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)
Echinacea 'Hot Lava'
Coneflower
Echinacea 'Mooodz® Cosy'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Mooodz® Sympathy'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa Red'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseeker Orange'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Magenta'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Purple'
Cone flower
Echinacea 'Sunseekers Salmon'
Cone flower
Echinacea purpurea 'Bright Star'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Coconut Lime'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Happy Star'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Milkshake'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Robert Bloom'
Purple coneflower, Black Samson, Eastern purple coneflower, Hedge coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Sensation Pink'
Hybrid coneflower
Echinacea purpurea 'Vintage Wine'
Hybrid purple coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis 'Rocky Top'
Coneflower
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Maryline'
Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Moonlight'
Hybrid oleaster
Empetrum nigrum
Crowberry, Black crowberry, Crake berry, Curlew berry, Monox, Black berried heath
Epimedium 'Enchantress'
Barrenwort, Bishop's hat, Fairy wings
Epimedium x warleyense 'Orangekönigin'
Barrenwort
Eragrostis spectabile
Purple love grass, Tumble grass
Eremophila nivea
Silky eremophila
Erica arborea f. aureifolia 'Golden Smile'
Tree heather
Erica canaliculata
Channelled heath, Purple heath
Erica carnea 'December Red'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Eileen Porter'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Loughrigg'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica carnea 'Springwood Pink'
Spring heath, Mountain heath, Winter heath
Erica ciliaris 'Mrs C. H. Gill'
Dorset heath, Fringed heath, Ciliate heath
Erica ciliaris f. albiflora 'White Wings'
Dorset heath, Fringed heath, Ciliate heath
Erica cinerea 'Katinka'
Heather, Bell heath, Bell heather, Scotch bell, Grey heather, Twisted heath
Erica cinerea 'Lime Soda'
Heather, Bell heath, Bell heather, Scotch bell, Grey heather, Twisted heath
Erica cinerea 'P.S. Patrick'
Heather, Bell heath, Bell heather, Scotch bell, Grey heather, Twisted heath
Erica erigena 'Hibernica Alba'
Heather, Irish heath
Erica tetralix 'Ken Underwood'
Cross-leaved heath, Bog heather, Moor heath, Bell heath
Erica vagans 'Fiddlestone'
Cornish heath, Wandering heath
Erica vagans 'Lyonesse'
Cornish heath, Wandering heath
Erica x darleyensis 'Margaret Porter'
Darley dale heath, Darley heath, Winter heath
Erigeron 'Dimity'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron 'Nachthimmel'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron 'Serenity'
Fleabane, Summer starwort
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Kew Profusion'
Mexican fleabane, Australian fleabane, Wall daisy
Eryngium 'Magical Blue Globe'
Sea holly
Eryngium bourgatii 'Oxford Blue'
Pyrenean eryngyo, Bourgat's eryngo
Eryngium maritimum
Sea holm, Sea eryngium
Erysimum 'Bowles's Me Away'
Perennial wallflower
Erysimum 'Mrs L K Elmhirst'
Wallflower, Perennial wallflower