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)
Stipa
Needle grass, Spear grass, Feather grass
Stipa barbata
Short bearded feather grass, Feather grass
Stipa calamagrostis
Silver spike grass, Silver spear grass
Stipa gigantea 'Gold Fontaene'
Golden oats, Giant oats, Giant feather grass
Stipa ichu
Ichu needle grass
Stipa pennata
European feather grass
Stipa tenuifolia
Slender leaved needle flower
Stipa tenuissima
Mexican hair grass, Mexican feather grass
Stokesia laevis 'Blue Star'
Stoke's aster, Jasper blue stokesia
Stokesia laevis Amethyst = 'Stam01'
Stoke's aster
Strobilanthes wallichii
Mexican petunia, Persian mosaic
Styphnolobium japonica
Japanese pagoda tree
Styphnolobium japonica
Japanese pagoda tree, Scholar's tree
Styphnolobium japonica 'Pendula'
Japanese pagoda tree, Scholar's tree
Succisa pratensis
Blue buttons, Devil's bit scabious
Symphoricarpos
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos 'Little Berry'
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Snowberry, Coralberry, Common snowberry, Wax berry
Symphoricarpos doorenboosii 'Magical Berry Christmas'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos Magical Candy = 'Kolmcam'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus 'Follis Variegatis'
Indian currant, Buckbrush, Coralberry Indian currant
Symphoricarpos x chenaultii 'Hancock'
Hancock chenault coralberry
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Magic Berry'
Snowberry, Coralberry
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Mother of Pearl'
Hybrid coralberry
Symphyotrichum ericoides var. prostratum 'Snow Flurry'
White heath aster, Frost-weed aster, Heath aster
Symphytum caucasicum
Blue comfrey
Symphytum grandiflorum
Large flowered comfrey, Knitbone, Boneset, Dwarf comfrey, Ground cover comfrey
Symphytum ibericum
Iberian comfrey
Symphytum officinale
Boneset, Bruisewort, Common comfrey, Knitbone
Symphytum x uplandicum
Russian comfrey
Syringa 'Red Pixie'
Lilac
Syringa Bloomerang Dark Purple = 'Smsjbp7'
Lilac
Syringa Josee = 'Morjos060f'
Josee lilac, Lilac
Syringa josikaea
Hungarian lilac
Syringa Little Rosie = 'ANNY200816'
Korean lilac
Syringa pinnatifolia
Pinnate lilac, Lilac
Syringa protolaciniata 'Kabul'
Afghan lilac
Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'Miss Kim'
Hairy lilac
Syringa reticulata
Japanese tree lilac, Lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Aurea'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Belle de Nancy'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Congo'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Firmament'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Hugo de Vries'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Antoine Buchner'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Maud Notcutt'
Common lilac
Syringa vulgaris 'Michel Buchner'
Common lilac