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)
Phlox subulata Early Spring Purple = 'Barseventyfour'
Moss phlox, Mountain phlox, Moss pink
Phlox White Eye Flame = 'Barsixty'
Phlox x procumbens 'Variegata'
Hairy phlox
Photinia 'Super Red'
Christmas berry
Photinia glabra 'Variegata'
Japanese photinia, Christmas berry
Photinia x fraseri 'Carré Rouge'
Red square Photinia
Picea abies 'Pygmaea'
Norway spruce
Pieris 'Havila'
Lily of the valley bush
Pieris japonica 'Blush'
Lily of the valley bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Epstein'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Little Frosty'
Japanese pieris
Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
Lily of the Valley Bush, Japanese pieris
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Bannow Bay'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Cratus'
Kohuhu, Tawhiwhi
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Glo Ball'
Tawhiwi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Green Elf'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Pittosporum tenuifolium 'Wrinkled Blue'
Tawhiwhi, Kohuhu
Platycladus orientalis
Chinese arbor-vitae, Oriental arbor-vitae
Polemonium 'Pink Beauty'
Jacob's ladder
Polemonium pauciflorum subsp. hinckleyi
Hinckley's few-flowered Jacob's ladder
Pontederia cordata f. albiflora
Pickerel weed, Wampee
Portulaca oleracea
Summer purslane, Common purslane, Pussley
Potentilla 'Blazeaway'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla 'Yellow Queen'
Cinquefoil, Five finger
Potentilla atrosanguinea var. argyrophylla 'Scarlet Starlit'
Silver-leaved potentilla
Potentilla fruticosa 'Bo-Peep'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Goldstar'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Longacre Variety'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa 'Orangeade'
Shrubby cinquefoil, Golden hardhack, Widdy, Bush cinquefoil
Potentilla fruticosa Bella Bianca = 'Hachbiana'
Shrubby cinquefoil
Potentilla neumanniana
Spring cinquefoil, Tabernaemontanus cinquefoil
Potentilla palustris
Marsh cinquefoil
Potentilla x russelleana
Russell's hybrid cinquefoil
Preslia cervina alba
Blue water spearmint, Hart's pennyroyal, Holt's pennyroyal
Primula 'Bonneli Mix'
Primrose
Primula 'Crescendo Lemon Yellow'
Crescendo lemon polyanthus
Primula 'Ooh La La Pastel Pink'
Primrose
Primula 'Silver-laced Group'
Primrose
Primula 'Sunshine Susie'
Hybrid primrose
Primula 'Tawny Port'
Hybrid primrose
Primula Jack-in-the-Green Group
Primrose
Prunus 'Hiyodori Zakura'
Oriental cherry, Hybrid oriental cherry
Prunus 'Weeping Pink Marvel'
Ornamental cherry
Prunus cerasus 'Rhexii'
Non-fruiting sour cherry
Prunus domestica 'Early Laxton'
Cooking & eating plum
Prunus domestica 'Jubilaeum'
Eating plum
Prunus domestica 'Oullins Gage'
Greengage, Cooking & eating gage
Prunus domestica 'Toptaste Kulinaria'
Cooking & eating plum