Solved What name has got this plant?

We went to Hidcote yesterday and I found one plant in particular - the one on the right with the ladybird - was heavily visited by insects all kind.
I suppose like the one on the left they like bog gardens and wouldn't be of any chance in my clay soil garden. I can't look into the internet, because I'm missing the names ...



Many thanks in advance.

 

Weigelas are very adaptable - with soil types and conditions, and they're common here because they don't mind lots of wet stuff, but they're woody shrubs and those pix don't look like woody plants. Are those shoots coming from a woody framework?
It's very early for them to be flowering, but everything is later here. Mine won't be flowering for a good while yet. I only grow the white one, in a shady border.

 

Looks more like a pulmonaria to me … and I can see some spots on some of the leaves.

Yes … I’ll go with one of the many pulmoniarias.

The early bumbles love mine. They like damp soil and don’t mind a bit of shade.

 

I thought that too @Dovefromabove - the spotty leaves, but I couldn't really get a good sense of scale either. I don't grow Pulmonarias now, as I don't like the foliage.
Certainly the right time of year for them though.

 

I also say it's Pulmonaria ...
and it's nice to see a ladybird on it

 

I’d put money on it being pulmoniaria … look at those bristly buds.

 

I think thr one on the right is comprey. It's the more compact one, I have it. It doesn't spread and the bees love it.

 

You might be onto something there @Magical Meeekat . The leaves are plainer on that one.

Too early yet for Comfrey here, ours is just getting foliage and no sign of buds/flowers for a while, so I can't compare.

 

I agree. The left one is Pulmonaria and the one on the right is comfrey (Symphytum).

 

I think you are spot on @Magical Meeekat. Its flowers look like another blue version by the seating area overlooking the bog garden, and I asked the staff last June what this was. I had forgotten that name, stupid me

 

Thank you all for helping me

 

The comfrey is likely the hidcote pink cultivar given where you were. It's a nice plant for a shady area and I don't think it would be bothered by clay. We have a large patch of the blue cultivar around the base of our apple trees and it's been buzzing with bees for at least a month now, which helps with the apple pollination. I don't think there is anything more appealing to the bees at this time of year.

 

I wouldn't have a clue, but thanks very much to @shiney I now know what the bush is between mine and the neighbour - Weigela!