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)
Clematis Nubia = 'Evipo59'
Clematis Sugar Candy = 'Evione'
Virgin's bower
Cortaderia selloana 'Rosea'
Sellow's pampas grass
Deschampsia flexuosa 'Tatra Gold'
Wavy hair grass, Crinkled hair grass, Common hair grass
Dianthus 'Odessa Easy Pink'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Starry Eyes'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus caryophyllus 'Peman'
Border carnation
Erysimum 'Winter Passion'
Wallflower, Perennial wallflower
Escallonia laevis Pink Elle = 'Lades'
Hebe 'Baby Boo'
Hebe 'Black Beauty'
Hebe 'Pink Candy'
Shrubby veronica
Helenium 'Ruby Tuesday'
Sneezeweed
Hydrangea 'Magical Ruby Tuesday'
Macrophylla hydrangea
Ilex aquifolium 'Madame Briot'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Lathyrus latifolius 'Rosa Perle'
Perennial pea, Broad leaved everlasting pea, Large leaved lathyrus, Wild sweet pea
Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba'
True lavender, Old English lavender, Common lavender
Lavandula stoechas subsp. stoechas 'Purple Wings'
French lavender, Butterfly lavender
Leucanthemum x superbum 'Beaute Nivelloise'
Shasta daisy
Lonicera ligustrina var. yunnanensis 'Maigrun'
Shining honeysuckle, Boxleaf honeysuckle
Lonicera x brownii
Scarlet trumpet honeysuckle, Brown's hybrid honeysuckle
Lupinus 'Magic Lantern'
West Country lupin
Lupinus 'Red Rum'
Lupin
Malus domestica 'Beauty of Bath'
Eating apple
Malus domestica 'Christmas Pippin'
Eating apple
Malus domestica 'Idared'
Eating apple
Malus domestica 'Jonagold'
Eating apple
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass
Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Cat'
Blue catmint, Faassen's nepeta, Mauve catmint
Paeonia lactiflora
Chinese peony, Garden peony
Paeonia x festiva 'Alba Plena'
Common red paeony, Common red peony
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
Red switch grass
Phlox subulata 'Purple Beauty'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phormium 'Dark Delight'
New Zealand flax
Pieris japonica 'Polar Passion'
Lily of the valley shrub, Japanese pieris
Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Ace'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Danny Boy = 'Lissdan'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Prunus armeniaca
Apricot
Prunus domestica 'Early Rivers'
Cooking plum
Rhododendron 'Red Jack'
Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'
Mid season blackcurrant
Ribes rubrum 'Red Lake'
Mid-season red currant
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmaki Red'
Cooking & eating gooseberry
Rosa 'Carris'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa 'Mamma Mia'
Hybrid tea (large flowered) rose
Rosa 'Masquerade'
Floribunda (cluster-flowered) rose
Rosa 'Mothers Day'
Patio rose
Rosa 'Sweet Wonder'
Patio rose