00adves to the plea\u00adsu\u00adre of Nati\u00adon\u00adwi\u00adde plan\u00adting com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon 2020 We\u2019\u00adre doing some\u00adthing for bees!<\/a> to take part. A high-qua\u00adli\u00adty award cerem\u00ado\u00adny (due to Coro\u00adna 2020 online, but will still be super nice again) and gre\u00adat pri\u00adzes will be reward\u00aded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Deutschland<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A valuable com\u00adpo\u00adnent of the 4th Online Orga\u00adnic Bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny Con\u00adgress<\/a> are inter\u00adviews with bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny star\u00adters of wild plant bal\u00adco\u00adnies. The inter\u00adviews with urban bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny gar\u00adden\u00aders Marie Fey show how much bal\u00adco\u00adnies can do for bio\u00addi\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and self-suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy, Lil\u00adli Era\u00adsin<\/a> and Atessa Bien\u00adh\u00fcls<\/a> from the Hor\u00adtus Sursum. <\/a>Pic\u00adtures of their bal\u00adco\u00adnies embel\u00adlish my book, whe\u00adre you can read more detail\u00aded infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on desig\u00adning insect-fri\u00adend\u00adly and bird-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adco\u00adnies. With such bal\u00adco\u00adnies, you can expe\u00adri\u00adence gre\u00adat natu\u00adre obser\u00adva\u00adtions wit\u00adhout having to tra\u00advel. You can watch all 27 expert inter\u00adviews and 9 live Q&A ses\u00adsi\u00adons on bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny gar\u00addening here after\u00adwards<\/a>. The con\u00adgress packa\u00adge can be purcha\u00adsed for a small pri\u00adce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wild plant bal\u00adco\u00adnies are an alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve for pol\u00adlu\u00adted sites!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00adse beau\u00adtiful wild\u00adflower bal\u00adco\u00adnies are an alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve for bal\u00adco\u00adnies on busy roads whe\u00adre peo\u00adp\u00adle are under\u00adstan\u00add\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly reluc\u00adtant to har\u00adve\u00adst. If you feel unea\u00adsy about pol\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon, I have some expert infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon for you. You can find an inter\u00adview on pol\u00adlut\u00adants in inner-city gar\u00addening from the 3rd Online Orga\u00adnic Bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny Con\u00adgress here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beautifully<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thank you dear Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie for your gre\u00adat inspi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and sha\u00adring your expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces on your easy-care, beau\u00adtiful\u00adly flowe\u00adring bee-fri\u00adend\u00adly bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stef\u00adfie shares fur\u00adther expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces by e\u2011mail: wildbienenreich@web.de.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie has been working for the Ham\u00adburg pro\u00adject Moin Stadt\u00adna\u00adtur sin\u00adce 2023. She pro\u00advi\u00addes us with a gui\u00adde \u201cNatu\u00adral gar\u00addening on bal\u00adco\u00adnies and ter\u00adraces\u201d<\/a> available. Thank you Ste\u00adfa\u00adnie \u2014 very, very hel\u00adpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you in the pro\u00adcess of crea\u00adting a bio\u00adto\u00adpe on your bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny? Is your bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny alre\u00ada\u00addy low-main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce and long-bloo\u00adming? What expe\u00adri\u00adence have you gai\u00adned?<\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny owners com\u00adplain about too much heat. The plants wither or are atta\u00adcked by pests. Desig\u00adning a bal\u00adc\u00ado\u00adny with low-main\u00adten\u00adan\u00adce, har\u00addy, nati\u00adve wild\u00adflowers is a won\u00adderful alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,975],"tags":[894,479,361,377],"class_list":["post-6786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grundlagen-besonders-fuer-einsteiger","category-wildpflanzenbalkon","tag-naturbalkon","tag-naturerlebnis","tag-wildbienen","tag-wildpflanzenbalkon-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bio-balkon.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}