Crazy for you

I was having a amble around the garden this morning and on going past one of my favourite roses, Crazy for You, I saw a literal cloud of insects around the flowers. I've seen insects on the flowers before but never like this, as there was about 50 or 60 Bees and Hoverflies knocking each other off flowers just to get on.



I'm just wondering whether or not today's weather, which is hot and humid,



has somehow brought out the scent of Crazy for You to a level that drove the insects into a feeding mood.





I couldn't seem to get a picture showing just how many there were around the flowers as they moved away as I got nearer with the camera!!:gaagh::wallbang::D

Has any one got an idea why the insects were going crazy for Crazy for You???

 

Thanks, Penny. It is a nice rose and one that my wife and I saw for the first time at the RHS Show at Tatton, Cheshire in 1999, and of course we bought it. What I don't understand about today's events is why the insects were going crazy of the flowers. Crazy for You is only lightly scented and I've never seen such feverish activity on them as I have today. It was even more noticeable because the multitude of other plants were being studiously ignored. It was warm, humid and damp today in Cheshire and I can only think that the conditions accentuated the scent.

 

Yes, of course you're right. Barbaby, the nectar is what they are after. But if it's not the scent of the Rose does the nectar have a different means of attraction.:D

 

Yes, Barnaby, it is the sugar in the nectar of course. I think I've got a keen sense of smell, but obviously insects are on a totally different level to us!. As you say, it is strange world we live in. It can be very harsh and brutal, but seeing things such as that yesterday where the insects are just gathering pollen and nectar kind of soothes the soul.:D:pickflower: