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
1373 plants
All plants (9336)
Sorbus koehneana C. K. Schneid
Koehn's sorbus
Sorbus latifolia 'Henk Vink'
Broad-leaf whitebeam
Sorbus microphylla
Small leaved rowan
Sorbus pseudohupehensis 'Pink Pagoda'
Hupeh rowan
Sorbus reducta
Creeping mountain ash, Pygmy rowan, Dwarf chinese mountain ash
Sorbus sargentiana
Sargent's rowan
Sorbus scalaris (Koehne)
Ladder leaf rowan
Sorbus thibetica
Thibetan whitebeam
Sorbus thibetica 'John Mitchell'
Thibetan whitebeam
Sorbus torminalis
Wild Service Tree, Chequer Tree
Sorbus ursina
Bear rowan
Sorbus vilmorinii
Vilmorin rowan, Vilmorin mountain ash
Sorbus x arnoldiana 'Kirsten Pink'
Rowan, Arnold's rowan
Sorbus x kewensis
Kew Gardens sorbus
Sorbus x thuringiaca
Bastard service tree
Sorbus x thuringiaca 'Fastigiata'
Bastard service tree
Spartina pectinata 'Aureomarginata'
Prairie cord grass, Cord grass
Spiraea betulifolia
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor Gold'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'
White spiraea, Birch leaf spiraea
Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii
Douglas spiraea
Spiraea japonica 'Candlelight'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'Dart's Red'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica 'White Gold'
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea japonica Walberton's® Plum Carpet = 'WALPLUCAR'
Japanese meadowsweet
Spiraea prunifolia
Bridal wreath spiraea
Spiraea Sparkling Champagne = 'Lonspi'
Spiraea Sundrop = 'Bailcarol'
Spiraea thunbergii
Thunberg's spiraea
Spiraea trilobata
Threelobe spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei 'Gold Fountain'
Vanhoutt's golden spiraea
Spiraea x vanhouttei Pink Ice = 'Catpan'
Vanhoutt's spiraea
Sporobolus heterolepis
Prairie dropseed
Stachys byzantina 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'
Lambs tongue, Lambs tails, Woolly ears
Stachys byzantina 'Primrose Heron'
Lambs tongue, Lamb's tails, Woolly betony, Lambs ears, Woolly woundwort
Stachys macrantha 'Superba'
Big betony, Big sage
Stachys officinalis
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Hummelo'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachys officinalis 'Saharan Pink'
Bishop's wort, Betony
Stachyurus chinensis
Hanging tail shrub
Stachyurus chinensis 'Celina'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus chinensis 'Joy Forever'
Hanging tail
Stachyurus praecox
Early flowered hanging tail
Staphylea colchica
Colchis bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia
American bladdernut
Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'
Dwarf cutleaf stephanandra, Crisped stephanandra, Lace shrub, Cutleaf stephanandra
Stephanandra tanakae
Tanaka's cutleaf