Attract bees, butterflies & birds
Attract wildlife into your garden and help British species thrive by providing food and shelter for them. Choose nectar rich flowering plants for pollinators such as bees and butterflies and plants which produce berries and other fruit for the birds. ; Top tip: Plant trees and shrubs as they support more wildlife. As well as food, they provide cover and nesting sites. ; Enjoy watching the creatures that call your garden their home!
Best plants for attracting bees, birds & butterflies
434 plants
Best wildlife plants for patios
242 plants
Plants to attract bees and other pollinators
8385 plants
Plants to attract birds
2125 plants
Plants to attract butterflies
3279 plants
Plants to attract wildlife to your patio
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All plants (9336)
Kniphofia rooperi
British caffraia, Winter poker
Kniphofia thomsonii var. thomsonii
Thomsons red hot poker
Kniphofia triangularis
Mandarin poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Red hot poker, Torch lily, Cape red hot poker
Koeleria
Hair grass
Koelreuteria
Golden rain tree
Koelreuteria paniculata
Panicled golden rain tree, Pride of India
Laburnum anagyroides Yellow Rocket = 'Layr'
Common laburnum, Golden rain
Lamium album
White dead nettle, Bee snout, Archangel, Dead neattle, Weasel's snout
Lamium galeobdolon 'Florentinum'
Yellow archangel, Weazel snout, Golden nettle, Golden deadnettle
Lamium galeobdolon 'Hermann's Pride'
Yellow archangel, Weazel snout, Golden nettle, Golden deadnettle
Lamium galeobdolon 'Silberteppich'
Yellow archangel, Weazel snout, Golden nettle, Golden deadnettle
Lamium maculatum
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Album'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Aureum'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Ghost'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Nancy'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'Roseum'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium maculatum 'White Nancy'
Spotted dead nettle, Spotted henbit
Lamium orvala
Giant dead nettle, Sage like dead nettle
Lantana 'Calippo Orange Magenta'
Bush lantana
Lantana Calippo Tutti Frutti = 'LAN 519'
Bush lantana
Lantana camara
Bush lantana
Lantana camara 'Bandolista™ Red Chili'
Bush lantana
Lantana camara 'Havana Orange'
Yellow sage
Lantana camara 'Havana White'
Yellow sage
Larix
Larch
Larix decidua
European larch, Common larch
Larix decidua 'Corley'
European larch, Common larch
Larix kaempferi
Japanese larch
Larix kaempferi 'Diana'
Japanese larch
Lathyrus odoratus 'Black Knight'
Sweet pea, Fragrant sweet pea
Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana'
Sweet pea, Fragrant sweet pea
Lathyrus rotundifolius
Persian everlasting pea, Chickling pea
Lathyrus vernus 'Alboroseus'
Spring vetch, Spring pea, Spring vetchling
Lathyrus vernus f. roseus
Spring vetch, Spring pea, Spring vetchling
Lathyrus x hammettii 'Shell Pink'
Sweet pea
Laurus
Laurel
Laurus nobilis 'Aurea'
Golden bay, Bay laurel, Sweet bay, Poet's laurel, True laurel, Laurel tree
Laurus nobilis f. angustifolia
Willow leaf bay
Lavandula 'Anouk Deluxe Purple'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Devonshire Compact White'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Fathead'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Hazel'
Lavender
Lavandula 'Helmsdale'
Hybrid French lavender, Hybrid butterfly lavender
Lavandula 'Willow Vale'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender