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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Helleborus 'Silver Rose'
Silver rose
Helleborus x hybridus 'Anderson's red hybrids'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Double Ellen Pink'
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Dusk'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten Rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Hillier Hybrids - pure white'
Hybrid hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Hillier hybrids slate'
Hillier's hellebore, Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus 'Yellow Lady'
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus - red-flowered
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus Ashwood Garden Hybrids - slate-grey
Lenten rose, False rose, Eastern hellebore
Helleborus x lemperii 'HGC Lisann'
Christmas rose
Helleborus x nigercors
Nigercors hellebore
Heuchera 'Blackbird'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Cascade Dawn'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Cherries Jubilee'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Huntsman'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Peach Melba'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Swirling Fantasy'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera 'Winter Red'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Heuchera micrantha
Crevice alumroot, Small flowered alumroot
Heuchera pubescens
Downy alumroot
Heuchera sanguinea 'White Cloud'
Coral bells, Alumroot
Hibiscus syriacus 'America Irene Scott'
Rose of Sharon, Tree hollyhock
Hibiscus syriacus 'Magenta Chiffon'
Rose of Sharon, Tree hollyhock
Holcus mollis
Creeping soft grass, Velvet grass, Calf kill, Yorkshire fog, Dart grass, Salem grass
Hyacinthoides hispanica 'Queen of the Pinks'
Spanish bluebell, Giant bluebell
Hyacinthus orientalis
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Blue Star'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hydrangea paniculata 'Vesuvio'
Hydrangea paniculata 'White Lady'
Plumed hydrangea, Panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata Magical Lime Sparkle = 'Bokralims'
Plumed hydrangea, Panicle hydrangea
Hypericum x inodorum 'Rheingold'
Tall tutsan
Iberis 'Tahoe'
Candytuft
Ilex aquifolium 'Alaska'
Holly (Female berrying form)
Ilex aquifolium 'Hascombensis'
Common holly, English holly, Hulver bush
Ilex aquifolium 'Pyramidalis'
Self-fertile variety
Ilex aquifolium 'Silver Van Tol'
Self-fertile variety, Common holly
Ilex cornuta
Horned Chinese holly, Bony horn
Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'
Slender box leaved holly, Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex crenata 'Jenny'
Japanese holly
Ilex crenata var. latifolia
Japanese holly, Box leaved holly
Ilex meserveae 'Heckenfee'
Blue holly
Imperata cylindrica
Japanese blood grass, Chigaya, Fushige-chigaya, Red cogon
Jasminum beesianum
Jasmine, Jessamine, Bees nursery Jasmine
Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Alps'
Chinese juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Robusta Green'
Chinese juniper
Juniperus communis 'Schneverdingen Goldmachandel'
Common juniper
Juniperus communis 'Sentinel'
Common juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Golden Carpet'
Creeping juniper, Creeping cedar, Creeping savin, Horizontal juniper