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)
Geranium favosum
African annual geranium
Geranium himalayense 'Irish Blue'
Lilac cranesbill, Himalayan cranesbill
Geranium maculatum f. albiflorum
American cranesbill, Wild cranesbill, Wild geranium, Spotted cranesbill
Geranium molle
Dove's foot cranes bill, Soft cranesbill
Geranium pratense 'New Dimension'
Meadow cranesbill, Meadow geranium
Geranium robustum
Robust geranium
Geranium transversale 'Foundling's Friend'
Geranium versicolor 'Snow White'
Pencilled crane's bill
Geranium wallichianum 'Crystal Lake'
Wallich's geranium
Geranium x oxonianum 'Miriam Rundle'
Oxford geranium, Druce's cranesbill
Geranium yoshinoi
Japanese dark-veined geranium
Geum elatum
Himalayan avens
Geum reptans
Creeping avens
Gilia capitata
Queen Anne's thimbles, Blue thimble flower, Globe gillyflower
Gypsophila 'White Festival'
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy'
Baby's breath
Gypsophila paniculata 'Flore Pleno'
Baby's breath
Gypsophila repens 'Dubia'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Gypsophila repens 'Filou Rose'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Gypsophila repens 'Fratensis'
Creeping baby's breath, Alpine gypsophila
Hakonechloa macra 'Nicolas'
Hakone grass
Hebe 'Celebration'
Shrubby veronica
Hebe 'Champagne'
Veronica
Hebe 'Claret Crush'
Hebe 'Hagley Park'
Hebe 'La Seduisante'
Hebe 'Raspberry Chocolate'
Shrubby veronica
Hebe 'Strawberries and Cream'
Shrubby veronica
Hebe 'Super Red'
Hebe Addenda® 'Donna®'
Shrubby veronica
Hebe propinqua
Whipcord hebe, Cushion whipcord hebe
Hedera helix 'Angularis Aurea'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Atropurpurea'
Common ivy, English ivy, Purple English ivy
Hedera helix 'Palmata'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Spectre'
Common ivy, English ivy
Hedera helix 'Triton'
Common ivy, English ivy
Helenium 'Bruno'
Sneezeweed
Helenium 'Goldene Jugend'
Sneezeweed, Helen's flower
Helenium 'Helena Red'
Sneezeweed, Helen's flower
Helianthella quinquinervis
Nodding Dwarf Sunflower, Five Nerve Helianthella
Helianthemum 'Fire Dragon'
Rock rose
Helianthemum 'Raspberry Ripple'
Rock rose
Helianthemum 'Rhodanthe Carneum'
Rock rose
Helianthemum 'Salmon Queen'
Rock rose
Helianthus 'Monarch'
Sunflower
Helianthus 'Sunshine Daydream'
Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra 'Light of Loddon'
Hardy zinnia, Smooth ox-eye, Sunflower heliopsis
Helleborus 'Ruby Star'
Hellebore